Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences

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Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences
MottoCras people make it
Type Private for-profit technical school
Established1988
Students619 (2018) [1]
Location, ,
United States
Website cras.edu

The Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences (informally Cras) is a private for-profit technical school specializing in audio recording, audio engineering and production education with its main location in Tempe and a satellite campus in Gilbert, Arizona. It is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges and approved by the Arizona State Board of Private Postsecondary Education. [2] [3]

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History

First established in New York, in 1980 a 24-track recording studio called Songshop offered adult training classes to novices as well as record label personnel. These classes proved to be very popular, and the increasing demand for training and hands-on experience necessitated expansion of the program to include internships with commercial studios and recording artists.

In 1987 the entire enterprise moved to Tempe and the name was changed to The Academy of Recording Sciences. As the reputation of the institution gained prominence in the music recording industry, the name was again changed in 1988 to the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences, as this more appropriately reflected the nature of the institution – “to conserve, enhance, improve and promote the artistic and technical skills of audio recording by preparing students to enter the business as qualified audio recording engineers.” [4] In 2000, a satellite Location was opened in Gilbert allowing the school to accept more students and create a large live sound room to teach within. [5]

Out of the total 83 categories at the Grammys in February 2016, 47 different alumni have contributed to pieces that were nominated in 42 different Grammy categories. [6]

Facilities

The Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences has two campuses, the main campus located in Tempe and a satellite campus located in Gilbert. The Tempe location hosts eight classrooms along with state of the art equipment such as a Solid State Logic 4000 console, Neotek elite console, and API legacy console. [7]

The satellite campus located in Gilbert hosts nine classrooms as well as a mobile broadcast unit and 6,000 sq ft (560 m2) live sound venue. It has much of the same equipment as the Tempe location such as a Solid State Logic 4000 console, SSL Origin console, and API legacy console. [8]

Both campuses are equipped with industry standard equipment and the same audio monitoring system as studios like Skywalker Sound and Chase Productions.

Academics

The School is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges and the Arizona State Board of Private Postsecondary Education to offer degrees in audio. [2] [3] The school is approved to teach veterans by United States Department of Veterans Affairs and the Arizona Department of Veterans' Services [9] [10] The school offers a degree in recording after an 11-month program and internship as well as 16 certifications in software. Certifications include 6 Pro Tools certifications, [11] focusrite Rednet, [12] Celemony Melodyne, L'Acoustics Soundvision, TC Electronic M3000, TC Electronic System S6000, Waves, Wwise, [13] Midas M32, Apple Logic Pro X, Antares Auto-tune Pro, and Rational Acoustics Smaart.

The school is a Avid Pro Tools Curricular partner. [11] It also has its own AES chapter [14]

Noteworthy staff

Since 1992, Robert Brock has worked at the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences During that time he has led the development of manufacturer training and certification websites for Studer Vista series digital audio consoles and Audiokinetic's Wwise game audio integration software, contributed articles to audio trade magazines and has contributed in both editorial and authorship roles for the Logic and Soundtrack Pro Apple Pro Training Series books published by Peachpit Press. In 2009 Brock was honored by being selected as an ADE (Apple Distinguished Educator) and served on the ADE advisory board for five years. [15] In 2020 he helped design the artificial crowd noise for many NFL stadiums including the New England Patriots. [16]

Notable alumni

239 Grammy Nominated Recording since 2004[ citation needed ]

3828[ citation needed ] have credits for over 3,800 films, TV, and documentary projects

