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MSRA Program Overview

  • Recording Arts is a field that deals with all aspects of recorded music and sound, including mixing, mastering, sequencing, calibration and reinforcement.  Our program refines students’ skills in sound recording, aesthetics, multi-track recording, digital signal processing, automated mixing, synchronization, stereo imaging, and monitoring.  In addition, our program recognizes and includes:
    • Study in the rapidly growing field of audio forensics:
      • Audio Forensics is audio diagnosis for the legal field.  Our program includes study in tape authentication, audio enhancement, voice prints, analysis, and witness testimony.
    • The need for pedagogy degrees:
      • Pedagogy is synonymous with teaching, and our program includes a survey of available resources for audio education.  We offer an interdisciplinary approach by including physics, acoustics, engineering, music, broadcast, medicine, psychology, multimedia, theatre and film/video.  The program emphasizes design and development of new methods and materials.
    • CU-Denver’s Master of Science in Recording Arts (MSRA) has the only pedagogy track in the nation, as well as the only college-level course in Audio Forensics.
  • This graduate degree is designed to:
    • Prepare students for careers in audio applications for the fields of mass communications, education, arts, and the entertainment industries.
    • Help professionals advance their careers.
    • Helps to prepare music educators of the future.
  • Graduate courses constituting the core of this study will advance the artistic, pedagogical, technical and problem-solving abilities of the enrolled students.
  • Elective courses will allow each student to develop additional skills and knowledge in related areas, including film, broadcasting, education, music business and the performing arts.
  • Students may choose between a thesis (research) or non-thesis (portfolio) option.
  • We encourage students from allied disciplines (music, physics, engineering, etc. to apply). Students are not required to have their Bachelor’s in Recording Arts – the student’s Bachelor’s degree can be from any discipline. They can qualify for the MSRA by having the equivalent level preparation (e.g. work experience). Candidates without sufficient experience/training in Recording Arts may be required to take preparatory courses at the undergraduate level.

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