Looking to start an Audio Recording Career in Phoenix? Make it happen with CRAS.
CRAS is a unique and potent combination of great facilities, technology and faculty. At CRAS we teach the skills and concepts you need, so you’ll be ready to start a career in Phoenix the day you graduate.
CRAS is one of the top-rated Audio Engineering & Music Production Schools
People from all over the world come to CRAS to follow their dreams. At CRAS, we provide the tools you need to excel as an, Audio Engineer and Sound Designer. Whether you are already involved in home recording, live sound, video, or looking to start from scratch — we’ve got you covered.
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CRAS alumni worked on 33 Grammy-nominated recordings in 2017.
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CRAS alumni have credits for more than 3,800 film, TV, and documentary projects.
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CRAS alumni have worked on more than 122 AAA video game titles in the past 10 years.
A CRAS education gets you “in the Phoenix mix” quickly and without a mountain of debt so you can pursue your passion and begin a career.
Our program provides the education you need to succeed in the fast-paced, challenging world of audio recording and sound engineering in Phoenix.
If you’re looking for an education that can give you the knowledge and skills to start a career in the Phoenix audio recording industry, then all you need to do is [BE]CRAS!
CRAS students have begun their careers at many Phoenix facilities.
Epic Proportions Tour
Phoenix, AZ
Saltmine Studios
Phoenix, AZ
CBS Radio
Phoenix, AZ
Cre818 Studios
Phoenix, AZ
Premier Studios
Phoenix, AZ
PSAV
Phoenix, AZ
Scottsdale Studios
Phoenix, AZ
Av Concepts
Phoenix, AZ
Sun Studios of Arizona
Phoenix, AZ
United Air Force Band, Pacific Clave, Java Jazz Festival, The Whitehouse
Justin Beiber, Justin Timberlake, NAS, American Horror Story
Jordan Smith, Hillsong United, Lil Nas X, Nipsey Hustle
As a CRAS graduate, you can join the list of grads that have worked on the following award-winning and award-nominated recordings:
Listen | Year | Graduate’s Name | Credit | Artist | Album/Track Name | Award | |||||||||||||
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2022 | Alex Resoagli | Assistant Engineer | Silk Sonic | Leave The Door Open | Record Of The Year | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Bobby Mota | Assistant Engineer | Tyler, The Creator | Call Me If You Get Lost | Best Rap Album | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Brendan Dekora | Engineer | Jon Batiste | Soul | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Brodie Means | Assistant Engineer | H.E.R. | Fight For You | Best Traditional R&B Performance | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Chris Kasych | Engineer – Drums | Olivia Rodrigo | Sour | Best New Artist | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Chris Kasych | Engineer- Drums Engineered Deja Vu/Jealousy | Olivia Rodrigo | DRIVERS LICENSE | Best Pop Solo Performance | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Chris Kasych | Engineer – Drums | Olivia Rodrigo | Sour | Best Pop Vocal Album | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Darrell Thorp | Engineer (Album) | Foo Fighters | MAKING A FIRE | Best Rock Performance | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Darrell Thorp | Engineer | Foo Fighters | WAITING ON A WAR | Best Rock Song | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Darrell Thorp | Engineer | Foo Fighters | MEDICINE AT MIDNIGHT | Best Rock Album | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Gosha Usov | Assistant Engineer | Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga | LOVE FOR SALE | Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Jeff Ellis | Mixing Engineer | Doja Cat | KISS ME MORE | Best Pop Duo/Group Performance | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Jonathan Pfarr | Recording Engineer | Kanye West | Hurricane | Best Melodic Rap Performance | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Jonathan Pfarr | Recording Engineer | Kanye West | Jail | Best Rap Song | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Scott Moore | Assistant Engineer | Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar | FAMILY TIES | Best Rap Performance | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Wil Anspach | Recording Engineer | Jon Batiste | We Are | Album Of The Year | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Wil Anspach | Recording Engineer | Jon Batiste | CRY | Best American Roots Performance | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Wil Anspach | Recording Engineer | Jon Batiste | Freedom | Best Music Video | ||||||||||||||
