Five schools offering their services to help you develop in the musical and technical fields. Different prices, different degrees, courses and specialties. Do you want to work professionally in this industry?
TAF is a center authorized by the Department of Education of the Community of Madrid, with an Official European Qualification – School of Modern Music. It offers Professional Training in Modern Music and Music Technology with a Specialization in Instrument, rock, pop, blues, flamenco, jazz, etc.... with the option of an official European qualification or the school's own certificate of studies. For working music professionals who want to keep learning, as well as amateur students and future professionals
Courses offered. Course programs.
- Instrument, Combo, Composition, Modern Harmony programs, etc.
- Professional Training in Modern Music and Music Technology with a Specialization in Instrument (2 years of 4 four-month terms with 280 hours per term)
- Recording Studio Sound – Studio Internships
- Live Sound – Concert Hall Internships
Career opportunities? Benefits?
For those looking to build a professional career in the music, TV, theater or radio industries, etc., or who simply want to improve their knowledge with working professionals in the most technologically well-equipped facilities.
Other services and features
- Rehearsal rooms from €300/month (no deposit). Equipped rehearsal rooms from €10 per hour. Recording studio: 8 hours for €300 (engineer included). Concert hall with a capacity of 350. Rooms for corporate presentations. Room for parties and private events.
- Authorized Center for Professional Artistic Music Education by the Department of Education of the Community of Madrid
- TAF has 3,000 m2 of professional facilities: winner of the 2006 Producción Audio Award for best installation of the year, competing against Terminal 4 at Barajas Airport and the Casino de Aranjuez. Faculty of working professional musicians. Morning, afternoon, evening and Saturday schedules, with facilities accessible to students with physical disabilities. The rehearsal rooms are equipped, and practice rooms are free for students.
Approximate prices/STUDENTS PER GROUP/AGES
The school is open to all ages; for Professional Training, a high school diploma (Bachillerato) or equivalent is required. Individual lessons or group instrument lessons with a maximum of 4 students per class. From 65 euros up to 380 euros per month depending on the classes or course.
TAF - Calle Fresadores 35, P.I. Valdefuentes - Móstoles Oeste, 28939 Arroyomolinos - 91 647 90 78
The Escuela de Nuevas Músicas was founded in 1994 to meet the demand of students who want to learn music with a methodology and content different from traditional teaching, adapted to the needs and challenges of today's styles, with a curriculum based on the most advanced teaching systems and continually updated. It offers classes in modern music, jazz and computer music.
Courses offered. Course programs.
The Escuela de Nuevas Músicas offers a general program of studies that guarantees a solid musical education both for students who want to approach music as amateurs and for those who want to reach a professional level in the various musical styles. The program is aimed at students of all ages with different abilities and interests.
Career opportunities? Benefits?
- They offer music education of a high pedagogical standard with the best professionals in each style, divided into three areas: children, young people and adults, and specialization areas
- They have a program for access to the official LOE Professional Degree in Modern Music.
Through the Escuela de Nuevas Músicas you can access any professional facet of music. They have more than 20 years of experience teaching modern music, which allows students to gain the richness and background that comes from the knowledge of each and every one of the teachers. They aim for the well-rounded development of the person above the mere acquisition of technical skills, stimulating personal abilities and skills and enhancing the communicative and social dimension of these activities.
Approximate prices/STUDENTS PER GROUP/AGES
Right now they're offering a package deal of 90 minutes of combo plus 30 minutes of individual instrument lessons for €130.
Students are divided into three areas: the early years area from age 0, the children's area from age 3, and the young people and adults area from age 16
Classes have a maximum of 12 students in order to offer personalized, dedicated attention to each one.
Other services and features
Summer intensives. Specialized seminars and master classes. Dance and musical theater. Children's summer camps. They offer artistic after-school activities such as: music, music awareness, music and movement, instrument (violin, singing, piano, guitar, drums, flute, etc.), instrumental ensemble and choir, modern, classical and Spanish dance, jazz dance, salsa, etc., theater and musical theater
Its goal is the well-rounded education of the musician in technical, theoretical and performance aspects, offering quality teaching both to people who want a solid professional education and to amateurs who want to learn enough to play, guaranteeing that students reach the goals they set for themselves and giving them the tools they need to develop their careers in the style of their choice, with the ability to adapt to the needs of the music industry market, whether in recording, live performance, etc.
