Foothill College, located in Northern California, offers an associate's degree program in music technology. Students can study Pro Tools, the music business and digital video. Graduates leave with the necessary qualifications to enter the entertainment industry in music, film, television and radio. Students can take advantage of being in the San Francisco Bay Area. Graduates have gone on to work with entertainers and organizations such as Neil Young, R.E.M., Microsoft and Universal Music Group. Classes include audio recording and production, sound design for film and video, mixing and mastering with Pro Tools, and radio programming and production.
Foothill College
12345 El Monte Rd.
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
650-949-7777
http://www.foothill.edu/music
The music technology program at Virginia Tech is an all-encompassing program designed to give students everything they'll need to succeed in a career in music technology. Students study technologies involved in music composition, performance, production, instruction and more. Courses include such areas as soundtrack and effects composition, computer music and multimedia design, and audio technology for music. Students get to work in the recording studio facility, which is 3,500 square feet and has high-quality microphones, pre-amplifiers and a Sony DMX-R100 digital mixing console.
Virginia Tech Department of Music
241 Squires Student Center
Blacksburg, VA 24061
540-231-5685
http://www.music.vt.edu
Students can earn a master's of science degree in music technology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). The program prides itself on staying up-to-date on new and emerging digital arts technologies. The master's degree program trains students in multimedia production techniques, computer-based music technology and multimedia and interactive design. Course work includes digital sound design for multimedia, podcast music techniques, music technology methods and research methods in music and multimedia.
Music and Arts Technology at IUPUI
535 W. Michigan Street, IT 352
Indianapolis, IN 46202
317-274-4000
http://music.iupui.edu