2021 | Trevor Orriss | Engineer | Fantistic Negrito | Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? | Best Contemporary Blues Album | ||||||||||||||
2021 | Ike Schultz | Vocal Production and Engineer | Kaytranada | Bubba | Best Dance Electronic Album | ||||||||||||||
2021 | Eric Eylands | Engineer/Assistant Engineer | Beck | Hyperspace | Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical | ||||||||||||||
2021 | Bobby Campbell | Mixing Engineer | John Legend | Bigger Love | Best R&B Album | ||||||||||||||
2021 | Scott Moore | Mixing Assistant | Brittany Howard, songwriter (Brittany Howard) | Stay High | Best Rock Song | ||||||||||||||
2021 | Tim Machiafava | Engineer and Mix Assistant | Hildur Gu›nadóttir, composer | Joker | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | ||||||||||||||
2020 | Chris Kasych | Engineer | HAIM | Women in Music pt. III | Album of the Year | ||||||||||||||
2020 | Gosha Usov | Assistant Engineer | Elvis Costello & The Imposters | Look Now | Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album | ||||||||||||||
2020 | Ike Schultz | Assistant Mixing Engineer | Lizzo | Cuz I Love You (Deluxe) | Best Urban Contemporary Album | ||||||||||||||
2020 | Morgan Stratton | Recording Assistant | Tool | 7Empest | Best Metal performance | ||||||||||||||
2020 | Chris Kasych | Engineer | Vampire Weekend | Father of the Bride | Best Alternative Music Album | ||||||||||||||
2020 | Greg Eliason | Assistant Engineer | Willie Nelson | Ride Me Back Home | Best Country Solo Performance | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Cory Bice | Assistant Recording Engineer | Ariana Grande | Sweetener | Best Pop Vocal Album | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Darrell Thorp | Recording Engineer/Mix Engineer | Beck | Colors | Best Alternative Music Album | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Joe Baldridge | Recording Engineer | Dan + Shay | Tequila | Best Country Duo/Group Performance | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Johnnie Burik | Assistant Engineer | Lady Gaga | Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin?) | Best Pop Solo Performance | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Noah Killeen | Assistant Engineer | Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet | Anderson, Laurie: Landfall | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Greg Eliason | Assistant Engineer | Luis Miguel | ¡MÉXICO POR SIEMPRE! | Best Regional Mexican Music Album | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Will Quinnell | Mastering Engineer | PJ Morton Featuring Yebba | How Deep Is Your Love | Best Traditional R&B Performance | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Will Quinnell | Assistant Engineer | Silk City & Dua Lipa Featuring Diplo & Mark Ronson | Electricity | Best Dance Recording | ||||||||||||||
2019 | John Congleton | Producer | St. Vincent | Masseducation | Best Rock Song | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Timothy Marchiafava | Assistant Engineer | The Wayne Shorter Quartet | Emanon | Best Jazz Instrumental Album | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Eric Rennaker | Assistant Engineer (tracks Z5) | Weird Al” Yankovic | Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of “Weird Al” Yankovic | Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package | ||||||||||||||
2018 | David Davis | Engineer | “Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Miguel Featuring Natalia Lafourcade)” | Remember Me | Best Song Written For Visual Media | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Scott Moore | Assistant Engineer | “The Count Basie Orchestra Directed By Scotty Barnhart” | All About That Basie | Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Steve Olmon | Recording Engineer | Alice In Chains | Rainer Fog | Best Rock Album | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Morgan Stratton | Assistant Engineer | Boz Scaggs | Out of the Blues | Best Contemporary Blues Album | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Timothy Marchiafava | Assistant Engineer | Brad Mehldau Trio | Seymour Reads the Constitution! | Best Jazz Instrumental Album | ||||||||||||||
2018 | John Congleton | Producer, Recorded , Mixed | Carson Ellis, Jeri Heiden & Glen Nakasako | I’ll Be Your Girl | Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Will Quinnell | Mastering Engineer | Chris Dave And The Drumhedz | Chris Dave and the Drumhedz | Best Urban Contemporary Album | ||||||||||||||