A member of A.M.E.M. (Madrid Association of Music Schools) and R.E.M. (National Network of Music Schools)
ESCUELA DE NUEVAS MÜSICAS - Calle Hacienda de Pavones, 191, 28030 Madrid - 91 751 18 98
AMC is a private school of modern music, run by professionals with recognized professional and teaching experience. It was founded with a commitment to training new generations of musicians to the highest level. It specializes in modern music: rock, pop, jazz, blues, funk, Latin, soul, etc.... Its students range from beginners looking to start out on an instrument to advanced students seeking training to become professionals.
Courses offered. Course programs.
- BEGINNER (AGES 3 - 11)
- Music classes from early childhood contribute enormously to the well-rounded development of the individual.
- LITTLE MUSICIANS (ages 3 - 5)
- Music will help them express their inner life, get to know and recognize themselves and others, and respond to the world around them.
- LITTLE MUSICIANS K & D (ages 6 - 7)
- Coinciding with the first year of elementary school, this is one of the most important moments in the student's musical education, as they begin to enter the fascinating world of music theory and start instrumental training.
- AMATEUR TRAINING (young people and adults) For those who don't have the time needed for study or don't wish to become professionals, we offer individualized training that makes music a source of leisure and pleasure.
- PROFESSIONAL TRAINING (young people and adults) We offer music education aimed at teenagers from age 12 to adults of any age.
- The system works for any type of student, from those who want to become professionals to "amateurs," who can later choose to earn some of our diplomas in modern music.
- The program lasts 4 years and is structured in trimesters.
Career opportunities? Benefits?
Music aims to become a profession with a future. A music career is long and expensive. However, its job prospects make it a profitable profession that, according to experts, needs to be demystified. "You can be a good professional without being a genius." Performance is usually the most common career path. "The expansion of today's artistic circuit allows professionals to have gigs all year round." The alternative is teaching. Students who specialize in composition are the ones who have the hardest time. Studying music in childhood fosters a series of skills that are highly valued in the job market. Music provides a mental structure that makes it easier to perceive proportions and the sense of phrases, but it also requires working as a team, making consensual decisions, listening to others, being consistent and being able to react. Not to mention that it allows you to express yourself in a different language, which requires creativity and a special sensitivity. After completing the professional course, the next step is to apply to the higher conservatory of jazz, since the other styles of modern music have no place in formal education. The school is aimed at all kinds of people, from 3 to 100 years old.
OTHER SERVICES AND FEATURES
They also offer rehearsal rooms by the hour or by the month. For hourly rooms there's a deal where you pay for 2 hours and rehearse for 3, Monday through Friday. The price is 6 euros an hour in the morning and 9 euros an hour in the afternoon, with no need to pay in advance by buying passes.
Academia de Música Contemporánea - Calle de Sebastián Gómez, 5, 28026 Madrid, - 912 92 79 62
CICE, the Professional School of New Technologies, the only Official Training Center in Spain for more than 35 multinationals, is now a community of more than 60,000 students from more than 30 different countries, with all the accreditations of the world's leading companies whose Official Training we provide, and with a staff of certified teaching professionals from the most prestigious Spanish production companies.
Courses offered. Course programs.
The only Official School in Spain for Studio with Pro Tools, Live with Venue, and Electronic Music
Specializing in Music Production and DJing, they offer a Master's in Music Composition (MCM), a Master's in Electronic Music Production (MME), a Master's in Live Sound Production (MSD), a Master's in Audio Post-Production for Film, TV and Video Games (MPA), and a Master's in Advanced Music Production Techniques (MSP).
The courses they offer are the Advanced Music Mixing Course, the Music Production, Recording, Mixing and Mastering Course, the Avid Pro Tools Certified Sound Engineer Course and the Venue Certification Course.
Approximate prices/STUDENTS PER GROUP/AGE
CICE's approximate prices are around 4,500 euros for the master's programs and around 2,000 euros for the courses. They're aimed at anyone, from young people who want a professional alternative to university, recent graduates, professionals looking to retrain or working professionals who need training alongside their jobs, etc. Since this is a very broad range of students, we offer a wide variety of schedules adapted to each of these profiles. Classes have about 15 students each (approx.).
