Alternative Coursework
The BCCM faculty has designed valuable courses that will offer you alternative music-making options while adding to your professional skill set during the pandemic. These are substitutions for chamber and large ensemble credits for Fall 2020.
If the course has two levels, enroll in the 200 level if you are a first- or second-year student; if you are a junior or senior, enroll in the 400 level. If you are a graduate student, enroll in the 500 or 600 level:
(1 unit) One-Unit Music-Making Courses:
MUS 200K/400K/600K Section #1 (Urso, Rena): INSTRUMENTAL emphasis Introduction to recording at home or remotely, current hardware, software, and studio practices in the industry. Emphasis is on musicians recording themselves for their own & other’s projects. Basic requirements: a computer with DAW software (GarageBand, Audacity, Ableton, Logic Pro X, ProTools, etc.), and microphone and interface (if you have a USB mic an interface may not be required)
MUS 200K/400K/600K Section #2 (Guter, Christine): VOCAL emphasis. Introduction to recording at home or remotely, current hardware, software, and studio practices in the industry. Emphasis is on musicians recording themselves for their own & other’s projects. Basic requirements: a computer with DAW software (GarageBand, Audacity, Ableton, Logic Pro X, ProTools, etc.), and microphone and interface (if you have a USB mic an interface may not be required)
MUS 200K/400K/600K Section #3 (Mason, Jay) INSTRUMENTAL emphasis Introduction to recording at home or remotely, current hardware, software and studio practices in the industry. Emphasis is on musicians recording themselves for their own & other’s projects. Basic requirements: a computer with DAW software (GarageBand, Audacity, Ableton, Logic Pro X, ProTools, etc.), and microphone and interface (if you have a USB mic an interface may not be required)
MUS 200K/400K/600K Section #4 (Darke, Ryan): Advanced Audition Preparation: Organization and Performance Psychology. For students who already took Ryan Darke’s Introduction to Audition Preparation. Learn to perform at an advanced level for auditions, competitions, and/or interviews. You will learn the pathway to excellence using visualization, meditation, and affirmations. These tools will strengthen your mental toughness and performance skills for success.
MUS 200K/400K/600K Section #5 (Darke, Ryan): Introduction to Audition Preparation: Organization and Performance Psychology. Learn to perform at an advanced level for auditions, competitions, and/or interviews. You will learn the pathway to excellence using visualization, meditation, and affirmations. These tools will strengthen your mental toughness and performance skills for success.
MUS 200K/400K/600K Section #6 (Cooper, Rychard): Basic music production using Apple’s Garage Band software. Covers setting up a small studio space, recording and editing audio & MIDI files. Explores working with loops. adding music to video, podcasting, notation, and audio effects.
This class requires that you have access to a Mac computer and Garage Band.
(2 units) Two-Unit Music-Making Courses/ensemble substitutions:
MUS 417/517 (Frear, Rob): Music Business. Overview of business and artistic process of music industry. Includes popular music, music and media, operation of retail music stores, and film, theatrical, and concert music. Also includes recent changes in digital recording, broadcasting technology, copyright laws, and legal issues.
MUS 495/595 (Richey, Craig): Introduction to Basic Commercial Songwriting. An exploration of musical creativity through commercial songwriting. Students will learn skills and techniques required to compose songs in the pop music genre.
(3 units) Three-Unit Music-Making Courses/ensemble substitutions:
MUS 370 Music Technology (Cooper, Rychard): Music production using Apple’s Logic Pro X software. Covers setting up a small studio space, recording and editing audio & MIDI files. Explores virtual drum tracks, synthesis, sampling, remixing, arranging, effects & mixing. This class requires that you have access to a Mac computer and the current version of Logic Pro X. While not required, to get the most from this class, a student should have either a USB microphone or a conventional microphone and an audio interface. In addition, a MIDI keyboard that connects to your computer and a pair of headphones will be very helpful.
MUS 470/570 Body Mapping for the Performing Artist (Urso, Rena): The study and practical application of anatomical awareness through self-observation and self-inquiry for the performing artist.
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