Newham Music Careers Evening
Newham Music
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Thu, 19 Feb 2026 "> published -
Event Summary
Event Description
The event aims to help Newham's young people find out about the music industry and plot their creative journey. This will take place at Rosetta Arts.
Partner organisations attending include Yeah Youth, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Breakin' Convention, University of East London, National Youth Jazz Orchestra, ELAM, Shadow to Shine and Small Green Shoots.
We'll also be hosting a workshop with Mich Nnadi of Warner Label, a music performance from MIRI, a drop-in CV clinic, and talks from professionals across a range of careers.
Programme:
16:00 - 19:00 Network with stallholders - Learn about the work of different London-based organisations and find out about potential opportunities
16:15 - 16:45; 17:00 - 17:30 Syncing Workshop: Music for TV and Film with Michelle Nnadi.
LIMITED CAPACITY.
Michelle is Global Asset Coordinator for Warner's Global Sync Department. Mish's journey is a testament to the power of early career networking.
16:45 Performance from MIRI.
MIRI'S performance will be followed by a drop-in Q+A.
16:30 - 18:30 Drop in CV clinic with Newham Music - get advice on your CV presentation, content and format from Newham Music's team
18:00 - 18:30 Panel: Music Can Pay the Bills with artist Young Athena, archivist Naz from Newham and artist-educator Nia Ekanem.
Listen to young artists and cultural professionals discuss how they overcame institutional inequalities and bias against music as a professional industries to carve out successful careers.
18:30 - 19:00 In Conversation: Backstage Careers
With award winning production manager Pembe Tokluhan and rapper, audio producer Mae-Li Evans, and educator and youth professional development leader Shay Mula
Where: Rosetta Arts, Stratford, 1 Hamilton Rd, London E15 3AE
Who? For young people aged 14-21 who are interested in a career in the music industry, plus their parents/guardians. (Parents/guardians must be accompanied by a young person!)
Cost: Free
Event Overview
- Event Title: Newham Music Careers Evening
- Type: Networking
- Date: Mon, 2nd Mar 2026
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Location:
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Event: Newham Music Careers Evening
Event: Newham Music Careers Evening
Organisation: Newham Music
Postcode: E15 3AE
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How to Book
Book via the eventbrite link below:
- Contact name: Liv Bailey
- Contact email: [email protected]
About Newham Music
Newham Music is the award-winning music hub for Newham. We are committed to providing high-quality music education and opportunities to children and young people in schools throughout the borough and at Newham Music Academy, our after school and Saturday music centre.
We work with over 15,000 children and young people each year and, since becoming an independent charity in 1996, we have provided life-enhancing music opportunities to many thousands of young people from all corners of the borough.