1014 S. Michigan Ave - Music Center
The Music Center houses spaces dedicated to our Music Department, including a 148-seat Concert Hall, multiple recording studios with linked mixers, and private soundproof practice rooms.
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⭐ Music
At Columbia, you’ll study with professionals, including our faculty of musicians and visiting artists-in-residence. You’ll have opportunities to perform and create music in ensembles focusing on contemporary, urban, and popular music styles. You'll also have the chance to build contacts and acquire business training that will help you make a successful living through your passion.
Music (BA | BMus)
Refine your skills in Columbia College Chicago’s Music bachelor’s degree program, which focuses on contemporary, urban, and popular music. In core classes, you’ll learn theory, composition, improvisation, arranging, technology, history, analysis, and aural skills. You’ll enroll in private lessons for your primary instrument/voice and complete coursework designed to provide collaborative music-making experiences with students and faculty members. You’ll also gain performance experience in ensembles that play a variety of styles and genres.
Music Technology (BS)
Columbia College Chicago’s Music Technology program focuses on the science of sound—how music technology can be designed, shaped, used, and manipulated for experimental live performances, video games, music compositions, sound installations, and other musical activities. In this program, you’ll do more than operate the tools; you’ll design, hack, manipulate, and reconfigure the next generation of music technology. Our Bachelor of Science program combines faculty expertise with coursework in music composition, programming, and audio technology. After taking introductory courses in science, mathematics, sound technology, and acoustics, you’ll choose one of five concentrations: Interactive Music Design, Electroacoustic Composition, Perception and Timbre, Programming Audio, and Physical Design. Music Technology graduates can pursue careers as multimedia artists, sound artists, music software and hardware designers, programmers, and user experience (UX) designers. The program also prepares students for graduate study in music technology, human-computer interaction, and computer science.
