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Audio Arts & Acoustics Students Featured on Vocalo 89.5FM
Date: 12/1/2009 Students in Howard Sandroff and Jesse Seay’s “Master Class in Sound Design” are now sharing their work on the local airwaves via Vocalo 89.5FM and as part of the station’s permanent online library http://vocalo.org/node/52593. During the fall 2009 semester, students produced a number of creative, stand-alone, single-channel stereo pieces, suitable for radio broadcast. Each student…
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AA&A Faculty Profile: Jesse Seay
Date: 11/25/2009 Faculty Profile: Jesse Seay Is Always Listening — Rachel Morris, Advertising Art Direction student Columbia assistant professor and sound artist Jesse Seay may stand out in the male-dominated field of audio arts and acoustics, but it’s her exploration of everyday sounds that really sets her apart. As Jesse describes, she “got into audio through…
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Audio Arts & Acoustics launches its new DiGiCo SD8 digital desk
Date: 11/19/2009 On Monday November 16th, the Audio Arts and Acoustics Live Sound Studio in the Lower Level of 33 E. Congress was was filled to capacity for a demonstration of the department’s brand new DiGiCo SD8 digital mixing console. Group One, Ltd’s National Sales Manager for Professional Audio Products, Matt Larson, demonstrated the console’s…
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Audio science and practice experts “meet” at Audio Arts & Acoustics
Date: 11/19/2009 Approximately two months ago, Audio Arts and Acoustics students and faculty were fortunate to have engineer and producer Eddie Kramer share with us, whether in the standing-room-only LL11 studio or out in the hallway, some of his audio wisdom. Mr. Kramer has been an influential music engineer, producer, and photographer for over 40 years. His resume includes…
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Alumni Run Smash Hit
Date: 11/17/2009 Two Audio Arts & Acoustics alumni, Aaron Patkin and Joe Perona currently working with Gand Concert Sound, ran front-of-house and monitor mixes for a recent Smash Mouth concert at the Barrington (Illinois) High School football field. A 3,000-strong crowd enjoyed a night of music supported by Gand Concert Sound equipment and expertise. The event was part of a…
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Audio Arts & Acoustics Student Plays White House Halloween Event
Date: 11/16/2009 Audio Arts & Acoustics student Ehsan Ghoreishi (accordion) and Columbia Alum Doug Abram (BA ’98) (saxophone) are members of the Black Bear Combo, a group that formed in Chicago in 2002 and has since performed across the United States. Their sound is a fusion of traditional music from Eastern Europe and Balkan Gypsy…
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Audio Arts & Acoustics Students Win Seven 2009 NSCA Scholarships
Date: 10/28/2009 Audio Arts & Acoustics students won seven of twelve scholarships granted in 2009 by the National Systems Contractors Association’s (NSCA) Education Foundation and Bosch Scholarship Fund. And the winners are…
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AA&A Dept Tenure-Track Position Opens
Date: 10/26/2009 A new tenure-track position for Live Sound Reinforcement has been posted and is officially open for submissions. You can access the position description at http://web2.colum.edu/hr/search.results.php?term=1183 Columbia College Chicago encourages qualified female, LGBTQ, disabled, international, and minority classified individuals to apply for all positions. We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits package. The position…
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They might be giants … but they need our help
Date: 9/22/2009 Just some harmless name dropping… Most of our students at Audio Arts & Acoustics already know about our brand new DiGiCo SD-8 digital live sound console and can’t wait to get their hands on it! What they most likely didn’t know is that two weeks ago the new console was used to create and save mixes…
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William Hartmann Lecture
Date: 9/22/2009 The Columbia Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Student Chapter is pleased to sponsor a free seminar by noted physicist, psychoacoustician and author, Dr. William M. Hartmann. When: Friday, September 25th, 3:00 p.m. Where: Room 609, 33 E. Congress Pkwy Professor Hartmann graduated from Iowa State with an electrical engineering degree before attending Oxford University to study theoretical…