<p>Does anybody know anything about CUNY City College of New York Sonic Arts Program?</p>
<p>I don’t know about the male/female ratio at audio schools but at music only studios ( I’m packing my instrument up to go do a session at one this morning ) it’s almost all guys. The only girls I see are interns and they do seem to be treated pretty equally, at least at the places I frequent. Where I am seeing more and more women is at the multi media production houses and in television studios. The larger businesses take diversity in the workplace seriously ( or should ) but the smaller studios don’t have that vision or mandate. In the live sound world women are becoming more and more common. So much so that even with the crudest rock bands I play with looking over to the monitor board and seeing a girl behind it doesn’t even generate a comment, or a joke or any rude remarks ( especially if they want to hear themselves that night ). This is a big and welcome change from even a few years ago. Women behind the big board out front are still not the norm but they also aren’t so unusual. There’s hope.</p>
<p>Does anyone know of summer program for music technology for high school students in CA? So far I have found NYU and Ithaca college music programs.</p>
<p>Althea, did you mean California or Canada?
At any rate, university of Michigan in Ann Arbor has a summer program called PAT for performing arts technology. (Same as music tech, different name). Close to those in Ontario, not so much for California!</p>
<p>If you meant California, are you in the Bay Area or SoCal? There are some schools that have robust music tech programs that might mount summer programs, not sure. Maybe Irvine, Loyola Marymount, mills in sf, ucsd* (can’t recall for certain if that’s the one, I might be mixed up). USC has a popular music program that includes a lot of tech as well - maybe they have a summer program too. Sorry if that’s not super helpful, hopefully someone who actually knows the territory will chime in ;)</p>
<p>Hi, My son is 14 and is proficient with drums & guitar, is taking piano, music theory and vocal coaching. He has had recording equipment for the past 2 years and has taught himself how to record multiple track songs and then engineer them. He has also used film software and synchronized the sound with the movements/words. He writes songs and the music for all the instruments to complete the song, then plays all the instruments on different tracks and engineers the songs. He is working on a demo CD. He would really like to perform, however, his backup plan is to be a producer - own his own studio. So we are looking for a 4 year program that perfects the use of the technology, teaches how to run a studio, manage employees, imparts knowledge and understanding of copyright laws and licensing, how to find and manage talent, etc.<br>
My son is homeschooled and just started highschool. He has always been a consistant A/B student. He has a passion for music and for engineering, he performs on drums for church congregations up to 500 people, working with a diverse worship team that rotates its leaders and other musicians since we have 3 locations. He devotes hours daily to mastering his songs. He has recorded and engineered a CD for a friend who needed to raise funds for a mission trip quickly. She raised 2200.00 in a 3 week period. He has attended Camp Electric for the drum trac in 2012, is attending this coming summer for guitar, and plans to attend each summer until he is 19, each year working on another area, including recording engineering and songwriting. Any help in finding the right programs to look at for him would be great. Our older son is an inventor/entrepreneur and going to MSOE for their Engineering Technology program…so the recording engineering search is a totally different dog - so many options and so many reviews and SO expensive! Really want to find the right program. Any thoughts appreciated. Thanks!</p>
<p>I might be wrong in making the assumption that you are interested in a Christian school—But check out Belmont. [Belmont</a> University | Nashville, TN Major in Commercial Music - Belmont University](<a href=“http://www.belmont.edu/music/degrees/music_undergraduate/commercial_music.html]Belmont”>http://www.belmont.edu/music/degrees/music_undergraduate/commercial_music.html)</p>
<p>I’ve been looking for universities that have audio engineering program. But, haven’t found what i’m looking for.
I heard about SSR (The School of Sound Recording), does anyone know if this is great at audio engineering?
and does anyone ever heard whether Julliard open Audio Engineering program?</p>
<p>I’m looking forward for your reply. I’d be really appreciate it. :)</p>
<p>Where are you from, Livvy0? Does your goal include having a bachelor’s degree of some kind? Do you need financial aid, or are you able to self-finance.</p>
<p>SSR is a straight tech program based in London and provides audio eng, music tech, electronic and post in a variety of 6-moth (or 18-month) vocational packets. Nothing wrong with that if it’s strictly the technical aptitude you want to hone.
While you <em>can</em> work up a co-junct degree with a nearby university, I’m not sure it’d be quite the same as a U.S. degree-based program in terms of musicality/development (then again, who knows, maybe that approach is better for some!)</p>
<p>If you tell us more about yourself, we can perhaps give you additional guidance for options to look into.
- What is your background in terms of musicianship (years played, instrument, level of regional recognition, etc.)
