Orchestral Reading & Recording Project for PAT 202/502 Students

Orchestral Reading & Recording Project for PAT 202/502 Students

Grant:
Instructional Development Fund (IDF)
Academic Year:
2023 - 2024 (June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2024)
Funding Requested:
$1,000.00
Project Dates:
-
Applicant(s):
pmdooley
Overview of the Project:
The project provides our PAT 202/502 (Computer Music & Arranging) students a first-time educational opportunity to hear their music read and recorded by an orchestra. Our goal is to hire 18 SMTD musicians, divided 54432 (5 Violin I., 4 Violin II., 4 Violas, 3 Cellos, 2 Basses) to give the smallest viable orchestral string orchestra sound, plus a student conductor and recording engineer. None of our current PAT 202/502 students have heard their music performed by live orchestral musicians, so the reading/recording session will be an important learning experience for them. Our PAT 202/502 students have diverse musical interests (film scoring, song writing, production and arranging, etc.), and this session is naturally relevant to all those interests. The students plan to wrap their recorded orchestral sounds into their final electronic compositions of the semester, to be featured in our end-of-the-semester public concert, the Computer Music Showcase, December 4 at 7:30pm in the Davis Studio at the SMTD Moore Building.
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Project Objectives:

The project objective was to provide our PAT 202/502 (Computer Music & Arranging) students a first-time educational opportunity to hear their music read and recorded by an orchestra. Additionally, an objective was to teach students how to integrate/mix acoustic orchestral sounds into electronic compositions and film scores.

Project Achievements:

The project was a wonderful collaboration between the Department of Strings, Department of Conducting and Department of Performing Arts Technology. Each student received an audio recording of their composition. And our PAT students learned:

  1. What is expected in a professionally prepared full score and parts set
  2. What is easy and what is difficult in terms of reading notated music
  3. How to creatively merge field recording art and electronic sound art
  4. How to professionally interact with a conductor and orchestra (decorum)
Continuation:
Not at this time, but in the future it would be ideal to have recording sessions every semester, or have ongoing funding to support student recording projects and collaboration between PAT students and SMTD performance majors.
Dissemination:
The students wrapped their recorded orchestral sounds into their final electronic compositions of the semester, which were featured on our end-of-the-semester public concert, the Computer Music Showcase, December 4 at 7:30pm in the Davis Studio at the SMTD Moore Building.
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