Fontaines D.C. are launching a scholarship at the BIMM Institute in Dublin, where the band’s members all met while studying music.The scholarship will cover course fees for the full four-year-duration of a student to complete a BA (Hons) Commercial Modern Music degree, worth €12,000.
The band will be involved in the process of choosing the scholarship’s recipient.Students who undertake the course receive guidance in their chosen field of songwriting, drums, vocals or guitar, along with knowledge about the music industry and performance opportunities, masterclasses, tutorials and chances to network and collaborate.“We’re honoured to have a scholarship in our name,” Fontaines D.C.
bassist Conor Deegan commented. “Our time [at] BIMM gave us time to figure out who we wanted to be as a band. We were given guidance on how to achieve our dreams.
We’re looking forward to being able to help someone else succeed at their time there with this scholarship.”BIMM Institute Dublin’s principal Alan Cullivan said the college were “thrilled” to be launching the scholarship with the band, “having watched their career grow with great excitement both before and since they completed their studies”.He continued: “At BIMM, we are driven by a commitment to helping Ireland’s next generation of music talent achieve their creative goals and realise their ambitions as artists… to be able to offer that in collaboration with our former students is a bonus.”In addition to Fontaines D.C., other BIMM Dublin alumni include The Murder Capital, The Academic frontman Craig Fitzgerald, Maria Kelly and Jafaris.
Read more on nme.com
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