WINTER PARK, FL (CelebrityAccess) – Full Sail College is thrilled to announce that the critically acclaimed singer/songwriter and rock legend Elvis Costello would be the newest recipient of the distinguished Business Icon Award. The award might be introduced in the course of the Business Icon Award ceremony, a part of Full Sail College’s annual Corridor of Fame week.
Costello’s involvement with Full Sail has supplied precious real-world studying alternatives for college kids. Earlier this yr, earlier than Costello’s tour launched in January, he held a multi-day closed set rehearsal at Full Sail Dwell. Over 500 college students and workers from Full Sail’s Audio Manufacturing, Recording Arts, and Present Manufacturing packages participated, gaining perception into Costello’s famend profession and inventive songwriting course of on a few of his beloved hits.
The college’s skilled manufacturing workers labored carefully with Costello’s touring crew to organize for the tour, offering Present Manufacturing college students with hands-on, behind-the-scenes experiences in numerous crew positions.
Through the occasion, Costello was joined on stage by Full Sail Recording Arts graduate, 2009 Full Sail Corridor of Fame inductee, 6-time Grammy award-winner, 14-time Latin Grammy award-winner, and Producer/Engineer on a number of Costello releases, Sebastian Krys. They mentioned their distinctive journeys within the music business, the event of a few of Costello’s notable initiatives, and their collaboration on 11 releases collectively. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame (R&RHoF) in 2003, Costello has collaborated with legendary artists throughout numerous genres, together with The Roots, Bruce Springsteen, Burt Bacharach, and Paul McCartney.
“We’re honored to call Elvis Costello as our Business Icon Award recipient this yr,” mentioned Jay Noble, Full Sail’s VP of Alumni and Occasions. “Elvis has offered our college students with real-world studying alternatives, creating distinctive academic experiences on our campus. His ongoing collaboration with Full Sail graduate Sebastian Krys continues to encourage our college neighborhood.”
The Full Sail College Business Icon Award honors people who’ve been innovators in leisure, media, the humanities, and associated fields. These icons encourage others with their success and dedication, sharing their achievements for the advantage of those that want to comply with of their footsteps. The award additionally acknowledges those that have proven a deep dedication to the school, workers, pupil physique, and graduates of Full Sail College.
Earlier recipients of the Business Icon Award embody Clair World, Manufacturing Firm for World Occasions (2018); John Sofa, Apple’s First Vice President of Schooling (2019); Dr. Pat Bishop, Director of Graduate Research, Full Sail College, Retired (2022) and Dana Roun, Director of Audio Applications, Full Sail College, Retired (2023).