Department Archive

Date: 9/13/2011 In August 2011, the AA+A Department hosted the National Highway Institute’s (NHI) Highway Traffic Noise course, a research meeting/workshop administered by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), US Department of Transportation (DOT).   The subjects in the course (procedures...

Date: 5/13/2011 WGN Channel 9 featured the AA+A Acoustics program on their Thursday 5/12 and Friday 5/13 news broadcasts as part of a transportation noise measurement and mitigation story. Science, art, and technology were brought together productively at AA+A...

Date: 4/28/2011 Man, Woman, and the Beast Within will feature the 55-piece Fulcrum Point orchestra, conducted by Stephen Burns, performing live film scores accompanying classic film scenes from: Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (composer: Bernard Herrmann) Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island (composer: Krysztof Penderecki) Paul Thomas...

Date: 3/10/2011 Following a year of research and administrative reviews, President Carter approved on Wednesday, 3/9/2011, the Audio Arts + Acoustics proposal for a new Degree Major: Bachelor of Science in Acoustics. This is an exciting development that responds...

Date: 11/15/2010 JOE GRIMM FRI Nov. 19 at 8pm Columbia College – 916 S Wabash, Rm 214 Admission $10, Students $5 Epic new solo work from Joe Grimm. Circuit-bent 16mm projectors and screen-mounted light-sensitive audio electronics. If you were...

Date: 10/6/2010 In August 2010, the AA&A Department hosted the National Highway Institute (NHI), a research meeting/workshop administered by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), US Department of Transportation (DOT). This is the second year that we’ve hosted NHI and...

Date: 7/8/2010 The American Society for Acoustic Ecology (ASAE) is pleased to announce: 2010 ASAE National Symposium and Retreat: “Listening for the Future” July 9th, 10th & 11th, 2010 This is the first-ever national gathering of the ASAE membership...

Date: 4/21/2010 Thu 4/29, 5:00-7:00pm – Eddie Kramer’s Eclipse Master Class Eddie Kramer will be speaking about his music production and engineering career that spans more than four decades behind the board for some of the biggest names in...

Date: 4/20/2010 Eddie Kramer, legendary music engineer and producer (Hendrix, Zeppelin, Stones, etc.) and Rock photographer, will be at Columbia College for 3 days of events, Thursday 4/29 – Saturday 5/1. Details for all events are outlined below. Don’t miss this...