[Press Release]

London’s Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP) is delighted to announce, in partnership with Mapex, Paiste, and Drummer magazine, the launch of its 2009 drum scholarship program.

The lucky winner will receive a free place, worth £5,250 [around $10,500], on the Institute’s renowned Higher Diploma course starting in October 2009, while the runner-up will receive a £2,600 [$5,200] award for study on the same program. In addition to this fabulous prize, the winner will also be a contributor to Drummer magazine, the UK’s loudest drum magazine, for a year! Applications are invited from students both from the UK and internationally.

The Higher Diploma is a specialist one-year full-time course, developed by the Institute to train and develop students of guitar, bass, drums, and vocals for a career in the music industry. It was the first full-time course of its kind ever developed in the UK and achieving a place on the course continues to be an aspirational goal for young musicians. Institute alumni can be found throughout today’s music industry, working with artists of the caliber of Babyshambles, Lemar, Radiohead, Eric Clapton, Keane, and KT Tunstall.

This drum scholarship is part of the annual program of Institute scholarship awards and represents a fantastic opportunity for deserving students to access world class training and tuition at one of the world’s leading schools of contemporary music. Closing date for entries is Friday, March 6, 2009, and there is always great demand, so any interested drummers should apply now by downloading the application form at www.icmp.co.uk. Remember, if you don’t apply, you definitely can’t win!