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LONDON COLLEGE OF MUSIC LONDON, UK
EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA Every so often a new technical infrastructure appears in the firmament which provides immeasurable optimism that our industry will be passed safely down to the next generation. It’s little surprise that we find ourselves in the academic performance world, but the real revelation is that it is in an unassuming building in a leafy London suburb. It is at the University of West London’s Ealing campus that the London College of Music, billed as the largest spe-
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cialist music and performing arts institution in the UK, can be found. There were few hints of what treasures the Lawrence Hall, the hub of the performance space, holds as we negotiated the corridors to the North Building - saved for the consummate music, recording and sound reinforcement knowledge that pours forth from the day’s escort Andrew Bourbon, Senior Lecturer in Music Technology. A self-confessed ‘tone’ freak, studio engineer Andrew achieved his PhD in Composition from Birmingham University, he then moved to work as a lecturer for seven years at Birmingham City University before relocating to Ealing two years ago. With an energised and infectious enthusiasm, Andrew quickly filled in the detail on how this