14 April 2016
The SAE Institute and Bridges for Music announce its latest full
scholarship in conjunction with another top South African artist – megastar
AKA.
2016 Metro FM Best Collaboration and Best Hit single winner, AKA was a
logical choice to lend his weight to the latest sound production scholarship,
with his successful career inspiring thousands of young South Africans. The
scholarship is targeted at young South Africans who, like AKA are committed
and determined to achieve success.
The SAE Institute in Cape Town is South Africa’s internationally accredited
tertiary institution delivering creative media education in sound, film and
animation. This latest scholarship is a collaboration between top South African
artist AKA, non-profit Bridges for Music and SAE Institute and covers the full
year tuition for SAE’s full-time Higher Certificate in Sound Production at the
state-of-the-art campus in the heart of Cape Town at the renowned
Woodstock Exchange
The “AKA Scholarship, powered by Bridges for Music and SAE” creates a
brighter future for the successful candidate through the removal of the
financial hindrances merged with mentoring sessions, internship
opportunities, career guidance and life skills development.
AKA has established himself as one of South Africa’s top talents as a multi-
award winning musician and producer who understands the importance of
creating opportunities such as this scholarship. As he explains further, “It’s a
great honour for me to be able to offer a young aspiring
musician/producer/engineer an opportunity to equip themselves with the skills
needed to begin a career in the industry. I myself studied to be a sound
engineer and I still use the same skills I acquired all those years back, in the
day to day happenings of my own career. Thank you SAE and Bridges for
Music for partnering with me on this awesome initiative. Good luck to the
recipient of this scholarship, and see you at the top.”
This scholarship is the latest collaboration between Bridges for Music and
SAE, and adds to their already robust scholarship program with top artists
Ready D, Black Coffee and Young Guru (Jay Z’s engineer and tour DJ) who
also presents similar annual scholarships for the Higher Certificate in Sound
Engineering.
SAE Director, Trenton Birch explains the rationale behind these life-changing
scholarships; "We are very excited to partner with AKA and Bridges for Music
for this scholarship. AKA is a very talented committed artist who has also
studied sound engineering, he has an amazing work ethic and is the perfect
person to have as a scholarship patron. Teaming up to provide opportunities
for young disadvantaged creatives is incredibly powerful and we are inspired
to be able to offer a platform that can truly change lives.”
The Higher Certificate in Sound Production provides students with the
practical skills necessary to work in the entertainment and music industries.
Students learn the technical and creative aspects of the recording process by
working on complex projects in various professional studio environments.
The course covers all aspects of sound production, studio recording and live
sound reinforcement techniques, mixing, mastering, MIDI and modern music
creation, music business, studio acoustics and the application of current
technology to the music production process. Students also gain expertise in
music and business management, marketing, communications, and
knowledge of the contemporary ‘infotainment' industry.
Every year SAE offers these scholarships to those with Grade 12 certificates
and the scholarship covers all fees but not living or travel expenses. The
scholarship is for the July 2016 intake and this year there are four
scholarships available, all of the details for the scholarships are available on
the SAE website, www.capetown.sae.edu. The deadline for applications is
April 30th 2016.