Roundhouse has announced a new, expanded partnership with Spotify as the performing arts venue aims to engage with even more young people each year.
This comes as the venue reveals the major milestone of engaging with over 10,000 young people within the space of the year.
To mark this, it has dressed the outside of the iconic building with bespoke designs, featuring the names of all of the 10,226 plus drawings and inspirational quotes submitted by young people.
Opened in 2006 and immediately offering professional creative settings to young people, the total number the Roundhouse has worked with now stands at over 80,000 – more than the entire population of Camden aged 11-30.
As it looks to the future and working with even more young people every year, the Roundhouse has also announced Spotify as the Principal Partner of its Creative Studios Membership, which offers state of the art spaces and programmes for musicians, filmmakers, podcasters and performers.
The expanded partnership will enable the Roundhouse to inspire change in the music industry and beyond by providing direct pathways into industry across its offering.
Talia Augustidis, a multi-award-winning producer and member of the Roundhouse’s socially engaged podcast platform Transmission Roundhouse, said: “The Roundhouse is an incredibly special place. You feel it as soon as you step in the Creative Studios and hear all of the drumming and the singing and the DJing, which jumbles together in this messy, creative mix that fills the hallways. It’s just electric.
“On a personal level, my career started at The Roundhouse – I’ve made friends, met collaborators, got jobs, built a portfolio, all with their help. I’m so immensely grateful for the space they have provided for young creatives, especially in a time when the arts landscape feels so under supported.”
Jesley Faye Fantolgo, Editorial Coordinator at Spotify and Roundhouse alumni, said: “As a former Roundhouse young person I know the impact the Roundhouse is making to young creatives.
“I’m now a Spotify employee, having come through the Spotify internship programme which I discovered through the Roundhouse’s partnership with Spotify, and it’s brilliant to be working with an organisation that’s so connected to developing the next generation of talent.”
Marcus Davey, CEO and Artistic Director at the Roundhouse, said: “The Roundhouse has an extraordinary track record in delivering youth work in a professional creative setting that transforms lives.
“The historic achievement of engaging more than 10,000 young people in just one year for the first time not only highlights our commitment to nurturing the next generation of creatives, but also signifies a broader impact on the local community and the wider creative industries.
“It is fantastic and vitally important to have the expanded support of Spotify as we continue to grow in reach and influence.
“Partnerships like these allow us to support more young people than ever before. We’re now ambitiously looking forward to what we can achieve in the years to come, for the benefit of both young people and the creative sector.”
