Guests

Meet our Music Industry Guests

Inside the industry

Music industry guest visits take place throughout the year, showcasing some of the best artists and innovators in today’s music. We work with some of the world’s biggest bands, artists, influencers, PR companies, managers and labels, all keen to share their knowledge and experience with our students. Our regular industry development weeks also feature condensed programmes of guest visits, panels, seminars, masterclasses, gigs, and more. Our guest programme varies each year and some of our recent guests are shown below.

Keepers Brew
Keepers Brew fuse psychedelic rock, dance and metal into an explosive, genre-mashing live experience.
Freshers week performance Masterclass Q+A
Kiris Houston
Kiris Houston is a Latin Grammy-winning producer & multi-instrumentalist with 3B+ streams to his name.
Masterclass Q+A
Lucy Evers
Lucy Evers leads Orchards and brings her skills as a mentor, digital marketer, copywriter and session vocalist.
Masterclass Q+A
Hannah Trigwell
Hannah Trigwell from Leeds is an indie alt-pop singer with 800k+ online fans and 120M YouTube views.
Masterclass Q+A
Dirk Lance
Dirk Lance, founding Incubus bassist, now with East of June and known for his signature slap bass style.
Masterclass Q+A Bursary
Stuart Bruce
Stuart Bruce recorded Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” and has worked with many music legends.
Masterclass
Marco Mendoza
Marco Mendoza, legendary bassist and vocalist, has rocked with Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, and The Dead Daisies.
Masterclass Student support slot Q+A
Mary Spender
Mary Spender is a genre-blending guitarist & artist with 90M+ YouTube views and a DIY debut album.
Masterclass
Melanie Howard
Former Wedding Present bassist, Melanie Howard now makes brooding alt-pop as Such Small Hands, in Brighton.
Alumni

About MUSIC INDUSTRY GUESTS  

Guest visits take place throughout the year, showcasing some of the best artists and innovators in today’s music. We work with some of the world’s biggest bands, artists, influencers, PR companies, managers and labels, all keen to share their knowledge and experience with our students. Our regular industry development weeks feature condensed programmes of guest visits, panels, seminars, masterclasses, gigs, and more. 

MUSIC INDUSTRIES DEPARTMENT 

Meet our dedicated music industries team who curate all our events, from Development Week to Freshers Week, ensuring that you are learning from inside the industry from day one. 

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