Audio Arts and Acoustics | Media Arts | Columbia College Chicago

Audio professionals are problem solvers, innovators, and artists. Join the revolution.

The Audio Arts and Acoustics Department takes sound seriously. We offer courses and degree programs in live and recorded sound design, engineering and production/post-production, environmental and architectural acoustics, and design and management of audio installations.

Take a look inside Audio Arts and Acoustics

Visda Goudarzi
Audio Arts and Acoustics
Goudarzi teaches Columbia students how to make audio interfaces and interactive electronic instruments. Read More
Recording Studios and Control Rooms
33 E. Ida B. Wells Drive, Lower Level
Fine-tune your skills in our professional-level music production facilities. Used for course projects and in-class instruction, we have three control rooms linked to two studio spaces, complete with absorption/diffusion panels for a variety of instrumental setups and access to the Audio Arts and Acoustics' musical instrument collection, including a Yamaha C7 grand piano.Read More
Florian Hollerweger
Audio Arts and Acoustics
Florian Hollerweger teaches students skills that enable them to make art and find jobs in tech and audio. Read More
Ali Cedroni ’16
Sound Artist. Editor. Programmer.
By day, sound designer Ali Cedroni edits voice-overs at Jellyvision. By night, she’s a freelance sound professional for video games, music, and film.Read More