Does anyone know of any liberal arts colleges that have strong programs in music production and technology? The main one I’ve heard about so far is Oberlin with its TIMARA program. That sounds really great, but I’d like to find a few more. They don’t necessarily need to have extremely note-worthy programs or even have a music technology major–perhaps just a strong music department with a focus in music technology/production. I know that a lot of LACs have strong music departments (Vassar, Wesleyan, Swarthmore, Skidmore, etc.) but it’s kind of hard to tell from their websites how many resources are available to people interested in music technology/production. Does anyone know what music tech is like at these schools, or know of other LACs with strong music tech programs?
TIMARA is pretty amazing. I’d contact someone at Wesleyan, too. I know Ron Kuivala does serious psychoacoustic stuff, and that probably involves pretty serious tech. Alvin Lucier is there too, unless he’s retired recently.
http://www.capital.edu/Music-Technology/
Friend’s son very happy with Capital University program.
Also, you might get more responses in the Music Major forum.
Both Alvin Lucier and Anthony Braxton have retired after teaching a combined total of sixty-four years at the same college.
amazing all around school
http://www.muhlenberg.edu/main/academics/theatre-dance/curriculum/theatredesign.html
(I think this is what you may be looking for)
Thanks for all the responses! @zobroward, by music production and technology I meant record production and recording-oriented things rather than production design and theater related stuff, but thanks for the tip anyway! I’ve heard Muhlenberg is a great school.
Connecticut College has a music technology program. The problem with LACs and “real” music production is that you typically need large universities with studios and other resources to do it right.