2018 | John Palmieri | Digital Editing, Overdub Engineer, Percussion, Vocal Engineer, Vocals (Background) | Cole Swindell | Break Up in the End | Best Country Song | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Will Quinnell | Mastering Engineer | Fall Out Boy | M A N I A | Best Rock Album | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Greg Eliason | Assistant Engineer | Ghost | Prequelle | Best Rock Album | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Nik Karpen | Mixing Assistant | Halestorm | Uncomfortable | Best Rock Performance | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Robert Cheeseman | Assistant Recording Engineer | High On Fire | Electric Messiah | Best Metal Performance | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Will Quinnell | Mastered | Kelly Clarkson | Meaning of Life | Best Pop Vocal Album | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Morgan Stratton | Engineer | Larry Klein | All These Things | Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Noah Killeen | Assistant Engineer | Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet | Landfall | Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Buckley Miller | Engineer | MercyMe | Grace Got You | Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song | ||||||||||||||
2018 | David Davis | Engineer | Michael Giacchino, composer | Coco | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Rob Williams | Assistant | Michael W. Smith | Surrounded | Best Contemporary Christian Music Album | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Will Delaney | Assistant Engineer | Miguel | War & Leisure | Best Urban Contemporary Album | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Micheal Peterson | Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant | Miguel Featuring J. Cole & Salaam Remi | Come Through and Chill | Best R&B Song | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Cory Bice | Assistant Engineer | P!nk | Beautiful Trauma | Best Pop Vocal Album | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Will Quinnell | Mastered | PJ Morton | First Began | Best R&B Performance | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Will Quinnell | Mastered | PJ Morton | Gumbo Unplugged (Live) | Best R&B Album | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Chris Kasych | Recording Engineer | Soundtrack | Lady Bird | Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Sam Holland | Engineer | Taylor Swift | Reputation | Best Pop Vocal Album | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Zeph Sowers | Recording Engineer | The Carters | Summer | Best R&B Performance | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Zeph Sowers | Recording Engineer | The Carters | Everything Is Love | Best Urban Contemporary Album | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Darrell Thorp | Recording Engineer | Twenty One Pilots | Jumpsuit | Best Rock Song | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Michael Law Thomas | Recording Engineer | Various Artists | Black Panther: The Album, Music from and Inspired by | Album Of The Year | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Gordon Hammond | Engineer | Willie Nelson | Last Man Standing | Best American Roots Performance | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Gordon Hammond | Engineer | Willie Nelson | My Way | Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Erick Jaskowiak | Engineer | Wood & Wire | North of Despair | Best Bluegrass Album | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Jared Hirshland | Engineering | Ziggy Marley | Rebellion Rises | Best Reggae Album | ||||||||||||||
2017 | Chris Kasych | Engineer | Adele | 25 | Album of the Year | ||||||||||||||
2017 | Jacob Dennis | Assistant Engineer | Adele | Hello | Record of the Year | ||||||||||||||
2017 | John Cranfield | Assistant Engineer | Beyoncé | Lemonade | Best Urban Contemporary Album | ||||||||||||||
2017 | Jeremy Underwood | Engineer | Lalah Hathaway | Lalah Hathaway Live | Best R&B Album | ||||||||||||||
2017 | Juan Sevilla | Assistant Recording Engineer | Maren Morris | My Church | Best Country Solo Performance | ||||||||||||||
2017 | Adam Chagnon | Recording Engineer | Tim McGraw | “Humble and Kind” on Damn Country Music | Best Country Song | ||||||||||||||
2017 | Michael Peterson | Assistant | Twenty One Pilots | Stressed Out | Best Pop Duo/Group Performance | ||||||||||||||
