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New playlist celebrates the music of VIP students

18th June 2021

Charanga’s VIP Studio Sessions has enabled UK secondary and international school students to make music for over seven years. This past winter was the busiest on record, and to celebrate the great music that was recorded by our users, we’ve created a new playlist.

100s of children come together for Sing St Albans

25th March 2021

Around 750 children and their families from primary schools across St Albans and Harpenden took part in the recent Sing St Albans project – the results of which can be seen in this fantastic video.

And the winner of VIP’s Lo-Fi competition is…

18th December 2020

Over the past few weeks, the VIP Studio Sessions team has been running a musical advent calendar on social media, sharing every shortlisted track from our popular Lo-Fi Hip Hop competition. Today we’re excited to announce our winners.

Supporting Young Artists and Future Label Owners

3rd December 2020

Log in to VIP Studio Sessions and you’ll see that we’ve published new video resources in the platform’s Release and Promote section. They feature Aly Gillani, the UK/EU label rep for Bandcamp and A&R/Founder of First Word Records, who we were lucky enough to speak to this autumn.

Increasing engagement & boosting GCSE Music uptake with VIP

30th November 2020

Charanga has always been proud to play its part in helping to engage KS3 students with music. This year, we’ve had whole year groups producing beats, recording raps and honing their music creation skills at home using VIP Studio Sessions – even before the pandemic.