College’s music students take Fringe Festival by storm
Gower College Swansea’s Music Production and Performance students recently performed at their very own Swansea Fringe Festival stage.
The Beacons x Gower College Swansea Takeover stage, at Hangar 18 on Saturday 23 October, featured music from College bands Avalanche, Konflix, Fish Tank, & Ocean View, along with a performance from alumni student and former student of the year, Olivia Kneath. The bands covered a wide span of genres, from indie to alt and hardcore.
Media medal haul for Gower College Swansea
Seven Gower College Swansea students have medalled in the Media and Creative category of Skills Competition Wales.
Congratulations to Pariyah, a band consisting of Jasmin Eagles, Dylan Hodges, Alexa Jones-Young, Matthew Thirwell and Eleri Van Block in the Popular Music competition; Leah Jones in the Visual Merchandising competition and Wiktoria Nebka in the Fashion Design and Technology competition.
Dance students head to NYC
A group of A Level Dance students from Gower College Swansea are heading to New York this November.
They will spend a morning watching a rehearsal of the prestigious Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre (AAADT) and enjoying a tour of the facilities. The groundbreaking work of the AAADT, which was formed in 1958 and has gone on to perform worldwide for an estimated 25 million people, is a specific area of study on their course.