Living Well

Centre for Music is for everyone!

By JForrester 11 Jul 2023

Music a great way to relax, take time for yourself, hang out with friends and make new connections. Whether it’s singing, making music or just listening, music is for everyone. UWE Bristol is the only UK university with a complete music service, free to all students no matter what you are studying. Welcome to the UWE Bristol Centre for Music!

Whether you want to book a rehearsal space, recording studio or DJ booth, join a group, form a band, join our professionally led orchestra or choirs, play classical and jazz, rock and pop, underground, rap or electronic, CfM is for you.

Based on Frenchay Campus, CfM is led by music experts who can start you from scratch or push your limits, whatever you want to do.

How to join?

Join CfM for free by visiting https://go.uwe.ac.uk/cfm23membership

Mini-courses – free courses in music production – Logic Pro X & Ableton 10. Small group lessons in guitar, drums, voice and piano - £20 for four! 1-2-1 Lessons in every instrument £35 per hour. Just email; cfm@uwe.ac.uk for more info or check www.uwe.ac.uk/music

Singing and playing – professionally led Classical, Gospel and A capella/Pop choirs and singing sessions, Orchestra, Big Band and Saxophone ensemble.

Recording – Come and try out our recording studio fully equipped with iMac with Logic Pro and Ableton Live, KRK Rokit 8 monitors, condenser mics and MIDI controllers.

Use our spaces – Our rooms can be booked online via 10to8. Just sign up for free membership and you’ll get sent the link

Special events and competitions – Amplify competition – styles you’d hear on the Radio 1 Xtra playlist (e.g. Hip-hop, RnB, Drum and Bass, UK Garage, Grime, Dubstep). We are looking for the best completely original track created by UWE students. It may be instrumental or have vocals, but if instrumental it needs to feel complete without the vocal i.e., not just a backing track for an MC.

Battle of the Bands – our annual competition held in the SU at Christmas. Bands and solo performers perform 1 or 2 tracks to be in with a chance to win a recording session at Peter Gabriel’s Real World studio in Bath. In 2023, the competition will be judged by James Threlfall of BBC Introducing!

Email cfm@uwe.ac.uk for more info