Email:

marmazur@iu.edu

Department:

Music Production

Mary Mazurek is associate professor of music in music production: audio engineering at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.

She is a Grammy-nominated recording engineer, interdisciplinary artist, educator, and author of Aesthetic Noise: The Philosophy of Intentional Listening (Routledge, 2025). Mazurek received a Grammy nomination for the 61st Annual Grammy Awards for Best Engineered Album, Classical for Liquid Melancholy: Clarinet Music of James Stephenson. Her engineering work is regularly broadcast on WFMT Radio in Chicago and WFMT.com, reaching audiences across the United States and internationally through the European Broadcasting Union.

She is a leading advocate for women in audio, who represent less than 5 percent of the recording engineering field. Mazurek has held several leadership positions in the Audio Engineering Society. Additionally, she was inducted into the Resonator Hall of Fame in 2026 for her audio engineering and advocacy work by the organization We Are Moving the Needle. She is a voting member of the Recording Academy and Latin Academy, and a past governor and task force chairperson. 

Mazurek began her professional career at Universal Recording in Chicago in 1991 then transitioned to WFMT Radio in 1993. Her credits include the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Yo-Yo Ma, Kronos Quartet, Howard Levy, Charles Earland, Lyric Opera of Chicago, the New York Philharmonic, and Classical Music Chicago. Her recordings appear on labels including Cedille, Naxos, Delmark, MSR, and Sounds True.

In parallel with her audio career, Mazurek is an interdisciplinary artist whose sound- and image-based work has been exhibited in Chicago, New York, Mexico, and Berlin. She holds a B.S. from DePaul University, an M.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts and Media from Columbia College Chicago, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Art Theory from the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts. In addition to music recording, her research includes the examination of noise, perception, and intentional listening in contemporary aesthetic practice.