Voicebox: Kickstart your career

What's the best pathway into the arts and media - a creative apprenticeship or a university course? How do I build my experience and contacts, and survive as a young professional? This Voicebox offers ideas about developing your creative career, providing you with insights and opinions from both professionals and peers.
We also have a careers section dedicated to helping you find inspiration on taking that next step!
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14 December 2020
What goes on at Tiger Monkey?
We catch up with Director of Tiger Monkey, Emma Ghafur, about what goes on behind the scenes at this arts organisation.
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14 December 2020
Where are they now? with Jessica Johnson, Arts Award 15th Birthday
We chat to Jess Johnson who achieved her Arts Award 10 years back and is now pursuing her dream to be a novelist, to celebrate Arts Award's 15th birthday.
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14 December 2020
Celebrating Arts Award Alumni, Arts Award 15th Birthday
Arts Award has been supporting the development of creativity and leadership skills for all young people for 15 years. Arts Award has championed creativity, nurtured talent and offered insights into the arts world, together with a taste of creative careers. Across the UK there are over 4,000 centres and an impressive 563,973 awards achieved. That's a LOT of Gold, Silver, Bronze, Explore and Discover Arts Awards over the years!
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14 December 2020
Where are they now? with Tom Spence, Arts Award 15th Birthday
Tom Spence did his Arts Awards in the early days! He tells us about developing as a composer and his work with Skimstone Arts in Newcastle to celebrate Arts Award 15th birthday.
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14 December 2020
How to navigate creative careers during a pandemic
Get clued up on creative careers during Covid-19 with this practical guide
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11 December 2020
How to make a cover song your own with Marsela
Singer-songwriter Marsela guides us through this process during our final Artist Workshop in the series funded by the Arts Council England.
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4 December 2020
What the judges are looking for with your TrinityTalent nominations
Want to find out what the judges are looking for with your TrinityTalent Class of 2020 nominations? Read on to find out all about it.
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9 December 2020
How to make a cover song your own with Marsela
The talented Marsela with be delivering an exclusive performance for Voice magazine on Instagram and demonstrating how to take a cover song and make it your own. This is the final session in our Artist Workshop series funded by the Arts Council England.
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2 December 2020
Performing drums for different genres
Watch former Trinity College London student, Lola Warman, perform the drums live on Instagram and demonstrate how to play for different genres. This is the penultimate session in our Artist Workshop series funded by the Arts Council England.
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6 November 2020
Where are they now? with Bhavesh Jadva: Arts Award 15th birthday
Bhavesh Jadva was one of the founder editors of Voice, when doing his Arts Award way back when. He tells us what happened next…
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5 November 2020
Online learning: the revolution?
How Covid-19 is impacting the university experience
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30 October 2020
Comedy with Archie Maddocks
In times like these, who doesn’t love a good laugh? Voice caught up with hilarious comedian and writer, Archie Maddocks, about what he has been up to lately, and how he has weathered the Covid-19 storm, as part of the Artist Workshop with Voice series, funded by Arts Council England.
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27 October 2020
How to conceptualise a shoot with Louis Femi Adebowale
Voice caught up with filmmaker, editor and photographer Louis Femi Adebowale, about how to conceptualise a shoot, on Instagram live on Thursday 22 October, as part of the Artist Workshop with Voice series, funded by Arts Council England.
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14 October 2020
Arts Council England reopen DYCP funding for individuals
£18 million will be allocated over the next 12 months to help cultural and creative practitioners develop their creative practice.
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1 October 2020
How to sing with Joanne Roughton-Arnold
Voice caught up with opera singer, and violinist Joanne Roughton-Arnold for her advice on how to sing, and her journey to opera, as part of the Artist Workshop with Voice series, funded by Arts Council England.
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29 October 2020
Comedy with Archie Maddocks: Artist Workshop with Voice Series
Join award-winning stand-up comedian and writer Archie Maddox for this Voice special workshop on how to be a comedian. Sign-up to more free skills share workshops in the Artist Workshops with Voice series.
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15 September 2020
The A-levels anticlimax
The long-term effects of thrice changed A-levels
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7 September 2020
A-level fiasco: What happened and is it now fixed?
How did the first lot of A-level results go so horribly wrong and now that the grades have been revised, is the problem finally solved?