Leeds Conservatoire is celebrating the first release of student and graduate produced music via its production music label Quarry Music, powered by MediaTracks.
Panellists (pictured left to right) intern Chloe Simmons, composer Sam MacDonald and mentor & music consultant Steve Farris. Photo credit throughout: Ian Hodgson
The album, titled Snapshot, is a compilation of styles, genres and moods showcasing the breadth of diverse talent within the conservatoire community, for future placement in films, television, advertisements, games and other multimedia purposes.
In the evening of Monday 6 November, a listening party took place at the conservatoire where the project to date was discussed and Snapshot was played in full. Attendees were treated to tracks from Ella Barr Franco, EL!ANA, Ethan Glover, Chloe Simmons, Peter Norris, Dafs, Ike Greenwood, Sam MacDonald, Evie Kitching and Sam Wilson.
The album is eclectic, opening with Ella Barr Franco’s melodic, eighties nostalgic track ‘Flying Into Miami’ and Sam Wilson’s tranquil, reflective, wistful ‘Nocturne’ at the end.
James Warrender presenting. Strategic Partnerships Manager (Employability & Enterprise) at Leeds Conservatoire
The conservatoire strives to create modern music industry focused opportunities for its community, developing employability and learning experiences for its students and graduates, and creating platforms like Quarry Music to not only promote their brilliant work but also monetise it.
The interns, composers and mastering engineer in attendance. Front row (pictured left to right) Evie Kitching, Eliana Harrison aka EL!ANA, Chloe Simmons, Kea Bell. Back row (pictured left to right) Peter Norris, Sam MacDonald, Ethan Glover, mastering engineering Max Lewis, Ike Greenwood
Partnering with MediaTracks, an existing and successful library music provider, supports talent development within the music industry, while creating new, relevant and authentic compositions for clients and users of library music catalogues. The platform and the content within it is supported by a team of student interns who are tasked with finding and nurturing talent, inputting accurate data and promoting conservatoire affiliated composers and their releases.
The core objectives and beliefs of this project are to:
- Represent diverse voices and talents while ensuring equitable access and opportunity for all at Leeds Conservatoire.
- Create a forward thinking, market leading platform that nurtures new and exciting talent, helping to create the music industry that our students and graduates want to inhabit.
- Promote exciting and original compositions that meet the requirements of end users and customers, but challenge norms and conventions to continue the development of this industry.
- Create a sustainable project, that links our students and graduates directly to the creative industries, develops understanding of said industries and of transferable skills, and generate income streams for those engaged with it.
