Recording Arts and Production

We strike a chord with aspiring music producers and audio engineers

In our growing recording arts and production major, you’ll explore recorded music through a study of history, craftsmanship, and music theory. In this program, you’ll apply audio skills acquired in the classroom to collaborate with ensembles of all sizes and styles. 

While this program is based in the conservatory, this major teaches musicians of all styles and genres the technical skills and aesthetic considerations needed to explore the field of music production as both a profession and an art.

Through group and individualized instruction, hands-on opportunities to record, and exposure to accomplished engineers and producers, you’ll be poised for audio careers that demand the highest level of expertise.

Record with incredible musicians

Through projects on the Oberlin Music record label, live concerts for annual programming in the Conservatory of Music, and a growing number of film productions, there is no shortage of opportunities to collaborate with a broad range of musical artists.

• Watch Oberlin faculty member Jamey Haddad record with his group Under One Sun for Oberlin Music
• See The Foreigner’s Home recording session
• View the video about the student American Roots Music group Hotspur Johnny! in a recording session mentored by Punch Brothers guitarist Chris Eldridge ’04