DevELOping young talent

LATE MUSICIAN LIVES ON THROUGH SCHOLARSHIP

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FORMER Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) keyboardist Richard Tandy is to have a scholarship at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire named in his memory.

Richard, who died at the age of 76 in April 2024, made his final on-stage appearance in at the conservatoire's Bradshaw Hall in 2019 as part of his work championing its students.

An initial donation by Richard’s wife, Sheila, established the scholarship earlier this year. It will support first-year undergraduates who are studying keyboard, piano or guitar the same instruments that earned him a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.