2017 | Jared Hirshland | Engineer | Ziggy Marley | Ziggy Marley | Best Reggae Album | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Sorrel Brigman | Recording Assistant | Chris Stapleton | Traveller | Best Country Solo Performance | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Mike Layos | Assistant Engineer | D’Angelo & The Vanguard | Black Messiah | Best R&B Album | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Mike Layos | Assistant Engineer | D’Angelo & The Vanguard | “Really Love” on Black Messiah | Best R&B Song | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Steven Wessing | Assistant Assembly, Engineer | Joni Mitchell | Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced | Best Album Notes | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Jeremy Underwood | Engineer | Lalah Hathaway | Little Ghetto Boy | Best Traditional R&B Performance | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Justin Merrill | Engineer | Leslie Ann Jones, John Kilgore, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum & Justin Merrill, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra) | Ask Your Mama | Best Engineered Album, Classical | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Matthew Wheeler | Mix Assistant | Little Big Town | Girl Crush | Best Country Song | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Keith Munson | Assistant Engineer | Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith & John Stephens, songwriters (Common & John Legend) | Glory | Best Song Written for Visual Media | ||||||||||||||
2016 | David Natale | Engineer | Mavis Staples | See That My Grave is Kept Clean | Best American Roots Performance | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Cory Bice | Assistant Engineer | Taylor Swift | 1989 | Best Pop Vocal Album | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Cory Bice | Assistant Recording Engineer | Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar | Bad Blood | Best Music Video | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Cory Bice | Assistant Engineer | The Weeknd | Beauty Behind the Madness | Best Urban Contemporary Album | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Jordan Stilwell | Engineer | The Weeknd | Earned It (Fifty Shades of Gray soundtrack) | Best R&B Performance | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Tim Marchiafava | Assistant Engineer | Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap | The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern | Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Stuart Schenk | Assistant Engineer | A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera | Say Something | Best Pop Duo/Group Performance | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Tim Marchiafava | Assistant | Angelique Kidjo | Eve | Best World Music Album | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Timothy Marchiafava | Assistant Engineer | Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra | The Offense Of The Drum | Best Latin Jazz Album | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Mike Bauer | Assistant Engineer | Billy Childs, arranger (Billy Childs Featuring Renée Fleming & Yo-Yo Ma) | New York Tendaberry | Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Spencer Guerra | Pro Tools Operator | Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band | Life In The Bubble | Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Timothy Marchiafava | Recording Assistant | Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Idina Menzel) | Let It Go | Best Song Written for Visual Media | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Timothy Marchiafava | Assistant Engineer | Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Tom MacDougall & Chris Montan, compilation producers | Frozen | Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Jacob Morris | Digital Editing, Engineer, Post Production | Lecrae Featuring For King & Country | Messengers | Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Matthew Wheeler | Engineer | Miranda Lambert | Platinum | Best Country Album | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Jacob Dennis | Assistant Engineer | Pharrell Williams | Girl | Best Urban Contemporary Album | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Jacob Dennis | Assistant Engineer | Pharrell Williams | Happy (Live) | Best Pop Solo Performance | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Greg Magers | Vocal Engineer | Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm-Jamal Warner | Jesus Children | Best Traditional R&B Performance | ||||||||||||||