122[ citation needed ] AAA Video Game Titles over the past ten years

Grammy Winners
YearAlumni nameCreditArtistAlbum/Song
2020Chris KasychEngineerVampire Weekend Best Alternative Music AlbumFather of the Bride
2020Gosha UsovAssistant EngineerElvis Costello & The Imposters Best Traditional Pop Vocal AlbumLook Now
2020Greg EliasonAssistant EngineerWillie Nelson Best Country Solo PerformanceRide Me Back Home
2020Greg FoellerRecording AssistantTool Best Metal Performance7Empest
2020Ike SchultzAssistant Mixing EngineerLizzo Best Urban Contemporary AlbumCuz I Love You (Deluxe)
2020Morgan StrattonRecording AssistantTool Best Metal performance7Empest
2020Scott MooreAssistant EngineerElvis Costello & The Imposters Best Traditional Pop Vocal AlbumLook Now
2020Scott MooreRecording AssistantTool Best Metal Performance7Empest
2019Cory BiceAssistant Recording EngineerAriana Grande Best Pop Vocal AlbumSweetener
2019Darrell ThorpRecording Engineer/Mix EngineerBeck Best Alternative Music AlbumColors
2019Darrell ThorpRecording Engineer/Mix EngineerBeck Best Engineered Album, Non-ClassicalColors
2019Eric RennakerAssistant Engineer (tracks Z5)Weird Al” Yankovic Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition PackageSqueeze Box: The Complete Works of “Weird Al” Yankovic
2019Greg Eliason Assistant EngineerLuis Miguel Best Regional Mexican Music Album ¡MÉXICO POR SIEMPRE!
2019Jacob DennisAssistant Recording EngineerAriana Grande Best Pop Vocal AlbumSweetener
2019Joe BaldridgeRecording EngineerDan + Shay Best Country Duo/Group PerformanceTequila
2019John CongletonProducerSt. Vincent Best Rock SongMasseducation
2019John CongletonProducerSt. Vincent Best Recording PackageMasseducation
2019Johnnie BurikAssistant Engineer Lady Gaga Best Pop Solo PerformanceJoanne (Where Do You Think You're Goin?)
2019Noah Killeen Assistant Engineer Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble PerformanceAnderson, Laurie: Landfall
2019Sam Holland Engineer Ariana Grande Best Pop Vocal AlbumSweetener
2019Timothy MarchiafavaAssistant EngineerThe Wayne Shorter Quartet Best Jazz Instrumental AlbumEmanon
2019Will QuinnellAssistant EngineerSilk City & Dua Lipa Featuring Diplo & Mark Ronson Best Dance RecordingElectricity
2019Will QuinnellMastering EngineerPJ Morton Featuring Yebba Best Traditional R&B PerformanceHow Deep Is Your Love
2018Buckley MillerEngineerMercyMe  Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/SongGrace Got You
2018Chris KasychRecording EngineerSoundtrack Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual MediaLady Bird
2018Cory BiceAssistant Recording EngineerAriana Grande Best Pop Vocal AlbumSweetener
2018Cory BiceAssistant EngineerP!nk Best Pop Vocal AlbumBeautiful Trauma
2018Darrell ThorpRecording Engineer/Mix EngineerBeck Best Alternative Music AlbumColors
2018Darrell ThorpRecording EngineerTwenty One Pilots Best Rock SongJumpsuit
2018David DavisEngineer“Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Miguel Featuring Natalia Lafourcade)” Best Song Written For Visual MediaRemember Me
2018David DavisEngineerMichael Giacchino, composer Best Score Soundtrack For Visual MediaCoco
2018Eric RennakerAssistant Engineer (tracks Z5)“Meghan Foley, Annie Stoll & Al Yankovic, art directors (“Weird Al” Yankovic)” Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition PackageSqueeze Box: The Complete Works of “Weird Al” Yankovic
2018Erick JaskowiakEngineerWood & Wire Best Bluegrass AlbumNorth of Despair
2018Gordon HammondEngineerWillie Nelson Best American Roots PerformanceLast Man Standing
2018Gordon HammondEngineerWillie Nelson Best Traditional Pop Vocal AlbumMy Way
2018Greg EliasonAssistant EngineerGhost Best Rock AlbumPrequelle
2018Greg EliasonAssistant EngineerLuis Miguel Best Regional Mexican Music Album¡México Por Siempre!
2018Jared HirshlandEngineeringZiggy Marley Best Reggae AlbumRebellion Rises
2018Joe BaldridgeRecording EngineerDan + Shay Best Country SongTequila
2018John CongletonProducer, Recorded, MixedCarson Ellis, Jeri Heiden & Glen Nakasako Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition PackageI'll Be Your Girl
2018John CongletonProducerSt. Vincent Best Rock SongMasseducation
2018John CongletonEngineerWillo Perron, art director (St. Vincent) Best Recording PackageMasseducation
2018John PalmieriDigital Editing, Overdub Engineer, Percussion, Vocal Engineer, Vocals (Background)Cole Swindell Best Country SongBreak Up in the End
2018Johnnie BurikAssistantLady Gaga Best Pop Solo PerformanceJoanne (Where Do You Think You're Goin?)
2018Michael Law ThomasRecording EngineerVarious Artists Album Of The YearBlack Panther: The Album, Music from and Inspired by
2018Micheal PetersonAssistant Engineer, Mixing AssistantMiguel Featuring J. Cole & Salaam Remi Best R&B SongCome Through and Chill
2018Morgan StrattonAssistant EngineerBoz Scaggs Best Contemporary Blues AlbumOut of the Blues
2018Morgan StrattonEngineerLarry Klein Producer Of The Year, Non-ClassicalAll These Things
2018Nik KarpenMixing AssistantHalestorm Best Rock PerformanceUncomfortable
