Waterbear Brighton Campus
HANOVER HOUSE FACILITIES
Explore our brand-new facilities at Hanover House on Queen’s Road in Brighton, featuring recording studios, dedicated instrumental rooms, rehearsal spaces, and welcoming communal areas, plus access to our citywide partner studios.
Facilities for independent artists and musicians
Located on Queens Road between Brighton station and the seafront, Hanover House is WaterBear’s Brighton headquarters. Across four floors, you’ll find everything you need to develop as a modern musician: three professional recording studios, dedicated instrumental teaching spaces, Mac suites, rehearsal and practice spaces, common room, and workshop space. As a college run by professional musicians, we know what gear you need: vintage and modern amps, analogue and digital equipment, giving you the best of both worlds.
Alongside our Hanover facilities, you’ll access WaterBear owned working live music venues including the WaterBear Venue on Brighton seafront and the WaterBear Music Bar in Kemptown, both providing extensive backline facilities and available for live performances, gigs, work opportunities, teaching, workshops, networking, events, and social activities. We also work with professional recording studios and venues across the city including Small Pond with access to rehearsal and recording facilities, and also Brighton Electric and Alphabet for pre-production activities.
Throughout your studies, you’ll receive free bookable access to our recording and rehearsal facilities in Hanover House and our Brighton partner studio facilities. Whether developing your own material or collaborating with other musicians, our facilities support every stage of the creative process, from songwriting and pre-production to tracking, mixing, and live performance, for the independent artist and modern musician.
Music Production Facilities
Instrumental Teaching and Practice
Rehearsing and teaching
Community and Networking spaces
Industry masterclasses and Events Space
Large multi-purpose space for lectures, masterclasses, and industry events. Throughout the year, The Big Room hosts an extensive programme of learning experiences connecting students directly with the music industry. Past events have included masterclasses with artists and producers, industry panels during Development Week and Label Week, showcase events featuring student performances, A&R sessions with major and independent labels, and networking events with music business professionals.
Core Capabilities:
- Attend lectures, masterclasses, and industry talks from professionals
- Participate in workshop sessions and collaborative learning
- Perform in showcases and present projects to peers
- Engage in large group seminars and Q&A sessions
Key Equipment:
- Large display screen
- Professional PA system
- Flexible seating arrangement for 25+ students
Common Room
Student social hub with Mac workstations. Students relax, collaborate, socialise, and work on projects, building the creative community and industry networks essential to music careers. Music careers are built on relationships, collaboration, and networking, and this space facilitates those connections naturally. Students from different courses and years mix here, sharing ideas, forming bands, starting collaborations, and building the professional networks that often last entire careers.
Core Capabilities:
- Socialise and build creative community with fellow students
- Collaborate on impromptu production and songwriting sessions
- Network with peers and form bands and projects
- Study informally and develop creative ideas between classes
Key Equipment:
- Comfortable seating and work desks
- 3 Mac workstations with Logic, Ableton, Adobe Creative Cloud
Brighton Venues and Partner Facilities
PARTNER VENUES AND RECORDING STUDIOS
Through our city-wide partnerships, you’ll have free bookable access to recording and rehearsal facilities. These partnerships give you access to world-class professional equipment and expertise, alongside local networking and work experience opportunities.
