Courses
Academic Courses
Music and Technology
- MUS N340 Music Performance and Media (2 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. Students will apply musical and technological skills to collaborate with other disciplines (visual art, theater, dance, etc.) using Ableton and Logic Pro X to create sounds with their instrument. Emphasis on composing original music and exchanging feedback.
- MUS N540 Music Performance and Media (3 cr.) P: Graduate major in Guitar or consent of instructor. Students will apply musical and technological skills to collaborate with other disciplines (visual art, theater, dance, etc.) using Ableton and Logic Pro X to create sounds with their instrument. Emphasis on composing original music and exchanging feedback. Written assignments explore aspects of the creative process and analysis of artists' work.
- MUS N561 MIDI and Computer Music (3 cr.) P: Graduate standing. Basics of the Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) system, its software, and instruments commonly used with desktop MIDI workstations (synthesizers, digital samplers). In-depth study of MIDI sequencing, digital audio editing, and the architecture of electronic instruments. A final project and a paper on a computer music topic are required.
- MUS N562 Computer Music: Design/Perform (3 cr.) P: N561 Introduction to MIDI and Computer Music or equivalent experience and permission of instructor. Projects in fixed-media computer music composition (with and without video) and live electronic music performance. Field recording, audio editing, sampling, effects processing, mixing, mastering, video synchronization, methods of synthesis, virtual instrument design, real-time hardware control of audio, live video processing.
- MUS N569 Independent Research in Music Information Technology (3 cr.) Independent research in music information technology.