Abbey Road Institute to Open Los Angeles Campus This Fall

The Abbey Road Institute, a professional music production school attached to the legendary London studio, is set to open a new Los Angeles campus later this year. 

The new outpost will be headed up by Rafa Sardina, the celebrated, Grammy-winning producer and engineer, who’s worked with D’Angelo, Lady Gaga, Plácido Domingo, Alejandro Sanz, Elvis Costello, Rosalía, Stevie Wonder, and many more. The L.A. campus of the Abbey Road Institute will open Oct. 26 and will be located within Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood. 

While Sunset Gower Studios is primarily known as one of Hollywood’s most storied film production lots, it also houses United Recording, the equally well-known studio complex that’s hosted sessions by Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Green Day, Radiohead, and more. Students at the Abbey Road Institute Los Angeles will have access to the four studios at United Recording for selected classes and activities. 

In a statement, Sardina described Abbey Road Institute Los Angeles as “the culmination of a long-held dream,” adding, “I want to share the invaluable professional experiences of my closest musical colleagues and myself with outstanding new generations of mixers, producers, and other music and music business professionals. I can’t wait to welcome our first students and witness the beginning of their exciting career journeys.”

The Abbey Road Institute opened in 2015 with the aim of offering aspiring producers and engineers the chance to hone their craft in active studio environments. The institute’s flagship school is in London while additional campuses have been opened in Paris, Amsterdam, Johannesburg, and Sydney. The new Los Angeles campus is the second one to open in the United States, following Miami in 2020.