SEM celebrates International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day returns on Thursday March 8th and to celebrate, SEM is joining forces with Manchester based collective Queen Bees to curate a week of free events and workshops for women.

Our week of events begins on March 5th when we’ll be delivering a series of courses specifically for anyone identifying as female. Our Music Production Taster Courses will give you the opportunity to make music on the newly released Ableton Live 10, and our DJ Taster Courses to learn basic beatmatching skills using top of the range equipment – beginners very welcome! Our Meet and Greet is open to all genders, and is a great opportunity to gain advice from industry professionals and meet like-minded people, regardless of what stage you’re at in the music industry.

Events Schedule

Monday 5th March 7pm – 10pm
Free Women-Only Music Production Taster Course – enrol now.

Tuesday 6th March 6pm – 10pm
Women-Only DJ Taster Course – enrol now using code iwd2018 for 50% off.

Thursday 8th March 6pm – 9pm
Free – SEM x Queen Bees: International Women’s Day: Meet, Greet and Discuss. Sign up now on eventbrite.

Friday 9th March 6pm – 10pm
Women-Only DJ Taster Course – enrol now using code iwd2018 for 50% off.

Friday 9th March 7pm – 10pm
Free Women-Only Music Production Taster Course – enrol now.

You’ll have the chance to get DJ tips from some of Manchester’s leading female DJs and most importantly, you’ll get the opportunity to network with like-minded females from Manchester’s music scene.

This year, we’ve teamed up with Queen Bees and Bee Creative. Queen Bees is a Manchester based project run by females for females. The project which has been running since 2014 is the brainchild of SEM Music Technology teacher Nikki Crowley, who has been working with young people since 2009. The project aims to teach females how to DJ, produce, write lyrics, record and engineer and gives females the opportunity to gain new skills to help them gain success in the music industry. As a sub-project of Bee Creative, it exists to train people locally that may not have access to the industry. The project has already helped individuals build confidence and skillset to help further their social development and to gain opportunities, find employment or set up their own business in creative industries.

Find out more about Queen Bees and Bee Creative on their website https://www.beecreativemcr.com

Keep up to date with all events via School of Electronic Music’s Twitter and Facebook pages.