Alchemea - leading provider in sound

“Creating the Next Generation of Audio Engineers”

Founded in London in 1992, Alchemea has established a reputation in the industry as one of the world's foremost professional audio engineering colleges.


World Class Faciltities In the Heart of The Capital
With sites in Islington and Brixton, Alchemea’s facilities are equipped to the highest professional standards. From 5.1 film sound studios to classic analogue recording consoles and live sound PA rigs, Alchemea will give you the tools to ensure that you can quickly acquire the skills and levels of competence required to operate in your chosen area of the pro-audio industry.

All of our studio technology is kept up to date and most importantly reflect what is being used our there in the real” world”.

Our Courses Have Been Designed by Industry Professionals
We offer full time courses and short courses in audio engineering, music production, audio post production and live sound. One of the unique features of Alchemea is that our training and education programs have been designed by industry professionals.

Full Time Courses
Alchemea's full time courses have been designed to give the maximum benefit from practical activity. Some of the most effective learning takes place whilst one is engaged in real world, practical tasks. This builds competence, confidence and employability.

Practical activity, always backed up with technical assistance, is available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Alchemea's full time courses require serious commitment, but they produce results. To date over 85% of our diploma graduates have found are working in the industry within 6 months of graduating. Major studios, recognising the quality of our full time program regularly recruit from us

Short Courses
Our short courses are designed to appeal to both music tech beginners and experienced producers. Learn to set up your home studio on our Introduction to Music Tech Course. Improve your work-flow on one of our audio software courses. Learn to compose, record, mix and master from industry professionals. We are Europe’s leading Avid Digidesign Pro School offering up to Expert Level Certification for post-pro and music as well as ICON and VENUE certirfication. Alchemea is also a leading Apple Authorised Training teaching offering introductory and advanced Logic Pro training.


Our Teaching Staff are our Biggest Asset
The audio world encompasses many disciplines with many areas of specialisation therefore it is impossible for one person to teach everything to a high standard. Our team of full time lecturers are very experienced audio engineers and producers as well as great teachers. We believe it is vital that they practice what they preach. Student's also benefit from our comprehensive roster of freelance tutors who are actively working in the industry. Many are high profile producers who regularly work with big named artists.

We Aim High
Our objective at Alchemea is to provide the highest standard of audio training and education. Whether you are looking to gain the skills and confidence to carve out a successful career in pro-audio or looking to improve the quality of your productions, Alchemea has the course for you.

We hope you find the information you require at our website. If you have any questions at all please call +44 (0)20 7359 3986 and ask for Tony Garston.