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Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performing Arts Technology, Music Concentration (Curriculum B)
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performing Arts Technology: Music Technology Concentration (Curriculum B) is designed for students who possess demonstrated interest in producing art forms that integrate images, sound, and music using computer technology.
Pre-college Preparation:
Experience in performance (both traditional and technologically enhanced), music theory, composition, mathematics, and computer programming. Some experience manipulating still and moving images using technology.
Curriculum
- Four terms of music theory including the study of the structure of primarily tonal music through ear-training and sight-singing, written work in construction and composition, and musical analysis
- Six hours of musicology exploring European and American music history, as well as the sounds and concepts of many world music traditions
- Two terms of elementary piano study
- Two terms of elementary music composition study
- Twenty-two credit hours of coursework in Performing Arts Technology including Introduction to Computer Music, Seminar in the Media Arts, Acoustics & Psychoacoustics, Computer Music Composition & Arranging, Sound Recording and Production, Digital Music Ensemble, and Electronic Chamber Music
- Five Performing Arts Technology electives selected from the courses in Performing Arts Technology
- Non-music courses including Math 105 or proficiency, the University’s two semester English writing requirement, one course in Screen Arts and Culture: Aesthetics, two additional courses in Screen Arts and Culture, one course in Computer Programming, one course in Computer Aided Design, Modeling, or Animation, one course in Visual Arts & Culture, one course in Still Imagery & Technology, and a Dance elective
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