Unfortunately, as some of you may be aware, there will be a BVG strike, starting Monday at 3 am and ending Tuesday at 3 am.
The facilities will remain open, so please check with your tutors and programme leads whether your class will be online or on-site. Wishing you all a great weekend!
Stay warm and stay safe.
Warmly
Facilities & Team
Hello Catalyst community, from the team at BLOCK1!
We’re your friendly neighbourhood spot for good food and coffee, just a 10-minute walk from the campus, right by the tram stop on the corner of Blockdammweg 🙂
We’ve got something cooking for all students and staff… literally.
We’re excited to introduce our new kitchen concept at BLOCK1!
Expect simple, Mediterranean-inspired dishes, all made with seasonal ingredients and plenty of care. The menu changes every week.
We’re now serving lunch from Tuesday to Friday, 11:00–16:00. Here’s a little taste of what’s on the menu:
Most dishes are priced between 7–11 €, and of course we offer vegan options and plenty of Mediterranean flavours. And the good news keeps coming:
📦 Show your Catalyst ID card to receive a 20% discount until May 1st.
Come by, say hi, grab a plate, enjoy lunch and let us know what you think. ❤️
Interested in building loudspeakers, synthesizers, microphones, plug-ins or DAWs - and then turning that passion into a career?
This talk explores Music Instruments (MI), the broad industry behind the tools and technologies used to create music. Spanning hardware and software, MI is a global industry worth over €50bn, with exciting creative and technical roles.
/// About Mark
Mark Cummins, Head of Product Marketing at ADAM Audio, shares his own career journey and offers an insider’s view on opportunities in Berlin and worldwide, from product design and sound engineering to marketing and artist relations. Mark will be joined by Barry McManus (Vice President of Product - Image-Line / FL Studio).
This session is highly relevant for all music students and creatives curious about alternative, future-facing career paths in the music ecosystem.
This extracurricular course invites you to explore how you relate to yourself, to others and to the situations you face in your creative and everyday life. Through guided exercises, discussion and reflection, you’ll develop greater awareness of how you make decisions, communicate and take responsibility, particularly in collaborative and leadership contexts.
Rather than focusing on leadership as a set of techniques, the course looks at leadership as a practice that shows up in how you listen, speak, commit and act. You’ll work with real situations from your own life and creative practice, and experiment with new ways of responding to challenges, uncertainty and collaboration.
The course has been delivered internationally for many years under the title Being a Leader & the Effective Exercise of Leadership. It has been taken by people from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, and is designed to be accessible whether or not you see yourself as a “leader”.
/// Onsite sessions
All participants are expected to attend an introductory session before the course begins. This session offers context for the course, a chance to meet previous participants and space for questions.
Application deadline: Monday 4 May
👉🏼 Apply HERE
/// Further details
Tuition: The May 2026 edition of the course operates on a sliding scale, with a minimum contribution of €30.
Pre-course readings: This course will require you to read materials before the course starts. We have an incredible class companion that will support you through this!
This course is particularly relevant if you are interested in developing confidence, self-direction and clarity in how you work with others. The learning is experiential and reflective, with an emphasis on applying insights directly to your creative projects, studies and relationships.
Check out our web page for further details and FAQ
Wednesday 28 January, 18:30, Co-Lab 3
Artistry Connect is a social space for students to come together, share what they’re working on and connect with peers from across the school.
Whether you’re developing a track, shaping a film, experimenting with sound, writing, performing or exploring visual work, this is a chance to step outside your classroom and show your work to your peers. Finished pieces are welcome but works in progress are very much encouraged.
Format includes sharing, listening and feedback.
You can expect to:
Artistry Connect is also for those who prefer to listen, observe and get a sense of what’s happening across the school. Sometimes simply being in the room is where ideas and connections begin.
👉🏼 rsvp HERE