Alumni

Media is one of our biggest pathways – home to some serious talent across animation and VFX, graphic design, videography, photography, content creation and more. Sam, a recent Graphic and Digital Design graduate, was part of this talent.

Beth McCarthy was an ACC student back in 2014. During her time with ACC, Beth competed on the third season of The Voice. Since then, Beth has had huge success building and growing a Tik Tok community for her music and it had certainly paid off! In 2024, Beth completed her debut UK and Europe headline tour, has played many major festivals including Radio 1’s Big Weekend and Rock For People.

“ACC gave me so much support and so much freedom to actively pursue music. Being able to study music and performance, but also go out and gig and network and actually do the thing you want to do is so important, and I don’t think I would’ve had that opportunity had I chosen to study somewhere else.”

Alex Anderson studied on ACC Manchester’s Vocal Artist course, and navigated his time at Access Creative College in 2020 from in-person classes, to virtual learning when the COVID-19 pandemic started.

Ed Sheeran studied on our Artist Development course after being discovered by the staff at our Norwich centre. Now a household name and one of music’s biggest global stars, he is also our Patron, supporting and inspiring young creatives on their career journeys. 

Amy studied with us just before she formed the Nova Twins with her best friend Georgia. The band have gone on to win multiple awards, tour the globe and release 2 albums including Supernova that was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2022.

Made up of Rosa and Jenny, Let’s Eat Grandma formed and recorded their first album I, Gemini in the studios at ACC Norwich. Signed to Transgressive Records, they’ve released 3 albums, toured across Europe, the US and Canada, and played some of the world’s biggest festivals including Glastonbury, Latitude and Reading and Leeds.

Chris Eddowes AKA P0gman is a dubstep producer and DJ from Wolverhampton. He started his career with us at ACC Birmingham, studying Music Production. He has been producing and touring the world for over a decade. He’s also building up a serious back catalogue for you to dig into on most popular streaming platforms.

Sam studied Music Technology at ACC Lincoln. After he finished, he was hired as Neck Deep’s guitar technician. During a 2015 tour, the former guitarist had to leave and Sam was asked to stand in as lead guitarist. He learned the band’s setlist of 11 songs in one night and the rest is history! 3 albums, multiple world tours and a plethora of festival appearances later, Neck Deep have been cemented as one of the biggest Pop Punk bands in the world.

From his time as a student at ACC Norwich doing Artist Development to producing the opening track on Fredo’s 2021 sophomore album Money Can’t Buy Happiness and working with some of British Hip-Hop’s finest including Giggs and R.A, Arkz Beats (real name Daniel Buse) has made a name for himself as a driven, innovative and highly-skilled producer.

IAMDDB, AKA Diane De Brito is a British rapper and singer who studied our Vocal Artist course at ACC Manchester. Since leaving us, she’s released 3 EPs, 3 mixtapes, toured with artists like Lauryn Hill and collaborated with artists such as Diplo, Flying Lotus and even owns her own management company, ‘The Waev’.

$ebbuku is a rising star in the rap and production scene who honed his skills at Access Creative College Norwich. His journey began with the Vocal Artist Level 3 course and progressed to the Artist Development Level 4 programme, showcasing his commitment to developing his craft. $ebbuku was chosen as the headlining act for the inaugural NEW NOISE! show, a monthly sell-out event at Voodoo Daddy’s.

As a rapper and producer, Seb’s unique blend of skills positions him as one to watch in the music industry.

Jorja Douglas studied on our Music Performance course before forming the UK girl group, Flo. Flo signed to Island Records in 2022 and released their debut single ‘Cardboard Box’. The band have since released their debut EP, ‘The Lead’, performed on Later With Jools Holland and Jimmy Kimmel, and Coachella. They have also recently won the BBC Sound of 2023 Award for their single ‘Cardboard Box’.