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Discover
Students will launch a community-centered music production project by investigating the challenges facing Sheffield’s local music venues. Through direct observation, conversations with venue and radio partners, and structured analysis, students will define the core challenge, identify end users, and generate meaningful inquiry questions grounded in real community evidence.
Days 1 - 8
🏟️ Sheffield Venue Walkthrough
Community Experience 45m
Examine
Students will investigate the root causes behind limited audience diversity at Sheffield’s local music venues by conducting formal interviews, analyzing community and industry data, evaluating sources for credibility, and synthesizing findings into an evidence-based problem analysis and initial solution concept that will guide their cross-genre album design.
Days 9 - 42
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Engineer
Students will generate multiple cross-genre album concepts grounded in documented community evidence, evaluate them against identified audience needs, gather early feedback from Sheffield venue partners and WSBS Radio, and produce a detailed, evidence-based plan for their selected album concept before entering implementation.
Days 43 - 64
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Do
Students will implement their cross-genre album and marketing strategy in real Sheffield venues and on WSBS Radio, collect authentic audience data, analyze effectiveness, and refine their musical and promotional approaches based on documented community feedback.
Days 65 - 71
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Share
Students will present their cross-genre album, community research, and implementation results to Sheffield venue partners and WSBS Radio representatives, demonstrating how community evidence shaped their musical decisions and documenting their artistic and professional growth.
Days 72 - 75
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