2015 | John Congleton | Engineer, Mixing, Producer | St. Vincent | St. Vincent | Best Alternative Music Album | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Sara Lyn Killion | Engineer | Tenacious D | The Last In Line | Best Metal Performance | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Sheldon Yellowhair | Assistant Engineer | Best Traditional Gospel Album | Cheek to Cheek | Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Isha Erskine | Engineer | Ziggy Marley | Fly Rasta | Best Reggae Album | ||||||||||||||
2014 | Jared Lynch | Assistant Engineer | Alicia Keys | Girl On Fire | Best R&B Album | ||||||||||||||
2014 | Sara Lyn Killion | Assistant Engineer | Black Sabbath | God Is Dead? | Best Metal Performance | ||||||||||||||
2014 | Eric Eylands | Assistant Engineer | Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams | Random Access Memories | Best Dance/Electronica Album | ||||||||||||||
2014 | Héctor Espinosa | Engineer | Draco Rosa | Vida | Best Latin Pop Album | ||||||||||||||
2014 | Rob Katz | Engineer | Imagine Dragons | Radioactive | Best Rock Performance | ||||||||||||||
2014 | Ken Eisennagel | Assistant Engineer | La Santa Cecilia | Treinta Días | Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album | ||||||||||||||
2014 | Jeremy Miller | Assistant Engineer | Michael Bublé | To Be Loved | Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album | ||||||||||||||
2014 | Chris Kasych | ProTools Engineer | Vampire Weekend | Modern Vampires Of The City | Best Alternative Music Album | ||||||||||||||
2013 | Chad Carlisle | Assistant Engineer | Arturo Sandoval | Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You) | Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album | ||||||||||||||
2013 | Lyttleton Carter | Assistant Engineer | Drake | Take Care | Best Rap Album | ||||||||||||||
2013 | Chandler Bridges | Assistant Engineer / Mix Engineer | Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell, songwriters (Mary Mary) | Go Get It | Best Gospel Song | ||||||||||||||
2013 | Timothy Marchiafava | Assistant Engineer | Esperanza Spalding | Radio Music Society | Best Jazz Vocal Album | ||||||||||||||
2013 | Chad Carlisle | Assistant Engineer | Frank Ocean | Channel Orange | Best Urban Contemporary Album | ||||||||||||||
2013 | Timothy Marchiafava | Assistant Engineer | Gil Evans, arranger (Gil Evans Project) | How About You | Best Instrumental Arrangement | ||||||||||||||
2013 | Christian Mochizuki | Assistant Engineer | Jay-Z & Kanye West Featuring Frank Ocean & The-Dream | No Church In The Wild | Best Rap/Song Collaboration | ||||||||||||||
2013 | Clinton Welander | Recording Engineer | Jimmy Cliff | Rebirth | Best Reggae Album | ||||||||||||||
2013 | Buckley Miller | Engineer | Kelly Clarkson | Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) | Best Pop Solo Performance | ||||||||||||||
2013 | Jacob Morris | Engineer | Lecrae | Gravity | Best Gospel Album | ||||||||||||||
2013 | Eric Isip | Assistant Engineer | Miguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel) | Adorn | Best R&B Song | ||||||||||||||
2013 | Omar Loya | Assistant Engineer | Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris | We Found Love | Best Short Form Music Video | ||||||||||||||
2013 | Eric Eylands | Assistant Engineer | T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, John Paul White & Joy Williams, songwriters | Safe & Sound (From The Hunger Games) | Best Song Written For Visual Media | ||||||||||||||
2013 | Timothy Marchiafava | Assistant Engineer | Thara Memory & Esperanza Spalding, arrangers (Esperanza Spalding) | City Of Roses | Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) | ||||||||||||||
2013 | Taylor Stevens | Engineer | Toby Mac | Eye On It | Best Contemporary Christian Music Album | ||||||||||||||
2012 | Sara Lyn Killion | Assistant Engineer | Adele | 21 | Best Pop Solo Performance | ||||||||||||||
2012 | Mike Layos | Assistant Engineer | Chris Brown | F.A.M.E. | Best R&B Album | ||||||||||||||
2012 | Erik “Keller” Jahner | Mixing Assistant | Chris Tomlin | And If Our God Is For Us… | Best Contemporary Christian Music Album | ||||||||||||||
2012 | Christian Mochizuki | Assistant Engineer | Kanye West | Watch The Throne | Best Rap Song | ||||||||||||||
2012 | Jeremy Miller | Assistant Engineer | Paul Epworth for Foster The People | Torches | Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical | ||||||||||||||
2012 | Chad Carlson | Recording Engineer | Taylor Swift | “Mean” from Speak Now | Best Country Solo Performance | ||||||||||||||
