Aaron Schalk

Aaron grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, where a senior internship brought his passion for alternative music together with the rapidly expanding world wide web. While interning at The X, 98.7 fm, Aaron began coordinating their promotional efforts of the radio station with Aims Inc., their website host and managers.

While attending Concordia University Chicago, Aaron joined the Web Services department as a student developer. During his four years at Concordia, Aaron helped launch a site overhaul, as well as developed many tools for users that are still in use today.

After graduating, Aaron began work at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library. User friendliness and satisfaction were his man objective for both the community members and the library staff. One innovation of Aaron's included an automated book request and management system that utilized Google's (at the time new) open book search. It streamlined the request process from participating libraries and removed a majority of the paper!

Returning to Concordia in 2006, Aaron was welcomed back with the daunting task of a university and website rename. A year later, Concordia University Chicago is a competitive school and website in the world of Teacher Education.

• Karns High School (1996-2000)


• Concordia University Chicago (2000-2004)
  
  • Bachelor's of Music Education, k-12


• Learning Tree International (2005)
  
  • SQL Server Administration - Certified

Chicago has produced some amazing music and even more amazing musicians over the last 100 years. Since 2001, my Aaron and wife Tasha have been helping the future, great-Chicago bands. Over the last 7 years, they have been been photographer, promoter, audio-engineer, techie, roadie, and much, much more.
Check out these local acts and find out why Aaron thinks Chicago has the best local music scene in the country.

• Last Fast Action
• Treaty of Paris
• Company of Thieves
• American Taxi
• The Young Sea