Audio education in Ecuador: An overview of the music production program at Universidad de las Artes Universidad de las Artes, located in Guayaquil, is the first publicly funded arts university in Ecuador and one of only four of its type in Latin-American. The Music and Sound Production program, part of the School of Sonic Arts (Escuela de Artes Sonoras), is in its fifth year, with the first cohort of students already graduated. This text will give a clear overview of the history of the program and how it’s becoming the leading music production program available in the country. The paper also contains an overview of the current academic program, with a brief explanation of the curriculum and how it has evolved during the first years.
