Former Bedford College student Chris Atkins,
who studied Performing Arts and Music Technology at Bedford
College, is now working with some of the biggest names in the music
business, including David Gray and Snow Patrol, as well as
companies such as Pepsi, Ferrari, Nokia and Intel. Chris moved to
Dubai three years ago to work as a composer, programmer and sound
engineer at Barry Kirsch Productions.
Lauren Smart, a Music Technology student at
the College, beat off competition from more than 250 students from
colleges and universities across Europe to win the Apple Creative
Talent Competition. Lauren won her prize in the audio category for
her song ‘Heartbroken’.
One of our Music Technology students, Lawrence
Bray is leading a local band The Rumor on its way to rock stardom after
getting through to the regional finals of Live and Unsigned – a
national music competition. The Rumor have already performed gigs
at Esquires in Bedford and the Wheatsheaf in Leighton Buzzard, and
now have gigs booked for major venues in London.