Music Technology

Students pursuing a concentration in Music Technology will design a course of study, with their faculty advisor, which will incorporate 6 credits of coursework from an approved list of courses (available from the concentration director or the Office of Academic and Student Affairs), at least one of which must be an elective course.

The Music Technology concentration also includes a 2-credit Capstone Project. Each student in the concentration will spend a semester working with a chosen faculty advisor to create a directed study plan leading to the realization of a technology-based semester project aligning with the student’s area(s) of interest. The resulting project will demonstrate a high level of competence with any technologies employed as well as an awareness of current creative and technical work in the field achieved through faculty-advised and self-directed research.

Areas may include performance with electronics and multimedia, scoring for new media, synthesis, real-time processing, spatialization, recording/mixing, technology-based analysis techniques, and algorithmic music among others.

If feasible, the project should culminate with a performance, diffusion, or installation at NEC or elsewhere. Students will be required to submit a brief paper detailing their projects and situating their work in the context of recent research and creative work in the field employing technologies relevant to the focus of the project.