Music Colleges - Performance, Production and Technology

As well as the wide range of courses available in further and higher education colleges and universities there are a number of special music colleges.

School of Sound Recording

Tuition in Audio Engineering, Live Sound, Post Production, Elctronic Music Production, Remixing and DJ Skills. They offer training from basic to degree level.

"The School of Sound Recording (SSR) was established in 1984 by Managing Director John Breakell. SSR has always had deep roots in the city�s famous music scene and strong connections with the industry, not only across Manchester, but across the world. Originally situated in Tariff Street (Northern Quarter), the school moved location in 2003 to Downing Street, M1, due to expansion. SSR is located in the city centre, 4 minutes walk from Piccadilly train station.

The school was established primarily for recording studio work, training sound engineers and technicians for jobs in the music and entertainment industry. Over time, the range of available courses has grown and SSR now also trains people for jobs in the live sound industry, TV post-production, broadcast, media, equipment retail, theatre, in fact any job which requires the services of trained audio engineers and technicians. We also deliver professional training courses for music producers, remixers and DJs. We are one of 3 UK Digidesign ProSchools offering a wide range of ProTools courses in music production and post-production (sound to picture)."

www.s-s-r.com

Gateway School of Recording

For over 25 years we have led the way in the UK and Europe with the very highest standards of education and training in Music Technology, Sound Engineering, Music Production, Music Industry Studies and Multimedia.

Degree Course

The BA Hons in Audio Technology and Music Industry Studies, validated by City University, is an intensive 3 year course designed to give students the most thorough education in the theory, practical techniques and creative practices employed in the Audio Industry and Music Business worldwide.

Short Courses

We run a comprehensive program of 1 day, 2 day and 10 week courses covering all professional music production software and specialist areas of recording and music industry studies. We are the official Digidesign Certified Training Location and are additionally certified by Apple to teach Logic.

www.gsr.org.uk 

Access to Music

Access to Music Ltd. was founded in 1992 with a remit to increase the number of people involved in music at all stages of their lives.

The organisation's prime aim has been to promote and improve popular music training in the UK. This goal is at the heart of more recent initiatives such as the Music Manifesto, of which Access to Music is a signatory.

Access to Music has worked, and is working with, a wide range of organisations to achieve its aim. It is a member of the National Association of Music Educators (NAME) and the Music Industries Association (MIA). It has worked with partners including Rockschool, Lloyds TSB, Yamaha, Creative & Cultural Skills, Qualifcations & Curriculum Agency (QCA), Music Live, London Development Agency, Learning & Skills Council (LSC), Bacardi, Sibelius, Music Education Council, PRS/MCPS, Musicians' Channel, Arts Council England, Job Centre Plus, New Deal for Musicians, Westminster University and the Royal Northern College of Music. It also works closely in partnership with FE colleges and schools across the country.

To support its education activities, Access to Music has created Atom Events, Atom Management and Atom Music to promote music opportunities for students and ex-students. These are all exciting industry-orientated initiatives designed to help students progress into musical employment.

In 2006, Access to Music was credited with being one of the best training providers in the country by the Adult Learning Inspectorate. This was following a Grade 2 inspection during Spring 2006.

Access to Music offers a range of courses with recognised qualifications, including access to higher education courses. Courses are offered throughout the UK.

For Music Practitioners Access to Music, In partnership with Rockschool www.rockschool.co.uk, offers a practical, vocational suite of course-based qualifications run in centres around the country. Various pathways are offered including Vocal Artist, Performing Musician and Creative Music Producer.

www.accesstomusic.co.uk

Brighton Institute of Modern Music

The Brighton Institute of Modern Music runs various full-time and part-time programmes from entry level to BA Honours degree for guitar, bass, drums, vocals, songwriting, and live sound andtour management. We also run various annual summer school courses.

Performance courses: There are seven core courses at BIMM of which you can specialise in your chosen instrument or area. These include Certificate in Modern Music, Diploma in Modern Music, Diploma in Songwriting, Diploma in Sound Engineering and Tour Management, BIMM Professional Diploma (Level 5) in Modern Music, BIMM Professional Diploma (Level 5) in Songwriting, Foundation Degree in Professional Musicianship and BA Hons in Professional Musicianship. BIMM also run annual Summer Schools.

Plus, whatever course you take, you will study a Music Business module.

www.bimm.co.uk

Point Blank Music College

Point Blank offer courses in Music Production, Radio, Performance and DJ Courses. Tutors are all music industry professionals.

All the music production and DJ Courses at Point Blank are fully accredited by OCNLR. Point Blank is also now offering two BTEC National Award courses in Music (Composing) and Music Technology (DJ Technology). Both courses are nationally recognised by the QCA (Qualifications & Curriculum Authority) as GCSE “A” level equivalent.

