It’s New York Music Month (the City’s official music festival), and musically inclined New Yorkers seeking careers in the music and recording industries, can start signing up for Music Production Bootcamp at Queensborough Community College (QCC) — thanks to the “Made in NY” Media Academy, an innovative workforce development initiative that aims to meet the evolving workforce needs of New York City’s media and entertainment industries.
Several City University of New York (CUNY) Colleges, including QCC, Kingsborough (KCC) and Hunter, will be offering continuing education courses starting in September for in-demand job markets, which will equip participants with the skills needed for a range of diverse areas, including music and audio production, graphic arts, digital content creation, emerging technologies, and more. CUNY will facilitate job placements for trainees with companies in their respective fields.
“By engaging CUNY colleges to meet the real-time needs of New York’s creative industries, we’re providing targeted, no-cost training for diverse local talent to launch careers in our city’s iconic creative sector,” said CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez…