Advanced Programme in Music Production and Sound Engineering

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Designed by industry for industry, our Advanced Programme will push your career in music production or sound engineering to the next level. Our curriculum is founded upon over 85 years of experience at Abbey Road Studios, developing innovative recording techniques and training assistant engineers who have since become well-respected sound engineers and producers in their own right.

During this intensive, one-year course you’ll learn from the extensive knowledge and expertise created at Abbey Road Studios. You’ll have access to industry-standard equipment and studios and be taught by experts including guest lectures with multi-award-winning professionals. Train with us and become part of a global network in the recording industry.

The programme will develop you as a rounded professional, with technical skills, knowledge and expertise. You’ll be guided with a creative and informed approach to production and engineering and an understanding of the music business and how it operates.

AS A GRADUATE OF ABBEY ROAD INSTITUTE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:

  • Demonstrate a high degree of professionalism characterised by proactivity and self-motivation
  • Utilise industry-standard tools for creating, performing, recording, editing, mixing and mastering music
  • Develop and implement compositional and arrangement ideas for music productions
  • Work collaboratively as part of a team, maximising group-based projects and outcomes
  • Time manage music production projects
  • Solve problems through reflection and adaptation of knowledge
  • Understand the fundamentals of the music business, including marketing issues and strategies
  • Manage your professional career development.

Key Facts:

Duration: 12 months – 48 weeks of tuition
Next Start Date: 2 April 2024
Applications Close:
We encourage applicants to submit applications as soon as possible as space is limited.
(Late applications will be processed until the course is occupied in full.)
Study Mode: Full-time

Course Leader: Ben Ludik

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The curriculum is fantastic, extremely comprehensive, contemporary and relevant to today’s industry.

Andrea Mastroiacovo, Graduate 2018

Applying for the diploma was the best thing I could have done for my career. I'm really amazed at how much I learnt in one year.

Lizzie Arnold, Graduate 2019

There is some real visionary foresight in Abbey Road Institute being established to preserve the cultural legacy of Abbey Road.

Youth (Paul McCartney, The Verve, Killing Joke)

I had an incredible experience. The staff have so much to offer and cover so many different areas of music.

Luke Glazewski, Graduate 2019

The course taught me what it means to be a producer and engineer in the industry, I learned things I couldn’t have learned anywhere else.

Marta Di Nozzi, Graduate 2019

It’s a unique experience in so many ways, the location, the calibre of guest lecturers and access to Abbey Road Studios for classes is pretty amazing. There aren't many places you get to record a full orchestra!

Jason O’Bryan, Lecturer