Career opportunities? Benefits?
The effectiveness of a Training Center's Job Board is directly proportional to the credibility and accreditations it holds in the professional market.
And naturally, companies that use technology staff up with the best students from the authorized Training Centers of the companies from which they've acquired the technology that lets them do their work every day.
CICE has an extensive Job Board that gives you the chance to join companies that come to us every day looking for highly qualified staff. A privilege only within reach of prestigious schools. CICE works in ongoing collaboration with all companies whose core activity matches any of the subjects covered in our training programs. It provides companies with student profiles that meet their Human Resources needs, sending them, according to their possibilities, the best candidates so they can carry out their own selection process. For candidates selected for internships, CICE takes care of drawing up the relevant internship collaboration agreement.
Its goal is to channel the market's demand for highly qualified professionals and to give the School's students work experience. An unprecedented job placement success reflected in countless business milestones over the School's 32 years.
Other services and features
CICE is the only Autodesk ATC in Madrid authorized both for training and for administering all official Autodesk certification exams. Autodesk certifications are a reliable validation of your skills and knowledge, helping you speed up your professional development, improve productivity and increase your credibility and that of your company.
In addition to a financing plan on exclusive terms through La Caixa, CICE offers a series of direct discounts that students can access directly provided they are accredited, and it adapts to the needs of students coming from abroad.
CICE - Calle Maldonado, 48, 28006 Madrid -91 401 07 02
CEV Escuela Superior de Comunicación, Imagen y Sonido is a private center created on the private initiative of several professionals from the audiovisual industry. This has given CEV absolute independence in every respect, enabling it to establish agreements with companies and institutions with complete academic freedom, and it covers all the specialties currently taught as CEV Escuela Superior de Comunicación, Imagen y Sonido.
Courses offered. Course programs
It offers students an alternative path to the Bachillerato through which they can obtain a double international higher qualification.
By completing the Intermediate Level (Grado Medio), you'll earn the official Technician qualification, academically valid throughout the European Union. In addition, at CEV you'll simultaneously study for the British Extended Diploma (ED), which has international academic validity and allows you to have the International Baccalaureate recognized, opening new academic and professional doors both in Spain and around the world. All this without needing to know English, since it's taught entirely in Spanish.
This stage of training lasts two years (the same as the Bachillerato), and during the third term of the second year, students complete 380 hours of work placements at companies in the industry
Career opportunities? Benefits?
You can choose from five different specialties in the field of Communication, Image and Sound: Higher Technician in Audiovisual Project Direction. Prepares you to direct and produce audiovisual, film, television and multimedia productions. Covers the planning and coordination of all kinds of shows. Higher Technician in Audiovisual Project Production. Prepares you to plan, organize and manage the financial, technical and human resources for producing films, television programs, radio, theater and all kinds of shows. Higher Technician in Sound for Audiovisual Media. Trains operators to record, mix and post-produce sound for music, audiovisual, film and radio productions. Higher Technician in Lighting, Image Capture and Processing. Covers lighting for shoots and stage spaces, operating and handling film, video and photo cameras, quality management of final processing, and editing and post-production of the material. Higher Technician in 3D Animation, Games and Interactive Environments. Covers the most advanced technologies in 3D animation, video games and visual effects, software (Maya, After Effects, Photoshop, etc.) and techniques (motion capture, character animation, dynamic simulations, photorealistic lighting, etc.)
STUDENTS PER GROUP/AGES
CEV has about 1,200 students and 500 graduates a year. Students can be of any age from 16 up. It offers scholarships, housing and company internships. It has a job board and its own external relations department with companies, and guarantees 85% job placement within six months of graduation.
Other services and features
- It guarantees its students the quality of their FCT (on-the-job training), with more than 450 agreements signed with the most representative companies in the audiovisual industry.
- To study for the official qualifications, you need to hold an FPII, a Bachillerato diploma, or pass an entrance exam for those over 18. No prior qualifications are required for the Professional Courses.
CEV Madrid- Calle de Gaztambide, 65, 28015 Madrid - 915 50 29 60