This course will provide students with an introduction to music technologies that are now essential for most professional musicians. These will include basic techniques for recording and manipulating sound, editing it into multimedia formats, music typography (Finale/Siblius) and disseminating it widely available applications including basic digital audio workstations ( DAWs) such as Garage Band,  music and sound manipulation applications (e.g. Audacity). At the same time, students will also be required to research and reflect on the ways in which new technologies have altered social, cultural, political and economic understandings of music.

By the end of this course, students should be able to:
1. Analyze and discuss the ways technology influences our interaction with music. 
2. Source, identify and comprehend technological resources as they function within society.
3. Produce music through the application of various hardware and software programs.
4. Reflect on and discuss your own learning as it relates to the subject matter of the course.

1. 8 assignment worksheets (40%) [learning outcomes 1-4]
2. Mid-term exam take home 1 week (25%), [learning outcomes 1-4] and
3. Final exam take home 1 week (35%) [learning outcomes 1-4].

1 hour lecture per week

2 hours per week of associated assignments/online tutorials (8 assignment worksheets over the semister).

7 hours per week research and preparation.

Nil

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Experiencing Music Technology

David Williams and Peter Webster

published by Thomson/Schirmer.