Music students' band wins notable awards at National Festival
Thursday, 14 July 2011
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A first year band formed from students across the three Music degrees at University College Falmouth have won two awards at the Music for Youth National Festival. The band, called The Klezbians now have the opportunity to be chosen to perform at The Royal Albert Hall in the middle of the BBC Proms season.
The first award was the 'National Union of Teachers Composition Award' and the Second was the 'Times Educational Supplement Award for Traditional and International act'.
The students are studying on the three BA(Hons) degrees on offer, Music, Popular Music and Creative Music Technology.
Open air and indoors, the National Festival has become one of the major highlights in the music education calendar. Packed with inspirational performances, workshops and conferences, this seven day festival brings together 12,000 of the country's most exciting performers.
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