2018Noah KilleenAssistant EngineerLaurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble PerformanceLandfall
2018Rob WilliamsAssistantMichael W. Smith Best Contemporary Christian Music AlbumSurrounded
2018Robert CheesemanAssistant Recording EngineerHigh On Fire Best Metal PerformanceElectric Messiah
2018Sam HollandEngineerTaylor Swift Best Pop Vocal AlbumReputation
2018Scott MooreAssistant Engineer“The Count Basie Orchestra Directed By Scotty Barnhart” Best Large Jazz Ensemble AlbumAll About That Basie
2018Steve OlmonRecording EngineerAlice In Chains Best Rock AlbumRainer Fog
2018Timothy MarchiafavaAssistant EngineerBrad Mehldau Trio Best Jazz Instrumental AlbumSeymour Reads the Constitution!
2018Timothy MarchiafavaAssistant EngineerThe Wayne Shorter Quartet Best Jazz Instrumental AlbumEmanon
2018Will DelaneyAssistant EngineerMiguel Best Urban Contemporary AlbumWar & Leisure
2018Will QuinnellMastering EngineerChris Dave And The Drumhedz Best Urban Contemporary AlbumChris Dave and the Drumhedz
2018Will QuinnellMastering EngineerFall Out Boy Best Rock AlbumM A N I A
2018Will QuinnellMasteredKelly Clarkson Best Pop Vocal AlbumMeaning of Life
2018Will QuinnellMasteredPJ Morton Best R&B PerformanceFirst Began
2018Will QuinnellMasteredPJ Morton Best R&B AlbumGumbo Unplugged (Live)
2018Will QuinnellMasteredPJ Morton Featuring Yebba Best Traditional R&B PerformanceHow Deep Is Your Love
2018Will QuinnellAssistant EngineerSilk City & Dua Lipa Featuring Diplo & Mark Ronson Best Dance RecordingElectricity
2018Zeph SowersRecording EngineerThe Carters Best R&B PerformanceSummer
2018Zeph SowersRecording EngineerThe Carters Best Urban Contemporary AlbumEverything Is Love
2017Adam ChagnonRecording EngineerTim McGraw Best Country Song“Humble and Kind” on Damn Country Music
2017Chris KasychEngineerAdele Album of the Year25
2017Jacob DennisAssistant EngineerAdele Record of the YearHello
2017Jared HirshlandEngineerZiggy Marley Best Reggae AlbumZiggy Marley
2017Jeremy UnderwoodEngineerLalah Hathaway Best R&B AlbumLalah Hathaway Live
2017John CranfieldAssistant EngineerBeyoncé Best Urban Contemporary AlbumLemonade
2017Juan SevillaAssistant Recording EngineerMaren Moris Best Country Solo PerformanceMy Church
2017Michael PetersonAssistantTwenty One Pilots Best Pop Duo/Group PerformanceStressed Out
2016Cory BiceAssistant EngineerTaylor Swift Best Pop Vocal Album1989
2016Cory BiceAssistant Recording EngineerTaylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar Best Music VideoBad Blood
2016Cory BiceAssistant EngineerThe Weeknd Best Urban Contemporary AlbumBeauty Behind the Madness
2016David NataleEngineerMavis Staples Best American Roots PerformanceSee That My Grave is Kept Clean
2016Jeremy UnderwoodEngineerLalah Hathaway Best Traditional R&B PerformanceLittle Ghetto Boy
2016Jordan StilwellEngineerThe Weeknd Best R&B PerformanceEarned It (Fifty Shades of Gray soundtrack)
2016Justin MerrillEngineerLeslie Ann Jones, John Kilgore, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum & Justin Merrill, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra) Best Engineered Album, ClassicalAsk Your Mama
2016Keith MunsonAssistant EngineerLonnie Lynn, Che Smith & John Stephens, songwriters (Common & John Legend) Best Song Written for Visual MediaGlory
2016Matthew WheelerMix AssistantLittle Big Town Best Country SongGirl Crush
2016Mike LayosAssistant EngineerD’Angelo & The Vanguard Best R&B AlbumBlack Messiah
2016Mike LayosAssistant EngineerD’Angelo & The Vanguard Best R&B Song“Really Love” on Black Messiah
2016Sorrel BrigmanRecording AssistantChris Stapleton Best Country Solo PerformanceTraveller
2016Steven WessingAssistant Assembly, EngineerJoni Mitchell Best Album NotesLove Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced
2016Tim MarchiafavaAssistant EngineerTony Bennett & Bill Charlap Best Traditional Pop Vocal AlbumThe Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern
2015Darrell ThorpEngineerBeck Best Rock AlbumMorning Phase
2015Greg MagersVocal EngineerRobert Glasper Experiment Featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm-Jamal Warner Best Traditional R&B PerformanceJesus Children
2015Isha ErskineEngineerZiggy Marley Best Reggae AlbumFly Rasta
2015Jacob DennisAssistant EngineerPharrell Williams Best Urban Contemporary AlbumGirl
2015Jacob DennisAssistant EngineerPharrell Williams Best Pop Solo PerformanceHappy (Live)
2015Jacob MorrisDigital Editing, Engineer, Post ProductionLecrae Featuring For King & Country Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/SongMessengers
2015John CongletonEngineer, Mixing, ProducerSt. Vincent Best Alternative Music AlbumSt. Vincent
2015Matthew WheelerEngineerMiranda Lambert Best Country AlbumPlatinum
2015Mike BauerAssistant EngineerBilly Childs, arranger (Billy Childs Featuring Renée Fleming & Yo-Yo Ma) Best Arrangement, Instruments and VocalsNew York Tendaberry
2015Sara Lyn KillionEngineerTenacious D Best Metal PerformanceThe Last In Line
2015Sheldon YellowhairAssistant EngineerTony Bennett & Lady Gaga Best Traditional Pop Vocal AlbumCheek to Cheek

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