They also have their own publishing company, Point Blank Music, (sub-published by Universal Music -the largest music publisher in the world). Every Point Blank student has the opportunity to submit their work for consideration by Universal Music.

www.pointblanklondon.com

Academy of Music and Sound

The Academy of Music and Sound is an accredited EDEXCEL training organisation with centres located throughout the UK. Our range of full & part-time BTEC qualifications use some of the UK's top session musicians with a practical focus for musicians wishing to work in the music industry. Our full-time courses are funded through partnerships with local colleges, and lessons are taught in specialist instrumental groups. Each centre is fully-equipped with the latest gear, thanks to our sponsorships with manufacturers such as Yamaha & Peavey.

Specialist areas include Guitar Academy, Drum Academy, Vocal Academy and Music Technolgy Academy.

www.theacademy.uk.com

Alchemea College of Audio Engineering

Based in the heart of London, Alchemea College of Audio Engineering is one of the world’s leading colleges of sound engineering, music production and post-production training.

Alchemea is a Digidesign Pro School and an Apple Certified Training Centre. Alchemea offers full time intensive audio courses as well as short courses in Pro Tools, Logic Pro 8, Reason 4, Ableton Live 7, mastering, mixing, recording and music composition.

Alchemea offer fulltime courses as well as an evening and weekend audio short course program designed to appeal to both music tech beginners and experienced producers.

Build solid foundations by taking our music tech crash course. Choose your weapon and master the techniques on one of our audio software courses. Learn to compose, record, mix and master with the experts.

www.alchemea.com

Futureworks

Futureworks Media School is a centre of excellence for the creative industries, providing specialist education and training courses in creative and digital media. If you’re looking to launch or enhance your career in music, sound, film, TV, games, design or 3D animation, then Futureworks is for you.

At our innovative media school in Manchester, UK, we provide practical education and training for the next generation of professionals in Audio, Music, Film, TV, Digital Arts and Games.

We deliver academic and professional courses from undergraduate level upwards, as well as specialist training for individuals and organisations.

Covering subject areas such as Sound Engineering, Music Production, Film & TV Production, Post-Production, Games Development and 3D animation, our courses combine theory with vast amounts of practical learning, in a realistic working environment that is equipped to commercial standards.

The Futureworks Environment fuses creativity with technology, and by working collaboratively alongside specialists from a variety of media platforms, Futureworks students gain invaluable experience of professional life while they study.

All our courses are designed in consultation with industry employers and practitioners, to ensure that Futureworks graduates emerge with contemporary, transferable skills that meet the needs of a market-place that is continually growing and diversifying.

www.futureworks.co.uk

Learn while working on your own music, theory and practice fused together in hands-on sessions, where knowledge of sound engineering is seamlessly integrated within the broader Music Production.

The Music Production course touches critical listening and arrangement (create and sustain interest), producer skills (getting the best performance from the artists you work with), understanding the process of mixing and mastering audio (to get that release quality), music business and career advice (how to get started, avoiding classic mistakes, copyright and revenue).

Whether you are looking for a beginner course to kick-start your career in music and sound recording, or you have already spent years teaching yourself by trial and error, the Music Production Course will give you all the tools you need to confidently record, edit, mix and master your music. We call this the 'advanced beginner course' and it's the foundation to all the Certificate and Diploma courses.

Available as a part-time, full-time and evening course – only six places per class.

www.londonschoolofsound.co.uk

Music Everything

We are one of the leading companies for delivering cutting edge and professional music production, sound engineering and DJ training courses in the UK. We are respected for providing exceptional individual training that is productive, relaxed and exciting.

We have been training people from all over the world since 1999 and our talented and experienced tutors and specialists have worked in the music industry for over 15 years as producers, remixers, engineers and dj's.


We continually follow music trends and are always keen to monitor and develop new production techniques. We only use the latest equipment and software like Apple Logic 8, Digidesign Pro Tools, Ableton, Cubase, Digital Performer and Reason.

Our tutors are very active in the industry as producers and DJ's and have worked with artists, clubs and record companies such as Sasha, Paul Oakenfold, So Solid Crew, Sony, Warner, EMI, Ministry of Sound and Fabric.

www.musiceverything.com

SAE Institute

The SAE offers an Audio Engineering Diploma. This course offers students an opportunity to study all aspects of sound engineering and is designed to train future professionals for the audio industry from the ground up. Practical classes and hands-on studio time are supported by theoretical tuition, giving students a thorough knowledge of a broad range of audio production-related issues. Successful completion of the Diploma level gives graduates the possibility to continue their studies towards a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Recording Arts Degree.

Graduates of the SAE Audio Engineering Diploma are able to operate a wide range of professional, industry standard equipment, large format consoles, hard disk recording and editing systems, sequencing software, digital control surfaces, several types of analogue and digital mixing desks, as well as studio standard effects processors and microphones. Graduates who have gained this qualification will have recorded and mixed several music productions, completed a comprehensive post production project, programmed MIDI arrangements and worked extensively with ProTools.

Diploma courses combine highly practical training with in-depth theory study and culminate in an SAE Diploma qualification. These courses are designed to enable graduates to start working in their chosen industry upon successful completion. The SAE Diploma is equivalent to having completed 50% of the Middlesex University Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree. Diploma studies range from 12 to 21 months.

www.saeuk.com

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