Music production courses in Leicester
4 schools teach production, DJing or sound engineering in Leicester. Every listing is checked against the school's own pages, with the date shown.
Leicester College
further educationRuns a Music Technology Foundation Degree validated by De Montfort University, at £6,525/yr for UK students starting 2026 (rising to £6,695 for 2027 entry). Also teaches Level 2 and Level 3 Music Technology Diplomas (£2,000 to £2,882/yr for fee-paying adults), which are free of course and exam fees for 16 to 18 year olds under the college's standard FE funding policy. No standalone Ableton short course was found live on the site at last check.
Music Learning Collective, Leicester
private schoolThe Leicester branch of the Music Learning Collective group, run from Stayfree Music's rehearsal complex on Frog Island, open Saturdays only. One-to-one DJ and music production lessons, billed as a monthly subscription like MLC's other branches; the exact Leicester rate isn't published online (MLC's West Bridgford branch charges £74.50/month for a weekly 30-minute lesson, likely indicative). Operating since January 2020.
Leicester Music Lessons
private schoolPrimarily an instrument-tuition school, running since 2017, that also teaches small-group home-recording classes covering sequencing and basic composition, at £35 a session.
HQ Recording
private schoolCity-centre recording studio running since 2011, offering one-to-one production, mixing and mastering sessions on Logic Pro across two studio rooms, plus an Artist Development package. 1-2-1 production and DJ lessons are £30/hour; studio room hire runs £30 to £35/hour; one-off mastering is £25/track. Studio A is built around a Slate Raven Core Duo with Adam Audio/Dynaudio monitoring; Studio B is a smaller iMac/UAD Apollo Twin setup.
Subjects taught in Leicester: Music production, Ableton, Sound engineering, DJ. Know a school we've missed? See our methodology for how listings get added.