- What technological experience do you have to date
- What, as precisely as possible, do you want to do AFTER you attend school
- What are your grades like
- What kind of financial resources are accessible to you.</p>
<p>Cheers,
K</p>
<p>Hi, kmcmom13! ��
Thank you for replying my post. I’m from Indonesia, i’m 18 now. Yes, my goal is having a bachelor’s degree, and I’m totally able to self-finance.
What do you mean by not quite the same as a US degree based program?
Actually, we have SSR Jakarta here. But, since it’s still new i’m not sure if it’s the same level as SSR Manchester/London.</p>
<p>Well,
- I play keyboard, guitar, and drums. (Still improving ��)
- I always wanted to be an audio engineer. I’m not really good on stage, but i work better backstage.
And the rest, i’m not sure how to answer those ��</p>
<p>Again, thank you so much for replying my post.
Cheers ��</p>
<p>Okay, so those of us in the US might not have had a lot of exposure to SSR (myself included) but it seems a little more hands-on, and results in certifications, as opposed to a regular 4-year university degree. So it would be hard to compare it to the programs I’m more familiar with, that result in a bachelor of science for example. Absolutely nothing wrong with that, btw. SSR may be a good route for you. </p>
<p>If you want to look at US based audio engineering programs, and if you have really strong grades and standardized test scores, there are a few top programs at some schools of music that result in a ENG degree as recognized by AES.</p>
<p>The one with which I am personally most familiar is University of Michigan School of Music Performing Arts Technology Curriculum D, Engineering. You can check that program out at [UM</a> School of Music, Theatre & Dance](<a href=“http://www.music.umich.edu%5DUM”>http://www.music.umich.edu) .</p>
<p>Some other popular engineering programs at schools of music include (but this list is not exhaustive): University of Miami (Frost); Indiana University (Jacobs); Belmont (Curb School); Middle Tennessee; Hartt; Peabody; Colorado.</p>
<p>Hope that helps give you somewhere to start. Cheers!</p>
<p>Awww, thank you so much!
Really, really great information. I appreciate it!</p>
<p>BTW, i heard it is really hard to enter Julliard, is it true? :)</p>
<p>Juilliard does not have an audio engineering program. But CIM (Cleveland) does, and so does IU Jacobs.</p>
<p>Thank you for your reply - I had read that Belmont was good in previous posts. He is very well-grounded spiritually, so I am not hyper biased toward a Christian school. Mainly looking for the right fit.</p>
<p>Hello. our son has been volunteering in live sound, video, lighting, camera, and film editing for the past 6 years. He wants to pursue a career in live sound and he is actively pursuing different options for college education. There are quite a few audio engineering/live sound college degree programs but most are on the eastern side of the country (Full Sail, Middle Tennessee State, Belmont, New England College of Communications, Columbia College Chicago, to name a few). We live in Oregon. Any recommendations for the West Coast? He wants to specialise in live sound but we think it would be useful to have a more diverse/varied degree program such as the Bachelor of Science in Entertainment Engineering and Design; Design-Technology Option at UNLV in Las Vegas. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>For live sound, Columbia Chicago is terrific. Avoid Full Sail.</p>
<p>Indianna has a particular emphasis on live sound, IMHO…as to west coast schools, I’m afraid I’m generally unfamiliar bu for Audio Engineering Society listings, this link might give you somewhere to start: <a href=“AES Education Directory by Geographic Area: Western Region, USA/Canada”>AES Education Directory by Geographic Area: Western Region, USA/Canada;
<p>CIM has a 4 year undergrad degree in audio recording.There’s a lot of hand’s on work in studios as well as am internship. It’s rather more intense than many schools though because you will take the same music theory sequence as performance majors and you’d have to audition, demonstrating technical and musical accomplishment either in voice or on an instrument and a pre-screen is required in order to pass through to the actual audition.</p>
<p>I often work as an audio engineer and musician and have a kid going to CIM and out of idle curiosity looked at their program and I have to say if I were to design an engineering program it would be like CIM. As an engineer and a musician I’ve found the ability to read music invaluable. Plus, listening to and analyzing different types of music is necessary. I only wish I had the electronic engineering aspect better learned. Jobs have become really scarce in the audio engineering field so be sure to consider A/V and internet and theater as possible areas to explore. If I ran a studio I’d grab the CIM intern way before I’d grab anyone else. But you better be on some sort of scholarship as the place is expensive. Having access to Case is no small thing to consider either. </p>
For those still wondering, University of Rochester is probably the only school with an Audio and Music Engineering major. I am class of '19 and will entering into this program.
^that’s not true, as the rest of this thread can attest 
eg. Umich, for one…ask any of those kids now working at Bose, etc.
Nonetheless, congratulations on your acceptance.