Name of Workshop: Music Appreciation

Total Hours: 3

Workshop Description: Music Appreciation seeks to inform the student about the beginnings of North American music, to explain 21th Century music in terms of the origins of the popular styles of blues, jazz, country, rock, and pop, and survey the Western "Classical" tradition from the middle ages

Name of Workshop: Music Appreciation

Total Hours: 3

Workshop Description: Music Appreciation seeks to inform the student about the beginnings of North American music, to explain 21th Century music in terms of the origins of the popular styles of blues, jazz, country, rock, and pop, and survey the Western "Classical" tradition from the middle ages to the 21th century. The class concludes with lectures on the significant music produced by popular artists musicians in the 21st century. Goals for the class range from raising awareness of the various elements, origins, and developments in music, as well as enhancing critical thinking skills of evaluating music and then putting a cognitive critique in writing. By the end of the workshop, the student should have the background for appreciating the major genres of music with which they are most likely to come into contact with, as well as having a deeper ability to appreciate the various primary elements of any musical creation and/or performance. (This workshop is a four part series offering)

Workshop Learning Outcomes:

Successful completion of this workshop will enable the student to:

• Identify elements in music, which define style, genre and period.
• Develop listening skills concerning the various elements of music.
• Develop a vocabulary necessary to communicate the attributes of music as they relate to the various elements in music and historical periods.
• Define historical style periods in Western music.
• Identify Popular artists and musicians and music related to style periods in western music.

Name of Workshop: Appreciation of Creativity (How to get your highest creative output in any situation):

Total Hours: 3

Workshop Description: This appreciation workshop uses an experimental approach to learning and understanding creativity. The students will analyze and focus on relationships to their art, work and themselves to recognize their own

Name of Workshop: Appreciation of Creativity (How to get your highest creative output in any situation):

Total Hours: 3

Workshop Description: This appreciation workshop uses an experimental approach to learning and understanding creativity. The students will analyze and focus on relationships to their art, work and themselves to recognize their own creativity. The students will study a series of creative concepts in a variety of different scenarios and employ techniques to help enhance strengths in their creative output. The students will perform evaluations and apply constructive criticism in an safe setting. Study with David Gray PhD, sound designer, writer and musician with over 20 years experience. (This workshop is a four part series offering)

Workshop Learning Outcomes:

Successful completion of this workshop will enable the student to:

• Discover what creativity is and techniques to generate new creative outcomes.
• Analyze different forms of enhancing creativity.
• Set individual goals in productivity in creative situations.
• Employee effective inventory creativity management skills.
• Discuss and explain creativity practices and applications.
• Research, examine and differentiate between different creative blocks and strengths and weaknesses behind them.
• Demonstrate effective creative input communication.
• Practice and produce effective decision-making and problem-solving skills.

Name of Workshop: Appreciation of Legendary Music Producers: Daniel Lanois, Rick Rubin and Brian Eno

Total Hours: 3

Name of Workshop: This Appreciation workshop will examine and analyze audio recording, production, mixing techniques and provide students with experience in the recording traditions of these three legendary music producers: Daniel

Name of Workshop: Appreciation of Legendary Music Producers: Daniel Lanois, Rick Rubin and Brian Eno

Total Hours: 3

Name of Workshop: This Appreciation workshop will examine and analyze audio recording, production, mixing techniques and provide students with experience in the recording traditions of these three legendary music producers: Daniel Lanois, Rick Rubin and Brian Eno. The students will focus on understanding these producer’s microphone placement, audio signal flow, environments in which their records were recorded and the relationship to the artists they produced. The students will create and experiment with these three producer’s recording techniques. These producer’s career history, albums and recording studios will be explained. Study with David Gray PhD, audio engineer, music producer and multi-instrumentalist with over 20 years experience. (This workshop is a four part series offering)

Workshop Learning Outcomes:

Successful completion of this workshop will enable the student to:

• Discover production techniques of music producers Daniel Lanois, Rick Rubin and Brian Eno.
• Analyze the different roles these record producers play in the studio.
• Carry out various styles of mixing and tracking techniques these producers employ throughout their careers.
• Analyze their choice of microphones and microphone applications.
• Discuss and explain their sound, the history of their recordings, their effect on music and music history.
• Research, examine and differentiate between the different styles of these producers and their recording techniques.
• Demonstrate and produce these four producer’s innovative and legendary studio techniques.

