Education Focus: Abbey Road Institute

Answered by: Samantha McPherson - Communications Officer

What kind of courses do you offer? We offer the Advanced Diploma of Sound Production, an immersive course taught by a diverse team of industry professionals and expert music producers. This is a full-time, intensive one-year course that provides you with all the skills necessary to go on to a successful career as an audio engineer or music producer. From October, you will also have the option to design your own education pathway with all new, flexible part-time study options available for the first time ever.

Do you offer practical on-site learning or more of a theoretical base? We offer a hands-on, practical education, with theoretical learning put into practice on real industry equipment from day one. Abbey Road Institute is a purpose built facility that contains two fully equipped commercial grade recording studios, a recording space and two editing suites; but focuses the training around every student having access to their own individual audio production workstation, every day, for every class. Students also have extensive access to all facilities outside of class hours for further practical experience.

What makes you different to other educational institutions? Abbey Road students have considerable studio time to record, mix, master and work on their own personal music projects. Students are mentored in a collaborative teaching environment, with classes kept small to ensure individualised attention. While traditional providers are slow to react to change, we address the needs of the industry by creating more flexible and highly skilled producers - through teaching everything from the classic workflows of analogue desks to the newest methods of in-the-box style digital studio technologies.

What kind of social activities do you offer? The opportunity for students to network with industry partners and among themselves to form, record and mix solo artists and bands. With onsite access to our exclusive recording facilities, there are continual opportunities to develop and refine a professional working portfolio showcasing the students' production skills, while recording their own projects or those of friends.

Do you offer job opportunities, internships, or other ways to help students get ahead? Abbey Road Institute is the only educational provider owned by a major music company (Universal Music Group) and providing an education created and taught by industry professionals. We offer our students a number of exclusive internship, work experience and industry engagement opportunities. These have included opportunities at Australia's top recording studio, Studios 301; in addition to The Studio In The City, The Croxton, working on film soundtracks, at Melbourne Music Week, on various community radio stations and more.

When and where is your next Info Day/Open Day? Abbey Road Institute Melbourne is opening its doors to all potential students on 26 Aug. This is your opportunity to see demonstrations of the best music technology available, meet our students and learn about the Abbey Road Institute student experience, meet leading Australian music producers and hear their insights on the Producer Panel, and find out why Abbey Road Institute is the global music industry's preferred education partner.

26 Aug, 1/135 Sturt St, Southbank, 11am - 3pm.

Website link for more info: abbeyroadinstitute.com.au