<p>We went to a college fair last night where the guy from Columbia made quite a pitch for the school’s music,recording and film scoring facilities and all the connections students can make there. The school has 12,000 students and seems to take just about anyone–no auditions required for admission.We have never heard of this school----any one out there with any knowledge of Columbia in Chicago??? Thanks all!</p>
<p>I don’t know a thing about recording or film scoring, but I do know that because no auditions are required, the caliber of music students varies a great deal, and you do not find the strongest overall musicians.</p>
<p>That said, we know a boy who went to Columbia two years ago (did not have the skills to do an audition anywhere, but had a good time as a rock drummer) and loves it there. He is doing some interesting stuff.</p>
<p>I just wouldn’t send a really serious performance musician there, but it might be great for more industry related coursework and connections.</p>
<p>I agree with Allmusic. </p>
<p>We live in the area and I know of no one who has attended Columbia or has even considered it. But I cannot offer you any info on it.</p>
<p>I want to go there as a saw that there is a program about music for the screen. I don’t want to become a soundmaster who is concerned with setting up the equipment but I want to get the musican knowledge there and some stuff like this. I want to compose music for the screen</p>
<p>My son recently graduated from Columbia College of Chicago’s program in Audio Arts & Acoustics. He worked with a number of musicians and composers there - definitely a different focus than most of the people who post here (CCC tends more towards contemporary/popular music and definitely doesn’t have the name recognition). CCC for live sound reinforcement (S’s concentration) is well respected in many professional settings; don’t have much info about your particular interests, sorry.</p>
<p>Dead thread, folks ; )</p>
<p>kmccrindle, there’s no such thing as a dead thread in the music forum. ;)</p>
<p>Old threads never die. They just get linked. ;)</p>
<p>Oops, shouldn’t have erased my post then that was responding to the OP, albeit belatedly. Short version is scoring = composing aka music school and beware of open admissions in that kind of scenario.</p>
<p>kanye west went there for a year or so, you can look up their wikipedia page to see a list of alumni</p>