The Sonic Arts Center at The City College of New York

12/07/2024

This week our third year students recorded Scott Reece’s Orchestra with Paul Special.

06/18/2024

Our new pedalboard with the awesome FX pedals!

08/16/2023

Sonic Arts Center alumni Ben LeHoullier (2018), Chris Woll (2013), Marcus Dilauro (2018), and SAC director Paul Kozel recently hiked for two days in the Adirondacks. The Park was experiencing extremely high water due to significant rain they received during the summer. The trails were more like streams and small creeks became torrents of water. But they loved every minute of their time together in this very challenging and secluded environment. They covered 24 miles and climbed over 5,000 feet during the two days which included summiting Mt. Marcy (5,367 ft.), the highest peak in New York State. More alumni and student hikes are in the planning stages. Stay tuned!

06/08/2023

This year’s BMI’s Evelyn Buckstein Scholarship was awarded to City College of New York student Dareem M. Chandler (middle below). The annual scholarship, endowed in 2007 by former BMI Foundation Board Member, and CCNY alumna Evelyn Buckstein, recognizes one gifted CCNY student pursuing a career in music. The honoree, selected by the CCNY’s music faculty, is gifted one year’s tuition. Chandler is a drummer and music educator from Trinidad and Tobago, where he received his first Bachelors of Arts degree in Music specializing in Classical Percussion at the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT). He is pursuing a career as a performer/producer, educator and audio technician at the Sonic Arts Center.

05/22/2023

SAC Alum Zach Egan (2018) recently edited and mixed the audio for the documentary film Then Comes the Body. The film follows Daniel Ajala, a self-taught Nigerian ballet dancer who rose to fame after a video of his student dancing in the rain (Anthony Mmesoma Madu) went viral. The film will premier at the Tribeca Film festival this June 10, 12, and 17. Congratulations Zach!

03/29/2023

Macklemore recently dropped his new album called “Ben”. SAC alum, Jordan Topf, AKA Windser is the featured vocalist on the track “Maniac”. Congrats Jordan!

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkrKSgwtVk0&authuser=0

03/21/2023

Capture the sound of your music at CCNY’s Sonic Arts Program.

03/20/2023

Sonic Arts student Jack recording guitar overdubs in our isolation booth.

03/17/2023

Experiment with our diverse selection of outboard gear found in every production room!

03/16/2023

Follow our Tik Tok page! Sonic Arts students Lucas ( ) and Jack ( .vellon ) speak about their experience at the SAC program.

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03/16/2023

Logic guru Professor Perl, teaching second year Sonic Arts Students about synthesis!

03/15/2023

Sonic Arts student Lucas experimenting with ProTools and our Yamaha 02R96 console, found in all of our production rooms!