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01.08.2001 -

Sennheiser hands out more awards at LIPA

Sennheiser presented a total of five Sennheiser Student Achievement Awards and £2500 in prize money at this year’s LIPA Graduation ceremony. Sennheiser UK Managing Director Paul Whiting presented the awards during the ceremony in the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, conducted by Lead Patron, Sir Paul McCartney, Principal and Chief Executive, Mark Featherstone-Witty, and members of the Council and Trust

The winning students, all studying for or graduating with Sound Technology BA Degrees and Theatre Performance Technology DIPHEs, were nominated by peers and tutors for outstanding work in the course of their studies. Winning projects ranged from radio drama production, to songwriting, recording and production and theatre stage management, and included work from first and second year, as well as graduating students. Included for the first time were specific Sennheiser Awards for the TPT DIPHE, for both group and individual project work.

Commenting, Paul Whiting said, ‘With these awards Sennheiser seeks to recognise one of the most remarkable aspects of LIPA, the standards of excellence which student regularly aspire to and achieve in the course of their studies here. This year it was as difficult as always to select the winning projects. We never cease to be amazed by what is presented to us; so much of it genuinely meets and even challenges, standards of performance and professionalism in the commercial world.’

Graduating this year, with a BA Honours Degree in Sound Technology was Chandra Fleig from Cologne. Among the most able and hard working students to have participated in the Sennheiser Scholarship Scheme, Chandra earned considerable praise from colleagues during a work placement opportunity with BBC Resources at Television Centre and is already working with a television production company in Berlin.

Sennheiser funds a number of on-going sponsorship initiatives at LIPA, principal among them the international scholarship for students studying for the Sound Technology BA degree. There are currently three Scholarship students studying at LIPA. Further support is provided by the donation of professional theatre and studio equipment to assist in expanding the resources available for teaching and production activities. The Sennheiser Student Achievement Awards are made throughout the academic year in recognition of personal achievement and innovation in the field of sound and performance arts related technology.


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Sally Milne
SENNHEISER UK LTD
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