ALUMNI

SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2013, THE LIMF ACADEMY HAS SEEN OVER 4,250 YOUNG ARTISTS ATTEND WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS AND PERFORM AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT EVENTS. WITH OVER 100 OF THOSE SHOWCASED AND/OR DEVELOPED BY THE ACADEMY THROUGH ITS ELITE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES INCLUDING SOME OF THE CITY’S BEST EMERGING TALENT SUCH AS MIC LOWRY, TAYA, PIZZAGIRL, XAMVOLO, I SEE RIVERS, ELEANOR NELLY, MARY MILLER, JALEN N’GONDA, SUB BLUE AND MANY MORE.

MIC LOWRY

SHOWCASED 2013 – 2014

5 PIECE R&B/SOUL BAND MIC LOWRY WENT ON TO SIGN WITH UNIVERSAL RECORDS, WON A MOBO AWARD AND TOURED EUROPE WITH JUSTIN BIEBER.

TAYA

SHOWCASED 2013 – 2014

R&B/POP SINGER-SONGWRITER TAYA SIGNED WITH ATLANTIC RECORDS AND HAS BEEN CHAMPIONED BY BBC RADIO 1XTRA AND WAS NAMED VEVO GLOBAL HOT FOR 2018.

XAMVOLO

ELITE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 2014 – 2015

NEO-JAZZ SINGER-SONGWRITER AND PRODUCER XAMVOLO WENT ON TO SIGN A LABEL DEAL WITH UNIVERSAL REC-ORDS IN 2016, HAS BEEN CHAMPIONED BY BBC RADIO AND BEATS 1 AND TOURED UK ARENAS AS THE MAIN SUPPORT ON THE PALOMA FAITH TOUR.

JALEN N'GONDA

ELITE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 2015 – 2016

CLASSIC SOUL SINGER JALEN N’GONDA WENT ON TO SIGN A GLOBAL PUBLISHING DEAL, TOUR THE UK, EUROPE AND U.S AND PERFORM AT MANY MAJOR FESTIVAL ACROSS THE WORLD.

ELEANOR NELLY

ELITE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 2016 – 2017

FOLK-POP SINGER ELEANOR NELLY WENT ON TO SIGN TO DECCA RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND HAVE HER DEBUT EP PRODUCED BY CAM BLACKWOOD (GEORGE EZRA, LONDON GRAMMAR AND DUA LIPA).

PIZZA GIRL

ELITE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 2016 – 2017

ELECTRONIC SINGER-SONGWRITER AND PRODUCER PIZZAGIRL HAS BEEN CHAMPIONED BY THE LIKES OF HUW STE-PHENS, LAUREN LAVERNE AND MORE, TOURED THE UK AND EUROPE AND RECEIVED INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT BY KEY MUSIC SITES. IN 2019 HE HAS BEEN TIPPED BY THE TOP BY NME.

MARY MILLER

ELITE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 2017 – 2018

DREAM-POP SINGER-SONGWRITER AND PRODUCER MARY MILLER SAW HER DEBUT SINGLE RELEASE HIT NO 1 GLOBALLY ON HYPE MACHINE AND RECEIVE ARDENT SUPPORT BY THE LIKES OF CLASH MAGAZINE AND THE LINE OF BEST FIT AS WELL AS GO ON TO PERFORM AT KEY MUSIC INDUSTRIES SHOWCASES ACROSS THE UK.