Two courses at The Institute have initially been accredited; the BMus in Popular Music Performance and the Higher Diploma. The BMus is the pre-eminent degree course for musicians wishing to reach a professional standard of musicianship and build a sustainable career in the music industry and the Higher Diploma the foremost intensive 1-year course for musicians wishing to fast-track the development of their musicianship, playing and performing skills.
JAMES is recognised by the Creative & Cultural Skills sector as being a leading organisation involved with accrediting the industry specific value of education courses. It has a long history of accrediting recording, audio and music production programmes. This is the first time they have accredited music performance courses under their new Performance course initiative.
Institute director Pete Whittard commented, "We are delighted to have achieved this accreditation for two of our most important courses. The Institute has of course been recognised as a leading provider of contemporary music education for over 25 years, but to have this formally recognised by an industry body such as JAMES is fantastic.
"We have always focused on providing our students with the best possible education in the best possible learning environment, transferring to them the skills and knowledge they need to build sustainable careers in the music industry. This accreditation therefore recognises that we are achieving those aims."
(Jim Evans)
