Category: Faculty
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Sandroff, Sutherland and Steel – FREE Performance, 10/22
Date: 10/18/2012 AA+A faculty, Howard Sandroff and Ben Sutherland, will perform in a FREE concert co-sponsored by the Columbia College Chicago Friends of the Library, the College Archives and the Audio Arts + Acoustics Department at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, October 22, 2012 in the CollegeLibrary, 624 S Michigan Ave, 3rd Floor East. Howard Sandroff is a composer, performer and…
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AA+A Faculty Member, Ron Gresham, Wants His Students to “Get Good”!
Date: 5/10/2012 AA+A faculty member, Ron Gresham, fell in love with audio at the age of 12, took it on the road with the Orlando Magic and Chicago Bulls, and then settled down – sort of – to have a “a one on one, face to face, person to person relationship with his students.” Read…
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AA+A Alumnus Glennon Francis Curran returns as a teacher and researcher
Date: 4/17/2012 Glennon Francis Curran graduated from the Audio Arts + Acoustics Department in 2008, with a concentration in Sound Contracting (currently Live & Installed Sound). He is a member of the Columbia L.A.S. Research Group in Mind, Science, and Culture, and spoke at the group’s recent forum. After graduation from Columbia, he entered the John Marshall Law School,…
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AA+A’s Sandroff and Sutherland perform at the University of Chicago
Date: 2/15/2012 AA+A faculty, Prof. Howard Sandroff and Assoc. Prof. Ben Sutherland, Ph.D. will hold their World Premiere of “Interactive Improvisation for Computer and Sound Sculpture” on Tuesday 2/21, 12:15 – 1:15pm, at the University of Chicago, Joseph Regenstein Library, 1100 E. 57th Street. http://www.colum.edu/Academics/Audio_Arts_and_Acoustics/PDF_Folder/interactive.pdf The performance, featuring Howard Sandroff on computer and Ben Sutherland on a Sound Sculpture created…
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AA+A’s Nick Eipers listed in Downbeat’s “Best of 2011”
Date: 1/11/2012 Nick Eipers, AA+A part-time faculty and president of Chicago Sessions Ltd. had his production of – Matt Nelson Trio’s “Nostalgiamaniac” named one of Downbeat Magazine’s “Best CDs of 2011” in the publication’s January 2012 issue. 4 Stars! (“Excellent”) “Nelson is looking forward, not backward. With chops, taste and an evolving repertoire, you can hardly blame him.”…
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Two 2011 Grammy nominations for AA+A faculty Michel Slaboch!
Date: 12/5/2011 Hot on the heels of his 2010 Grammy nomination, Michael Slaboch, Numero Group Producer/Engineer and AA+A Part-Time Faculty member, and the entire Numero Group team just received two 2011 Grammy nominations! Nominations were for Category 62: Best Album Notes and Category 63. Best Historical Album Both nominations are for the box set “Syl Johnson: Complete Mythology”. Congratulations…
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AA+A Faculty in the News
Date: 11/30/2011 AA+A alumnus and adjunct faculty-member, Nick Eipers, and his record label, Chicago Sessions, featured in the Riverside-Brookfield Landmark, November 29, 2011. Nick graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a B.A. in Audio Arts + Acoustics in 1994. He continued in the field as a recording engineer and producer and then founded Chicago Sessions in 2008 with…
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Tenure-Track Faculty Search: “Audio for Visual Media”
Date: 10/17/2011 The Department of Audio Arts + Acoustics, Columbia College Chicago, is accepting applications for a Tenured or Tenure-Track faculty position in Audio for Visual Media (Position #: 100246), beginning autumn, 2012. We are looking for a candidate with extensive experience in one or more of the following fields: Audio/Sound Design for Visual and Dramatic Media, including…
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AA+A faculty member, Benj Kanters, receives Learning Studio Award
Date: 5/10/2011 Benj Kanters, associate professor in the Audio Arts + Acoustics Department, was recognized on May 6th for his long standing involvement with the College’s Supplemental Instruction Program (SI). Mr. Kanters has been an active collaborator of the Learning Studio in the development, sustainability, and, most importantly, evaluation efforts for the SI program. The…
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2010 – good year for AA+A adjunct Nick Eipers and Chicago Sessions
Date: 1/25/2011 Nick Eipers, AA+A adjunct faculty member and Chicago Sessions LTD president, received numerous accolades in 2010 for albums released by his record label, including recordings by Howard Levy , Paul Wertico’s Mid-East/Mid-West Alliance , and theMatt Nelson Trio. Howard Levy’s “Tonight and Tomorrow” (produced by Howard Levy & Nick Eipers; recorded/mixed/mastered by Nick…