The Looking List : Music Showcase

We are delighted to invite you to the Year 12 End of Year showcase: "THE LOOKING LIST" on Thursday 9th May 2024 at East London Arts and Music.

This Live performance will showcase Yr 12 trainee work for their project "The Looking List", which focuses on trainees writing and performing original songs in response to real industry briefs.

Doors at 6pm. The show will start at 6.30pm.

This event takes place at ELAM, Maltings Close, London E3 3TA. 

Purchase your tickets here.

Strictly limited parking for registered disabled badges only (please email info@elam.co.uk in advance). Guests are otherwise advised to travel via public transport. 

Strobe lighting used throughout."

Annual Games Showcase 2024

Join us for our Annual Games Showcase on the 25th April from 5pm until 7:30pm.

This is an amazing opportunity to witness the extraordinary work that goes on in ELAM’s Games Design department, hear and see from our trainees and prestigious ELUMNI all whilst getting an exclusive look at the amazing Games produced within the college.

Get your tickets here.

We hope to see you there!

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ELAM Presents 'The Game Changer'

If you're thinking about studying Games Design or have an interest in Gaming this is the event for you...

The Game Changer is a collaborative project that exists in order to inspire those who identify as young, talented non-binary/females to choose and navigate a career within the Games Design Industry.

This event is for all, but aims to kickstart a conversation about bridging the gender gap within the Games Design Industry.

The Game Changer is open to everyone applying to ELAM and to young talented individuals who have an interest in Games Design aged 13-16. There will be an opportunity to speak to current trainees and hear from our alumni about their journey.

You will also get to hear and meet Games Design professionals and speak to representatives from universities who will shed light on the opportunities available at the end of the 2 years at ELAM.

You don’t want to miss out on this!

Sign up by clicking here.

📆: 20th March, 2pm - 5pm
📍: ELAM E3 3TA
🙋‍♀️: Gamers/Computer Scientists/Artists aged 13-16

XYZ 2024 Exhibition.

Join us for the XYZ 2024 Exhibition at arebyte on 7 March 2024 from 6.30 to 9:00PM.

XYZ, an initiative by arebyte, provides a platform for young creatives to engage with the artistic dimensions of gaming.

Arebyte conducts a module within our Game Design course, where our trainees collaboratively create their own game inspired by arebyte's current artistic focus, The Body, The Mind, The Soul, an exploration into the human experience in the context of technological evolution.

Our trainees were guided through a programme on game development led by artist David Blandy, in addition to sessions conducted by arebyte's team covering artistic direction, curation, and exhibition design, providing a comprehensive view of the creative process for displaying game works in an art gallery. The module also included a segment focused on game marketing and publishing, featuring presenter and broadcaster Shay Thompson, and Chucklefish Product Lead Alexis Trust.

The two games developed by our trainees invite the audience to a futuristic odyssey into the impact of advanced technology, revealing a world driven by the relentless march of progress. In CyberZero, the game contemplates how navigating a mixed reality landscape, where the boundaries between the virtual and physical blur, might affect our sense of self. Future Future, unfolding a millennium later, reflects on the concept of digital immortality and the implications of extending one's existence beyond the biological lifespan, signalling the potential societal collapse that could result from such endeavours.

Both games offer cautionary glimpses into a potentially futile future amid rapid technological development. Together, they compel players to ponder the intricate interplay between technological advancement, the fragility of the human experience, and the potential existential crises that may arise from the ceaseless pursuit of innovation.

You can book tickets here.

PPL to support East London Arts & Music (ELAM) specialist education programmes for three years

PPL has announced that it will provide funding to East London Arts & Music (ELAM) for the next three years to help drive more diversity and equity in the creative and cultural industries. ELAM is a full-time industry academy providing 16 to 19-year-olds from under-represented communities with a specialist education in Music, Film and Television Production and Games Design.

Graduates from ELAM include FLO, the trio won the BBC’s Sound of 2023 and the Brits Rising Star Award in the same year; Naomi Kimpenu, winner of the Ivor Novello Rising Star Award in 2022; Sekou, recently longlisted for the BBC’s Sound of 2024; and Ines Dunn and Tendai, both shortlisted for the Ivor Novello Rising Star Award in 2023.

The funding from PPL will be directed towards key programmes designed to ensure young people from under-represented communities have equal access to ELAM’s specialist education, such as the Industry Engagement Programme, pastoral and mental health support, student recruitment and outreach, peripatetic music tuition and travel bursaries. With PPL’s support, ELAM will accelerate progress towards a more diverse and equitable creative industry. 

Matt Sheldon, ELAM Principal, said: “It’s a privilege to partner with PPL to ensure our young people receive the specialist education and support they need in order to thrive and leave ELAM with the greatest chance of future success. We are delighted to have PPL’s support over the next three years which will help us to transform the lives and futures of some of London’s most promising but disadvantaged young people.”

Peter Leathem OBE, CEO of PPL, added: “At PPL we’re passionate about supporting the next generation of music performers and ensuring we have an industry that is truly representative. We hope this funding will give young people the space to hone and develop their talents and create essential industry connections so they can build successful and sustainable careers.”

The BRIT Trust announces grant funding for East London Arts and Music (ELAM)

The recorded music industry’s leading charity, The BRIT Trust, today announces grant funding for ELAM - a full-time Industry Academy in East London for 16-19 years olds interested in pursuing a career in Music, Film and Television Production and Games Design.

The BRIT Trust’s mission is to draw on the transformative power of music and the arts to do good and to enable positive life pathways for young people of all backgrounds – recognising that this can best be achieved by embracing accessibility, diversity and inclusion as key values. The BRIT Trust has to date made more than 280 grant commitments totalling over £28 million to a wide range of causes and charities across the UK that inspire people to realise their full potential and life chances, whatever their abilities, ethnicity, gender and sexuality. Beneficiaries include The BRIT School, Nordoff and Robbins, Key 4 Life, Music Support, Sing Inside, Not Saints, Independent Venue Community, Heart'n'Soul and London Youth Choir. 

ELAM is a world-class 16-19 Academy which opened in September 2014 in one of the most under-represented areas of the UK, providing industry standard courses for trainees in Music, Games Design and Film & Television. Its mission is to identify, hone, support and connect a pipeline of representative talent from education to employment within the creative industries. Funded by the Department for Education, ELAM’s first full Ofsted inspection in May 2017 resulted in a grading of Outstanding in every category.

Chair of The BRIT Trust, Tony Wadsworth CBE said: “The BRIT Trust has had a close relationship with ELAM for a number of years and I am delighted to expand on this with grant funding. ELAM aligns perfectly with the Trust’s mission for using music and the creative arts as a transformative tool, so on behalf of the Trustee’s, we take great pride in supporting ELAM to continue their vital work.”

Principal of ELAM, Matt Sheldon said: ‘’Together, we are creating a dynamic, vibrant ecosystem which is enabling talented young people, regardless of their socio-economic background, gender, race or sexuality, to thrive and fulfil their potential. Trainees leave ELAM ‘industry-ready’, with the skills, knowledge and professional behaviours required to ensure a successful career in the creative industries and beyond. There is no other academy quite like it and we cannot thank The BRIT Trust enough for their commitment to ELAM. It is changing lives.’’