Updated December 2024
STUDENT SUCCESSES
At ThinkSpace Education, we equip our students with the skills to succeed, combining hands-on projects reflecting real industry demands with lessons from working professionals. From winning awards, to working on high-profile film, video game, and television projects, to touring with major artists, our alumni are excelling in the industry.
Luna Pan won both a Professional Development Award and the LIT Talent Award. She was also nominated for Emerging Composer of the Year at APRA AMCOS Screen Music Awards 2024 and two Hollywood Music in Media awards.
Sam Allen arranged strings for Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre at the Superbowl, and also did the string/additional programming for the American National Anthem at the NBA All-stars game.
Bill Lacey is Grammy Award-winning and Emmy-nominated mastering engineer, with works including Halo, Kidding, Penny Dreadful, Ray Donovan, Homeland, The First Lady, The Fourth Estate, Yellowjackets, and Billions.
Sarah Lutz has worked as an orchestrator on many high-profile projects, such as the Spider-man video game, Netflix’s Godless, and The Titan.
Matthias Weber won an Emmy for his work on “Expedition Bismarck”, directed by James Cameron and Gary Johnstone. He has also worked on Baywatch, The Sopranos, Pearl Harbor, and The League of Extraordinary Gentleman.
Joel Jossy received two awards at the Clef Music Awards 2024. Best Song and the Best Composer award in the Rock category.
Lucy Hackett was selected for the Prelude initiative by PRS and Amazon MGM Studios, and also had her composition The Moth performed at the London Piano Festival 2024.
Federico Solazzo has worked on It’s Nice in Here (Academy-award shortlisted) and Drops of Gold (Emmy-winning AppleTV+ series).
Andrew Kesler has worked on Grammy-nominated album FIFTY by The Manhattan Transfer, A Very Pentatonix Christmas, and America's Got Talent.
Ivan Eastley did the sound design and mix for BBC podcast series Crime Next Door - a true crime investigation about a murder-suicide in remote wales in the 1970s.
Matt Griggs’ team at SoundCaster Studios has won the UK Games Fund’s prototype grant and won Most Innovative Gameplay at GDLX. He was also a finalist for The Cue Tube’s Score Relief 2024 Competition.
Helen Noir is a Professor in the Electronic & Produced Music department at Guildhall School of Music & Drama, and resident composer and music director for The AIDS Play Project.
Mark Choi has been nominated twice for a Game Music Remix Award in 2021 and 2023, is a BAFTA Games Connect member and was also a 2023 BAFTA Games Awards juror for Audio Achievement.
Phoebe Hutchason earned a spot on the 100% Her Composer Mentorship Programme by Universal Production Music. She also scored Regency short film Until Today, which was nominated for Best British Short at the BAFTA-qualifying Iris Prize Film Festival and is streaming on Channel 4.
Richard Armstrong's music editing can be heard on Loki Season 2, Conclave, A Haunting in Venice, Expendables 4, Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning, and Oscar-winning Bohemian Rhapsody.
Christina Stanley-Webb is a sound designer for games and works at Kinetic Games.
Emily Hawkins was nominated for the European Talent Award at Soundtrack Cologne 2023. She also assisted at Berlinale in the live performance at the Honorary Golden Bear Award ceremony for Martin Scorsese.
Thor Bremer recorded percussion for the new Star Wars Outlaws game.
Jeremy Froböse became CTO of the game audio house AudioCreatures.
Xuesi Xu won Best Original Score for their work on a short film for the Seattle 48 Hour Horror Film Project.
Jake Bloor's work was featured on a commercial for the National Geographic.
Glen Wagstaff is a sound designer at Grinding Gear Games, and has also composed scores for various film projects, including "Salween Stories - Mae Sam Laep” (2017) and "Mutt" (2021), an Australian independent feature film.
Brendon Varcoe won Best Original Score at the Top of The South Film Festival.
Maria Lui was accepted onto the ‘Elev-8’ Program and the ‘Composing for TV, Film and Advertising’ program sponsored by ESPN and delivered through Women’s Audio Mission.
Johann Grillenbeck won the European Talent Award at Soundtrack Cologne 2023.
Curtis Heath is a composer who has worked on over 50 films, including over 10 feature films. He has also collaborated with musicians such as Leon Bridges, the Lumineers, Wayne Kramer, Jandek, and Ozomatli.
Matt Jorgensen is an Emmy winner and has worked on a range of media projects. He is a founder and co-Artistic Director of the Ballard Jazz Festival.
Brian Kelly’s work can be heard on Disney+, PS5, Xbox, Amazon Prime Video and the BBC.
Calvin Smith works at Pitstop Productions as an Audio Production Coordinator.
Jack Cotter is a Senior Sound Designer for games, and works at Wushu Studios.
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