Play It Indie is a music showcase designed to promote and support emerging contemporary music artists. It allows artists to perform in front of a jury of professionals. The showcase focuses above all on the needs of an emerging artist in order to advance their career, and offers numerous support prizes.
For more than 9 years, the entire management of the event has been entrusted to the first-year class of the Master in Performing Arts Production at IESA arts&culture.
We met two participants in the event who look back on their experience, Inès Idba and Louise Mathieu.
Which program are you taking at IESA arts&culture?
Inès Idba and Louise Mathieu: first-year Master in Performing Arts Production and Financing.
Within which part of your program does “Play it indie” fit?
Inès Idba: I am the communications officer, so with regard to my program, it lets me learn the field of communications even though my program focuses on event organization.
Louise Mathieu: It is a project that lets me take part in creating and organizing a cultural event by applying what we learn during our program.
Can you give us a general overview of the project?
Inès Idba: This year, the project focuses on multidisciplinarity, combining music and singing with all the other disciplines, whether circus arts, juggling or even acrobatics.
What is special about this year?
Inès Idba: Personally, the Covid-related constraints worry me a little because the theme we chose is quite particular, but we have to adapt!
Louise Mathieu: With Covid, we had to think about the event differently, keeping in mind the possibility of having to switch to streaming.
What is your role?
Inès Idba: Communications officer for Instagram.
Louise Mathieu: Communications officer for Facebook.
