The Gus Dudgeon Foundation and JAMES (Joint Audio Media Education Support) are to hold their joint Summer Course from 11 to 15 July at Leeds Beckett University.
The fifth Summer Course since its inauguration, this year sees producer Mark Hutchinson tutor 12 of the finest undergraduate students from JAMES accredited music technology and production courses through five days of recording on both analogue and digital systems.
The students will also benefit from the attendance of Ken Scott as ‘host’ at Leeds Beckett. Widely known for his work with The Beatles, Elton John, Pink Floyd, David Bowie and Supertramp, Scott will be ‘dropping in’ during the week and to award the student prize at the end of the course. Universities represented by students are De Montfort Leicester, Abertay, Huddersfield, Hertfordshire, Anglia Ruskin, Lincoln, New Bucks, University of South Wales, Derby, LIPA, Leeds Beckett and University of Central Lancashire.
Mark Hutchinson is an experienced producer, engineer, education practitioner and musician. He has worked extensively with acoustic music, pop, rock as well as classical, Indian and jazz. He has worked with award-winning artists and legends of the folk scene and his work has reached a Top 10 status on several occasions in the UK national charts.
‘We’re thrilled to be holding this year’s GDF Summer Course here at Leeds Beckett University as it allows our students to meet and network with those from the other JAMES accredited courses,’ says Dr Steve Parker, Principal Lecturer in Music Technology and Production at Leeds Beckett. ‘Getting to work with some of their peers from other HE institutions and professional practitioners adds to their skills and knowledge and enables them to continue to work over the summer in a creative environment. Having Ken Scott host this year’s course will give them an unique insight into how Gus worked and the opportunity to listen to some of his original multi-track recordings.’
Sponsors for the event are supplying a selection of equipment for use on the recording. Among them are Unity Audio, Unity Rock (close-field monitors), Source Distribution (API the Box console, API Lunch Box and Genelec 8351 monitors) and Solid State Logic ( a full set of SSL plug-ins for the Student of the Week prize).
