IBM
Our partnership with IBM began in 2021 when we added the IBM SkillsBuild Badges to our app to give post-primary students easy access to free accredited learning modules. For this competition, our combined goal is to promote learning in the creative arts through the use of technology and to highlight the potential opportunities in this sector to post-primary students.
Windmill Lane Recording Studios & Pulse College
Earlier this year Windmill Lane Recording Studios and Pulse College joined the Xplore platform on our student app. We knew that they had lots of amazing content and resources that could be shared with post-primary Students looking to pursue a career in the creative arts. After the success of the SkillsBuild Competition in 2021 Exit Entry knew we wanted to include them in some way. We decided that there was a great opportunity for the prizes in the competition to be based around giving students an opportunity to work with and learn from various industry experts who are currently involved with both companies.
Maria Butterly (Prize #2)
A recent graduate from Griffith College in ‘Music Producing for Games & Animation’. Maria’s original compositions have been featured on many TV & Radio programs i.e RTE, Virgin Media One, TG4 & SKY including live performances & interviews on Nationwide, Ireland AM, Seoige & O’Shea, Glor Tire. She has won several Awards for her original works.
Extending her compositional skills, composing music & songwriting commercially not just for TV & Film but also specialising in Games & Animation. Her song ‘Light up the Dark’ was runner up with Snow Patrols song ‘ Run’ as soundtrack for a feature documentary titled ‘The Letters’. Renowned Vocalist & Multi-Instrumentalist, listening to samples of her original album ‘Blue Mandolin’, one can hear Maria’s skilled songwriting craft & music compositions when it comes to writing music for visuals.
You can find more information about Maria on her website here.