2011 | Ian Shea | Assistant Engineer | American Idiot feat. Green Day | Green Day | Best Musical Show Album | ||||||||||||||
2011 | Benjamin Chang | Engineer | Fantasia | “Bittersweet” from Back to Me | Best Female R&B Vocal Performance | ||||||||||||||
2011 | Patrick Spain | Assistant | Herbie Hancock | “A Change is Going to Come” from The Imagine Project | Best Improvised Jazz Solo | ||||||||||||||
2011 | Chris White | Assistant Engineer | Kirk Whalum and Lalah Hathaway | The Gospel According to Jazz III | Best Gospel Song | ||||||||||||||
2011 | Nik Karpen | Assistant | Michael Bublé | Crazy Love | Best Traditional Pop Album | ||||||||||||||
2011 | Gordon Hammond | Assistant | Patsy Griffin | Downtown Church | Best Traditional Gosphel Album | ||||||||||||||
2011 | Andrew Wuepper | Engineer | Rihanna | “Only Girl in the World” from Loud | Best Dance Recording | ||||||||||||||
2011 | Darrell Thorp | Engineer | Switchfoot | Hello Hurricane | Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album | ||||||||||||||
2011 | Nate Winter | Assistant | Train | “Hey Soul Sister” from Save Me San Francisco | Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals | ||||||||||||||
2011 | Conor Gilligan | Assistant Engineer | Usher | Raymond VS. Raymond | Best Male R&B Vocal Performance | ||||||||||||||
2010 | Andrew Wuepper | Assistant Engineer | Beyoncé | I Am Sasha Fierce | Record of the Year | ||||||||||||||
2010 | Andrew Wuepper | Assistant Engineer | Beyoncé | Single Ladies | Best Female R&B Vocal Performance | ||||||||||||||
2010 | Chris Constable | Assistant | Booker T. Jones | Potato Hole | Best Pop Instrumental Album | ||||||||||||||
2010 | Aaron Kasdorf | Assistant Engineer | Carrie Underwood | Carnival Ride / Just a Dream | Best Country Collaboration | ||||||||||||||
2010 | Conor Gilligan | Assistant Engineer | Eminem | Relapse | Best Rap Album | ||||||||||||||
2010 | Nik Karpen | Assistant | Green Day | 21 Guns / 21st Century Breakdown | Best Rock Album | ||||||||||||||
2010 | Casey Graham | Engineer | Jamie Foxx | Intuition / Blame It | Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals | ||||||||||||||
2009 | Glenn Pittman | Assistant Engineer | Bruce Springsteen | “Girls In The Summer Clothes” on Magic | Rock Song | ||||||||||||||
2009 | Aaron Kasdorf | Assistant Engineer | Carrie Underwood | “Last Name” on Carnival Ride | Female Country Performance | ||||||||||||||
2009 | Michael Trepangier | Assistant Engineer | Coldplay | Viva La Vida | Best Rock Album | ||||||||||||||
2009 | Dylan Margerum | Engineer | Estelle | “American Boy” on Shine | Rap/Sung Collaboration | ||||||||||||||
2009 | Aaron Renner | Engineer | Jennifer Hudson | Jennifer Hudson | Best R&B Album | ||||||||||||||
2009 | Jeremy Underwood | Mix Assistant | John Mayer | Where the Light Is | Best Long Form Music Video | ||||||||||||||
2009 | Miguel Scott | Engineer | Lil Wayne | “A Milli” on The Carter III | Rap Solo Performance | ||||||||||||||
2009 | Miguel Scott | Engineer | Lil Wayne | “Lollipop” on The Carter III | Best Rap Song | ||||||||||||||
2009 | Alex Pavlides | Assistant Engineer | Robert Plant / Alison Krauss | Raising Sand | Album of the Year | ||||||||||||||
2009 | Alex Pavlides | Assistant Engineer | Robert Plant / Alison Krauss | Raising Sand / Rich Woman | Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals | ||||||||||||||
2008 | Ethan Willoughby | Engineer | Justin Timberlake | What Goes Around Comes Around | Male Pop Vocal Performance | ||||||||||||||
2008 | Jeff Breakey | Mixing Assistant | Lupa Fiasco | Daydreamin | Urban Alternative Performance | ||||||||||||||
2008 | Chris Roach | Assistant Engineer | Maroon 5 | “Makes Me Wonder” on It Won’t Be Soon Long Before | Pop Performance by a Duo | ||||||||||||||
2008 | Eric Rennaker | Assistant Engineer | Michael Buble | Call Me Irresponsible | Traditional Pop Vocal Album | ||||||||||||||
2008 | Phillip Ramos | Assistant Engineer | Rhianna | “Umbrella” on Good Girl Gone Bad | Rap/Sung Collaboration | ||||||||||||||
2007 | Sheldon Yellowhair | Assistant Engineer | Bob Dylan | Modern Times | Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance | ||||||||||||||
2007 | Kristopher Kaufman | Assistant Engineer | Christina Aguliera | “Ain’t No Other Man” on Back to Basics | Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | ||||||||||||||
2007 | Jim Monti | Assistant Engineer | John Mayer | Waiting For The World To Change | Best Pop Vocal Album | ||||||||||||||
