Music Production / Recording Arts School in New York

Audio Recording and Production School, New York City:
Located in New York City, close to the vibrant Greenwich Village and Union Square. We provide a complete education in audio engineering and music production, combining a broad background with hands-on experience. Our audio engineering and music production diploma curriculum is crafted by faculty members who are deeply involved in music and audio. IAR’s rolling admissions places students in classes that begin throughout the year, so you don’t have to wait long to start training for your future. The program can be completed in approximately nine months by a full-time student and in approximately a year by a part-time student at night.

Audio Recording and Production diploma program (900 hours) covering the following subjects:

01 Basics of Digital Audio
02 Audio Electronics
03 Ear Training and Acoustics
04 The Business of Music
05 Audio Processing and Storage
06 Digital Music Production
07 Microphones, Amplifiers and Speakers
08 MIDI Applications
09 Mixing Music 1
10 Mixing Music 2
11 Recording Workshop
12 Post Production Audio
13 Industry Practicum

We believe the key to a valuable education in music production is a command of the fundamental concepts of sound. We emphasize these principles with both digital and analog classroom and studio experience. As technology, studio design and equipment operations change, our comprehensive approach emphasizing underlying concepts provides students with rock-solid basics to fall back on anytime, anywhere.

With an extraordinary roster of faculty and more than three decades of experience, IAR has earned an outstanding reputation among leading employers in the music business. IAR students have worked at Sony Music, Right Track Recording, Unique Recording Studios, Arista Records and other leading companies.

Upon graduation, students are equipped for entry-level employment in a wide range of audio industry positions. Our graduates have gone on to work in:

- recording studios, large format facilities and project studios
- live sound reinforcement
- audio for film, video and television
- audio production and postproduction
- broadcast and satellite companies

The Institute of Audio Research is located in New York City, where the music scene sizzles every day and night of the year. New York offers a never-ending current of nearly every genre of music. Catch Radiohead or Jay Z at Madison Square Garden, Interpol at the Hammerstein Ballroom, Bill Charlap or Cyrus Chestnut at Jazz Standard, The Roots at the Roxy, or Lauryn Hill at SOB’s.

Add the Apollo, Carnegie Hall, the Knitting Factory, the Bowery Ballroom and the bright lights of Broadway, and the Institute of Audio Research is in the middle of it all. It is no wonder that a multitude of music businesses make their home in New York. There is a continual demand for well-trained people to staff these facilities.

Located in one of the city’s most vibrant neighborhoods, IAR is just steps from major subway lines, easily accessible by public transportation from anywhere in the Tri-State Area. New York City is the place to be for audio engineering and music production, and IAR puts you in the center of the action.