Electronic Music I

Catalog description

This course introduces, through a combination of lecture and hands-on training, the basic aspects of the modern era of music production. It includes components of history, current trends, and composition of contemporary artistic electronic and computer-generated music. Students will develop sounds, score, and realize music as creative projects using analog, digital, sampler, and hybrid synthesizers. The course also introduces computer music applications (Windows and Macintosh) as well as Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) sequencing and editing.