Draft:WaterBear - The College of Music

WaterBear is an independent music school offering Higher Education courses within city-wide campuses in Brighton and Sheffield, England. They specialise in the delivery of Bachelor of Arts and master's degrees courses for musicians, artists and music industry professionals. Their ethos is to support independent, DIY artists to build long-term, sustainable careers in the music industry. They provide on-site and flexible online learning, mentoring, work experience and performance opportunities. WaterBear's courses focus on a range of specialist areas, including music performance, audio production, songwriting, electronic music, music business and professional project work.

History
WaterBear was launched in 2018 by professional musicians and music educators Bruce John Dickinson (Co-Founder/Director) and Adam Bushell (Co-Founder/CEO).

In 2020 it was announced that Falmouth University would be the official awarding body for WaterBear's undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. In late 2020 a joint venture was confirmed which saw Falmouth University investing in WaterBear and taking a seat on the WaterBear board.

In 2023 WaterBear opened a new campus in Sheffield at the location of the former Sheffield nightclub Gatecrasher.

Scholarships

 * WaterBear x AudioActive Scholarship Award


 * WaterBear x Pattern + Push Scholarship Award


 * The Leadmill Scholarship Award


 * While She Sleeps Scholarship Award


 * Royal Blood Scholarship Award


 * Beatport Scholarship Award


 * Damian Keyes Scholarship Award


 * Cory Wong Scholarship Award


 * Carl Cox Scholarship Award

Patrons

 * Frank Turner
 * Royal Blood

Previous students

 * Sasha Skarbek (co-writer of James Blunt's You're Beautiful and Goodbye My Lover, as well as Miley Cyrus' Wrecking Ball)


 * Mark Richardson (drummer in Skunk Anansie, former member of Little Angels and Feeder)


 * Liam Kearley (drummer for Black Peaks)


 * Demelza Mather (drummer for The Wytches)


 * Lily Knott (musician)


 * Samuel Organ (founding member of The Physics House Band)


 * Ben Ash (former session guitarist in Satyricon and Carcass)


 * Melanie Howard (bass player for The Wedding Present)


 * Jon Constantine (producer)


 * Stuart Bruce (studio engineer, engineered for the recording of Do They Know It's Christmas)


 * Dave Colquhoun (guitarist for Rick Wakeman)


 * Pat Heath (guitarist)


 * Abi D'Arcey (singer-songwriter)


 * Matt White (guitarist for The Temperance Movement)


 * Lisa McKeown (founder and director of Revolt Artist Management)


 * Xoe-B (singer-songwriter)


 * Tim Trotter (drummer)


 * Amba Tremain (singer)


 * Aidan Hampson (bass player)


 * Rob Town (bass player)


 * Mike Ross (musician)


 * Kai Dylan (musician)


 * George Donoghue (musician)


 * Pete Riley (former drummer for Republica)