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30th September 2020 / News

Christmas songs needed for the AMS virtual advent calendar!

We all love a good Christmas song. And we know it’s a little early to be thinking about the C-word, […]

15th September 2020 / Events

“Women in Music” The online course challenging inequality in music

According to 'Counting the Music Industry', a study conducted by Vick Bain published recently in Music Week, just over 14% [...]

15th September 2020 / Exeter

TEDxYouth Virtual Conference at Exeter Gandy Street

TEDxYouth at Gandy Street is a virtual conference coming to Exeter on the 21st of November. They are looking for […]

14th September 2020 / News

Meet alumni Michael Rennie, smashing it as Yungblud’s drummer!

AMS Alumni Michael Rennie has been killing it drumming for hugely successful hip-hop-punk-pop infused artist YUNGBLUD. Read more about their [...]

8th September 2020 / News

Andrson launches Uploaded competition for unsigned artists

Andrson, an A.I. artist discovery platform, has launched Uploaded – an international song competition offering emerging musicians the chance […]

8th September 2020 / News

Our partner UWL reaches top 40 in The Guardian’s official guide!

Some excellent news has just come in! Our partner university, UWL (University of West London) has climbed an impressive 23 […]

2nd September 2020 / Edinburgh

Our Free Short Courses in Scotland are back!

Academy of Music and Sound’s free online short-courses have returned for 2020-21 offering ‘Sound Production’ and ‘Hip-Hop and Rap Beat-making [...]

20th August 2020 / Exeter

AMS Exeter welcomes new L3 students as record results achieved

AMS Exeter is set to welcome a wave of new students, as record results from this years class of 2020 […]

11th August 2020 / News

Check out our electrifying August playlist….

Our monthly playlist is back! Courtesy of AMS Glasgow. We got some mixed vibes and all-round great tunes on our [...]

11th August 2020 / News

We’re the new sponsor of ‘Artist of the Week in The Scotsman!

Our latest Artist of the Week in The Scotsman newspaper on Sunday is the classically trained pianist Kate E Lake! [...]

5th August 2020 / News

AMS Online team up with Ariane Cap

AMS online – the online university partner of Academy of Music & Sound – are now working with international educator, [...]

30th July 2020 / News

An update on Bearded Theory 2020

In case you missed the recent news from Bearded Theory's Spring Gathering, the festival announced recently, after several postponements for 2020's [...]