In recent years, cuts to arts funding have taken their toll on music education, but it’s not all bad news. London’s pointblank Music School has just opened a new 19,000 square-foot Shoreditch campus, hosting 13 studios catering to DJing, production and engineering.
Studios include two immersive Dolby Atmos facilities fitted with Solid State Logic Duality Delta and Origin consoles, Adam Audio S Series monitors, and Avid Pro Tools HD, offering students the “most advanced spatial audio experience available”.
There’s also a new DJ Performance studio developed in partnership with Pioneer DJ, with 16 DJ workstations with industry-leading gear including the OPUS-QUAD, DJM-A9, CDJ-3000 and DJS-1000. These workstations are equipped with state-of-the-art software including Ableton live, Beatport/Beatsource, Logic Pro, Neural Mix Pro, Mixed In Key, rekordbox, Serato and Traktor Pro.
The spaces also include six “cutting-edge” music production studios with Ableton Push 3 suites – for mastering real-time production and performance techniques – a specialist MuSE (Music Production and Software Engineering) classroom, enabling students to code and develop software for Mac and Windows, and Music Business Classrooms, where students can learn about artist management, label operations, music marketing and other music industry specialisms.
At the centre of the campus, though is a central performance Hub, which doubles as a bar for socialising and a place for students to host gigs, and features two dedicated singing studios for musicians keen to train their vocals.
“Our new Shoreditch campus is more than just a school, it’s a creative hub designed to inspire the next generation of music professionals,” says Rob Cowan, CEO & Founder at pointblank Music School. “With cutting-edge technology, immersive learning spaces, and a strong focus on hands-on experience, our students are in the best possible environment to launch their careers in music.”
pointblank has offered music education for three decades, with its original Hoxton school opening in 1994. Since, it has expanded to locations in Los Angeles and Ibiza, and also offers online courses.
The school has even earned the honour of being the UK’s only TEF Gold-rated music production institution for teaching excellence. Students can dig into a slew of unique courses, each focusing on a specialised corner of music, from Music Production, Sound Engineering, DJ Performance, Vocal Performance, to Music Business, and Radio and Podcasting.
Applications are still open to enrol at pointblank in September for the 2025-26 academic year.
