Fifty students set to Rock and Roll at the University of Chichester’s Music Summer School

Fifty students aged 13 to 14-years-old from local schools in the Bognor Regis and Chichester area will have the opportunity to work with professional musicians and lyricists to discover their own musical talents at the ‘Chi Rocks Summer School’ from 7-9th July at the University Chichester.

The 5th annual Summer School, run by the University’s Widening Participation team, will be focussing on music for the first time and will enable the teenagers to run their own song writing company and this will culminate in seeing their song performed by professional band at a Chi Rocks gig in the University’s Student Union bar on Thursday 9th July.

The Chi Rocks event give these young adults the opportunity to learn about writing songs, recording and music technology and ways to market their own company. Those attending won’t necessarily have to play an instrument or sing, but they must love music. The schools taking part are Bognor Regis Community College, Bourne Community College, Manhood Community College, Thomas Bennett Community College and Westergate Community College.

Organise Carole Nairn said: “We’re really excited about this event which will give these students a fantastic opportunity to learn about different aspects of the music business from professionals who teach here at the University. To hear their songs performed by a professional band should be a really great experience for them and hopefully some of them will study music at university in the future.”

If you would like to find out more about this event please contact Carole on tel: 01243 812169 or email c.nairn@chi.ac.uk