Top gigs for music students

Talented University of Wolverhampton music students will be performing gigs in professional venues around the region as part of their degree course.

Third year students on the BA (Hons) Popular Music course will be performing 18 gigs over seven nights as part of their Performance Project module.

The venues include The Jamhouse in Birmingham and the Varsity in Wolverhampton.

Senior Lecturer Steve Cooper, from the , said: “This year’s cohort of performance project students is our largest yet and features an unprecedented 18 performances over 7 nights, all in excellent, professional level venues.

“This is a wonderful showcase for the Popular Music course and the University’s music department as a whole. A full range of pop styles and genres are covered across the tour with each performer delivering a full band set of 40 minutes.”

The full details of the students’ performances and dates are:

Tuesday, May 4 - Jamhouse, Birmingham - Ian Haughton & James Tolley http://www.thejamhouse.com/

Wednesday, May 5 - Jamhouse, Birmingham - Paul Asbridge & Linda Odinsen http://www.thejamhouse.com/

Thursday, May 6 - Base Studios, Stourbridge - Amy Cooper, Marie Taylor & Natasha Jones http://www.basestudios1.co.uk/

Monday, May 10 - Varsity, Wolverhampton - Gemma Sherwood & Laura Rathbone http://www.varsitybars.com/bars/wolverhampton.html

Tuesday, May 11 - Actress & Bishop, Birmingham - Adam Lowe, Dan Pope & Dan Mullen http://www.welovelocal.com/en/wm/birmingham/birmingham/pubs/the-actress-bishop-b31eh.html

Wednesday, May 12 - The Roadhouse, Birmingham - Wayne Young, Andy Parsons & James Dodds http://www.theroadhousebirmingham.co.uk/

Thursday, May 13 - The Roadhouse, Birmingham - Camilla Pettersen, Ben Pook, Ash Harris http://www.theroadhousebirmingham.co.uk/

Start times and entry prices (where applicable) vary depending on the venues, so please email Steve Cooper, steve.cooper@wlv.ac.uk, for further information.

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