Name of Workshop: Renegade Business Practices

Total Hours: 3

Workshop Description: This workshop uses an all-encompassing, 360-degree approach to creating and selling audio recordings in the digital age. This workshop will provide the students with the innovative and entrepreneurial framework to navigate the radically transformed traditional

Name of Workshop: Renegade Business Practices

Total Hours: 3

Workshop Description: This workshop uses an all-encompassing, 360-degree approach to creating and selling audio recordings in the digital age. This workshop will provide the students with the innovative and entrepreneurial framework to navigate the radically transformed traditional business functions and practices of the music industry. Students will learn how the digital age has revolutionized the creation and selling of audio recordings. Upon completion of this workshop the students will be able to draw on the digital possibilities of this revolution to chart their own course through the music business.

Workshop Learning Outcomes:

Successful completion on this workshop will enable the student to

• Blend the traditional roles of the music business into a comprehensive, 360-degree business model designed for the contemporary marketplace.
• Generate new business opportunities by combining cutting edge social media and digital tools with old school marketing principles.
• Employ audio creation techniques for new media platforms.
• Demonstrate proficiency in contemporary digital work practices.
• Identify short-term and long-term revenue stream opportunities.

Name of Workshop: The Essentials of Digital Mixing

Total Hours: 3

Workshop Description: This introductory workshop illustrates modern and creative audio mixing techniques based on traditional mixing theory and practices. It provides the students with hands-on-training in the art of mixing sound on IPad and Mac Laptop computers using Digital Audio

Name of Workshop: The Essentials of Digital Mixing

Total Hours: 3

Workshop Description: This introductory workshop illustrates modern and creative audio mixing techniques based on traditional mixing theory and practices. It provides the students with hands-on-training in the art of mixing sound on IPad and Mac Laptop computers using Digital Audio Workstations and Pro Tools software platform. The students will focus on the key elements in which sound is mixed on a digital “In The Box” recording console. They will learn signal processing, and signal flow and mix multi-track sessions. The history of analog to digital mixing will be examined as well.

Workshop Learning Outcomes:

Success completion on this workshop will enable the student to:

• Create audio mixes with modern audio techniques and technology.
• Explain and illustrate the theoretical fundamentals of audio mixing.
• Demonstrate an understanding of signal processing applications.
• Discuss and employ post-mixing tasks and processes

Name of Workshop: Intro to West African Drumming

Total Hours: 3

Workshop Description: This introductory workshop delivers an applied, hands-on approach to African drumming techniques relevant in traditional and contemporary drumming styles in West Africa. The students will learn to perform diverse ceremonial and recreational music and key

Name of Workshop: Intro to West African Drumming

Total Hours: 3

Workshop Description: This introductory workshop delivers an applied, hands-on approach to African drumming techniques relevant in traditional and contemporary drumming styles in West Africa. The students will learn to perform diverse ceremonial and recreational music and key fundamental elements in West African rhythm, melody, form and structure. Students will experience traditional African oral learning methods, listening exercises and music analysis through rehearsals, discussions, readings and listening. Students will also become familiar with the construction and basic maintenance of African drums. The purpose of this course is to explore West African culture through drumming and music performance. This workshop offers practical hands-on instruction in selected drumming repertory from the countries Ghana, Togo, and Benin, West Africa. Students will be expected to learn hand and stick drumming techniques using a variety of African percussion instruments. Students will also learn to sing songs related to specific drumming traditions and understand integral dance styles related to the drumming. No history of drumming prerequisite required.

Workshop Learning Outcomes:

Success completion on this workshop will enable the student to:

• Illustrate African drumming through performance.
• Develop a greater understanding of West African culture, history and music.
• Discuss and assemble musical forms and theory used in West African drumming. Example: call and response patterns, multi--layered part performance, compositional form and structure.
• Identify and describe key African languages, traditions and relationships between spoken language and drumming.
• Distinguish between various historical and social practices associated with performance in African drumming traditions.
• Discuss the construction and maintenance of a variety of West African drums.
• Develop an appreciation for teamwork and community spirit inherent in the West African performance practice.