Sound Engineering Camp for global majority Women and Gender Expansive creatives

Turn It Up!

Turn It Up is a collaboration project with Black Lives In Music supporting female and gender-expansive creatives from global majority backgrounds.

An underrepresented group in music’s technical roles creating pathways into sound engineering. Successful candidates take part in a bespoke four-day bootcamp at Platoon Studios, London.

This programme is led entirely by Female producers, engineers, and industry professionals. Turn It Up provides hands-on training in audio technology, recording, vocal production, mixing, and set-up.

Applicants (aged 18+, from Black and other Global Majority backgrounds in the UK) receive support to overcome travel and financial barriers, ensuring full accessibility.

Beyond training, Turn It Up offers mentorship, industry networking, and visible role models, actively building equitable career progression pipelines.

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Application Deadline: 27th March 9am

The goal of Turn It Up is to increase the job opportunities for women of colour within sound engineering. To equip participants with enhanced skills, support, boosted confidence, and the resources they need to pursue sound engineering further, secure internships, and land job placements in the industry.

Aims and Objectives

To empower women and gender expansive creatives of colour in the field of sound engineering

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To cultivate participants' technical proficiency and skill development in live sound engineering through hands-on training, workshops, and mentorship.
To foster a supportive and inclusive environment that celebrates the diversity and creativity of women and gender expansive creatives of colour in the music industry, promoting visibility and representation.
To facilitate networking opportunities among participants, industry professionals, and mentors, fostering connections that can lead to collaborations and career advancement.

Requirements:

Eligibility: Female, Gender Expansive persons aged 18+, resident in the UK from a global majority background.

All applications will be reviewed fairly, we hope to create an engaging and safe space for you to further explore your craft in sound engineering.

Turn It Up Class of 2024

FAQs

We Are The Unheard is at the forefront of a transformative movement within the music industry, addressing the critical need for gender equity and diversity.
We Are The Unheard strives to be a catalyst for positive social change, fostering inclusivity, understanding, support and equal opportunities. In the long term, we see an industry where women and gender expansive creatives are supported in their challenges and are celebrated for their strengths, and where our collective efforts have created a more just, empathetic, and interconnected industry.
This camp is designed to open doors for women and gender-expansive people of colour in sound engineering. By combining practical training with mentorship and industry insight, it not only builds technical expertise but also creates pathways into employment. Participants gain the skills, confidence and networks they need to thrive and progress in their careers.
The "Turn It Up" program is open to women and gender-expansive creatives from global majority backgrounds who are emerging sound engineers, are 18+, and reside in the UK.
For participants who may face financial barriers to attending, Black Lives in Music and We Are The Unheard may offer support or have resources available to assist with travel costs, please contact mica.sefia@blim.org.uk for more information.
To apply for the "Turn It Up" program, please complete the application form attached. Make sure to fill in all required fields and submit any additional information requested to ensure your application is complete.

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About Black lives in music

Talent is distributed evenly, opportunities are not! Black Lives in Music addresses the current inequality of opportunity for Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse people aspiring to be artists or professionals in the Jazz and Classical music industry. Black Lives in Music believes in real equality for Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse people to learn musical instruments at grassroots level and to allow them to pursue and realise their musical ambitions.

Black Lives in Music is made up of a number of partners who are all working towards the same goal: to dismantle structural racism in our industry. We aim to support the industry in providing better professional opportunities. We also want to achieve equality for Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse professionals at all levels and in all areas of the UK Jazz and Classical industry. Representation matters, we need to take action together and create a level playing field for everyone to have an equal chance to succeed.

Black Lives in Music stands for equal opportunities – for Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse people to be able to work successfully in the UK music industry without being the subject of discrimination.