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The BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology is a British performing arts and technology school located in Selhurst, Croydon, in London Borough of Croydon, England, with a mandate to provide education and vocational training for the performing arts, media, art and design and the technologies that make performance possible. Selective in its intake, the school is notable for its numerous famous alumni including Adele, Tara McDonald, Leo the Lion, Stefan Abingdon, Katy B, the Feeling, Imogen Heap, Jessie J, Cush Jumbo, Rizzle Kicks, the Kooks, King Krule, Leona Lewis, Ashley Madekwe, Katie Melua, Kate Nash, Shingai Shoniwa, Amy Winehouse, Ella Eyre and Rainy Milo. Established in 1991 under the CTC programme, the school is funded by the British Government with support from the British Record Industry Trust and maintains an independent school status from the local education authority. The school is remarkable as being one of only two performing arts and technology schools in the country that are free to attend, the other being Birmingham Ormiston Academy (BOA) in Birmingham city centre. ==History== Mark Featherstone-Witty had been inspired by Alan Parker's 1980s film ''Fame'' to create a secondary school specialising in the performing arts. By the time he started trying to raise money through the School for Performing Arts Trust (SPA), he had refined a novel integrated curriculum. He approached Sir Richard Branson to be the project champion who agreed, on the condition that other record companies chipped in. As it happened, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) were concerned with home taping and realised they had no political influence to bring the necessary pressure to bear. The then Conservative government needed to give impetus to their flagging City Technology College scheme. Over 20 years, the BRIT School has been the beneficiary of more than £7 million from the British record industry, with a substantial annual contribution from the proceeds of the Brit Awards, administered via the record industry’s charity, the BRIT Trust.〔(The BRIT School Celebrates Twenty Years of Success, 22 September 2011 ) BPI. Retrieved 5 February 2012〕 The school's former principal Sir Nick Williams was knighted in the New Years Honours List 2013 from services to education. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「BRIT School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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