The Maia Dave Scholarship is something we’re so proud to be able to support with the Royal Northern College of Music. Huge well done to Lucy McKenzie! No doubt the start of an incredible career in the music industry!
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🚨 I started a scholarship for young women in music in memory my daughter, supported by will.i.am and in collaboration with Royal Northern College of Music 👩🎓 https://lnkd.in/e_SKGKnh 🎹 The Maia Dave Scholarship (@maiafund) will support a first-year female undergraduate student on a Popular Music course with fees and study costs. Congratulations to the first recipient of this award, multi-instrumentalist Lucy McKenzie (@lucyellenmusic), who joined the RNCM this year. 🌍 This collaboration with #RNCM marks the 2nd location for the prize after we first awarded a scholarship a student at #ARRahman’s KM Music Conservatory in India. Our goal is to be the first scholarship fund to have an award available on every continent by 2028. 💝 The grant has been established by my wife Trusha and I, in loving memory of our daughter Maia. We hope the fund will open the doors to the music industry for recipients of the award for years to come. 🙏 Lastly, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everybody involved with setting up the Maia Dave Scholarship so far, especially my brothers will.i.am and A.R. Rahman. A huge thanks to Lois, Ben (Middle8), Jeffrey, and Michael (Ekwe.app LLC) for championing the initiative and for their continued support. 🚀