MUS 415 - MIDI Orchestration

Units: 3
This course is devoted to students interested in writing orchestration projects for visual media, or contemporary arrangements to support other musical styles. It will cover basic techniques of creating a full orchestral sound through sequencing and sampling libraries.

Prerequisites: MUS 381.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Understand the basic aesthetics of synthestration
familiarize oneself with project studio requirements and considerations, such as computer choices, sequencing software and sample libraries
be able to utilize “electronic” orchestration techniques, and common MIDI mixing and signaling techniques
produce “musical” facsimiles of acoustic instrument performances