Overview

If you’re looking for a career in music, you have a lot of avenues to choose from. The music industry isn’t just about musicians (although they obviously play a huge part). Behind those musicians are producers, studio engineers, post-production technicians, promoters, distributors…the list goes on. The music business has room for many kinds of people, and perhaps you’re one of them!

In studying for a career in the music industry, you’ll learn not just about the elements of good music, but also about how to make that music marketable in an ever-changing industry. You’ll learn about the latest techniques and technology in recording; you’ll learn about recording budgets, and how they are best spent; you’ll learn how to be business-savvy so you don’t find yourself on the short end of a contract. Best of all, you’ll learn your place in a highly creative industry that brings music to the world—and hopefully you’ll make a lot of money in the process.

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School Website Length to Graduate: 6 Months Location: Most Major Cities in US and Canada Students per Class: 1 Tuition to Graduate: $7,750 Subject: Audio Engineering, Recording Arts

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Recording Connection offers courses in Audio Engineering, Music Producing, Music Recording, Live Concert Audio and more. Recording Connection students get Pro Tools Mbox Software after their 10th lesson which allows them to record and mix their own audio on their own computer.

Recording Connection features the mentor apprentice method of teaching students the necessary skills by having them work one-on-one with their mentor on real world projects. Recording Connection enjoys working relationships with mentors in professional recording studios across the United States and Canada. Read More...

School Website Length to Graduate: 10 Months Location: CA-Burbank Students per Class: 11-20 Tuition to Graduate: $23,995 Subject: Audio Engineering

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From the golden years of analog, through the birth of digital, to the emergence of Pro Tools as the industry standard, the established tradition of audio production training passed on from master to apprentice within studios continues.

Video Symphony’s Audio Engineering Pro Tools Program provides comprehensive training in a professional environment within which students train with working industry masters in our production studios, as well as in the classroom. They learn recording, editing, mixing, mastering, Foley, dialog, sound design, sound effects, voice-over production, video game audio, film audio, music audio, surround sound production and much more. Read More...

School Website Length to Graduate: 4 Years Location: VA-Roanoke Students per Class: 1-10 Tuition to Graduate: $115,640 Subject: Audio Engineering, Music Recording, Recording Arts

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Music majors may become candidates for endorsement in public school teaching (Choral Music, K-12), following requirements in the teacher education program administered by the education department.

The Hollins University Certificate in Piano Teaching is available to degree candidates and others not seeking the music degree. It offers specialized study and practical work in piano pedagogy. The Hollins University Certificate in Arts Management is also available to music degree candidates.

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The Sallie Gray Shepherd Fund brings a variety of nationally and internationally known performers and ensembles to campus each semester, and the Galbraith Fund supports an annual master class and workshop at Hollins by leaders in the field of piano teaching. Read More...

School Website Length to Graduate: 4 Years Location: VT-Middlebury Students per Class: 11-20 Tuition to Graduate: $208,480 Subject: Audio Engineering, Music Business, Music Recording, Recording Arts

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Our music department courses, ensembles, lessons, and other activities are equally available to non-majors and majors alike. The curriculum for music majors offers a balance between thoroughness and flexibility, offering each student a chance to develop areas of strength in the context of a broad liberal arts education.

A wide range of lessons are available, covering the gamut from piano, voice and most orchestral instruments to folk fiddle, bagpipe and blues harmonica. Read More...

School Website Length to Graduate: 2 Years Location: CA-Los Angeles Students per Class: 11-20 Tuition to Graduate: $21,628 Subject: Audio Engineering, Music Business, Music Recording, Recording Arts

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Los Angeles Junior College was established on September 9, 1929 by the Los Angeles Board of Education. The college offered “semi-professional courses” for students who wanted to limit their college education to two year, and “certificate courses” for those looking to continue toward university work. The first Associate in Arts degrees were conferred June 19, 1931.

With the establishment of its Commercial Music curriculum in 1946, LA City College became the first college in the nation to offer a degree in jazz. Indeed, numerous important jazz musicians attended LA City College, including Herb Alpert, Chet Baker, Irving Bush, Eric Dolphy, Bob Florence, Herb Geller, Jerry Goldsmith, Les McCann, Charlie Mingus, Lennie Niehaus, Tommy Oliver, Jack Sheldon, Julius Wechter and Hal Owen. Read More...

School Website Length to Graduate: 2 Years Location: IL-Chicago Students per Class: 11-20 Tuition to Graduate: $50,000 Subject: Recording Arts

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Design a film or game soundtrack. Engineer a multi-track studio session.  Troubleshoot problems while recording audio on location. Tribeca Flashpoint’s Recording Arts Associate program applies craft, theory and aesthetics to real-world productions to prepare you for tomorrow’s audio production requirements.

At Tribeca Flashpoint, you’ll learn discipline, professional standards, and on-the-job collaboration in courses designed by experienced audio professionals. As you earn your Associate of Applied Science degree, you’ll work in state-of-the-art facilities, develop your skills on advanced projects for real-world clients, and create an industry-ready, professional portfolio that will jump-start your audio career. Read More...

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Columbia Academy’s Recording & Sound Design (RSD) program puts you in the recording studio, behind the console, or unleashing your creativity on Digital Audio Workstations from Day One – an important feature that makes us unique and considered to be one of the best Recording schools and Sound Design schools in Vancouver, BC Canada and internationally!

Our Recording & Sound Design school program gives you practical, Hands-On experience in the actual positions found in today’s top music recording studios and post production audio houses. Read More...

School Website Length to Graduate: 4 Years Location: MA-South Hadley Students per Class: 1-10 Tuition to Graduate: $160,280

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Mount Holyoke College’s Department of Music offers a program exploring the history, theory, literature, performance, analysis, and synthesis of music. Majors, minors and students with a passion for music are active composers, conductors, and performers. The whole campus reverberates with music that refuses to be silent.

The music department offers ensemble experiences ranging from Klezmer Band, jazz, and West African Music Ensemble to Symphony Orchestra and large and small choirs. Other performance opportunities include chamber music and early music. Students may also enroll in individual performance studies. Read More...

For those of you who are looking to get your foot in the door towards a career in audio engineering, you will find that getting your foot in the door will become a way of life for you if you’re to have any chance of success working as an independent in the recording industry. You need to get into the mindset that YOU are the one who makes things happen. You have to become an entrepreneur. If you only expect to engineer, you’re already behind the curve. If you own some good gear, that helps. If you can play an instrument or two, that’s even better. If you’re out there in the clubs and know artists and bands and can get them in to record, that’s another big plus. If you can produce, that’s another feather in the possibility hat. Read More...

School Website Length to Graduate: 21 Months Location: FL-Orlando Students per Class: 30+ Subject: Recording Arts

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Full Sail’s Recording Arts Bachelor’s Degree Program is an intensive, 20-month audio education that covers every facet of music recording and audio production – from tracking and overdubs to mixing and mastering – in a college environment like no other. Full Sail’s campus is an audiophile’s dream, with multiple professional recording studios and labs that allow you to use the same microphones, mixing boards, and digital workstations used in recording studios all over the world.

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School Website Length to Graduate: 21 Months Location: FL-Orlando Students per Class: 30+ Tuition to Graduate: $31,300 Subject: Music Business

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Full Sail University’s Music Business Bachelor’s Degree Program is designed to give you a practical, real-world music business education. You’ll get training in the core fundamentals of business like marketing, advertising, finance, and accounting. You’ll also get the specific inside knowledge you’ll need to make it in the complex and unique entertainment media industry as our instructors cover topics like intellectual property, artist and product management, publishing, and distribution.

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