2007 | Sheldon Yellowhair | Assistant Engineer | Randy Travis | Glory Train | Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Album | ||||||||||||||
2007 | Ethan Willoughby | Engineer | The Blacked Eyed Peas | “My Humps” on Monkey Business | Best Pop Vocal Album | ||||||||||||||
2007 | Anthony Zamora | Assistant Engineer | The Red Hot Chili Peppers | “Dani California” on Stadium Arcadium | Best Rock Performance By Duo/Group | ||||||||||||||
2006 | Adam Olmstead | Assistant Engineer | BB King | 80 | Best Traditional Blues Album | ||||||||||||||
2006 | Jeremy Cottrell | Assistant Engineer | Faith Hill | “Like We Never Loved At All” on Fireflies | Best Country Performance By Duo/Group | ||||||||||||||
2006 | Brian Sumner | Engineer | Kanye West | Gold Digger | Best Rap Solo Performance | ||||||||||||||
2006 | Brian Sumner | Engineer | Kanye West | Late Registration | Best Rap Album | ||||||||||||||
2006 | Brian Sumner | Engineer | Kanye West | Diamonds From Sierra Leon | Best Rap Song | ||||||||||||||
2006 | Glenn Pittman | Assistant Engineer | Kelly Clarkson | Since U Been Gone | Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | ||||||||||||||
2006 | Matt Griffin | Assistant Engineer | Linkin Park/Jay Z | “Numb/Encore” on Collision Course | Best Rap/Sung Collaboration | ||||||||||||||
2006 | Scott Moore | Assistant Engineer | Stevie Wonder | “From The Bottom Of My Heart” on Time To Love | Best Male Pop Vocal Performance | ||||||||||||||
2006 | Ethan Willoughby | Engineer | The Blacked Eyed Peas | “Don’t Phunk with My Heart” on Monkey Buisness | Best Rap Performance By Duo/Group | ||||||||||||||
2005 | Nathan Wheeler | Assistant Engineer | Britney Spears | “Toxic” on In the Zone | Best Dance Recording | ||||||||||||||
2005 | Paul Hart | Assistant Engineer | Gretchen Wilson | “Redneck Woman” on Here For The Party | Best Female Country Vocal Performance | ||||||||||||||
2005 | Darrell Thorp | Engineer | Jay Z | “99 Problems” on The Black Album | Best Rap Solo Performance | ||||||||||||||
2005 | Rich Balmer | Engineer | Kanye West | Jesus Walks | Best Rap Song | ||||||||||||||
2005 | Michael Chavez | Assistant Engineer | Randy Travis | Worship & Faith | Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Album | ||||||||||||||
2005 | Glenn Pittman | Assistant Engineer | Steven Curtis Chapman | All Things New | Best Pop/ Contemporary Gospel Album | ||||||||||||||
2004 | Jeff Burns | Assistant Engineer | Aretha Franklin | “Wonderful” on So Damn Happy | Best Traditional R&B Performance | ||||||||||||||
2004 | Ethan Willoughby | Assistant Engineer | Christina Aguliera | “Beautiful” on Stripped | Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | ||||||||||||||
2004 | Jason Cupp | Assistant Engineer | Evaneescence | Fallen | Best New Artist | ||||||||||||||
2004 | Ethan Willoughby | Assistant Engineer | Justin Timberlake | Cry Me A River | Best Pop Vocal Album | ||||||||||||||
2004 | Loren Howard | Assistant Engineer | Luther Vandross | Dance With My Father | Best Rap Album | ||||||||||||||
2004 | Loren Howard | Assistant Engineer | Luther Vandross | The Closer I Get To You | Best R&B Performance By Duo/Group | ||||||||||||||
2004 | Darrell Thorp | Engineer | Outkast | “Hey Ya!” on Speakerboxx/Love Below | Best Alternative/Urban Performance | ||||||||||||||
2004 | Malik Albert | Assistant Engineer | Outkast | Speakerboxx/Love Below | Album Of The Year | ||||||||||||||
2004 | Ethan Willoughby | Assistant Engineer | Pink | “Trouble” on Try This | Best Female Rock Vocal Performance | ||||||||||||||
2004 | Darrell Thorp | Engineer | Radiohead | Hail To The Thief | Best Engineered Album-Non Classical | ||||||||||||||
In only 11 months, you’ll learn all 5 focuses of the recording arts at CRAS
Laptop Recording Package Included in the Cost of Education
As a CRAS student you’ll receive a Laptop Recording Package so you can take your studio with you wherever you go.
One-of-a-kind
Internships
A requirement for graduation, the CRAS internship program is the only one of its kind in audio education*.
Total CRAS interns placed to date (white). Total CRAS internships placed per year (blue).
*Not all sites are open or taking interns at this time
Virtual Tours
Explore CRAS via the 360° Virtual Tour! Visit our campus, our studios and labs, and hear from instructors and real students about what it means to Be CRAS.
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Experience a Day in the Life of a CRAS Grad
What is it like to be a professional audio engineer in Los Angeles? Watch this mini documentary to get an idea of what a day in the life of CRAS grad David Davis is like.