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• MTC 168: Audio Recording Essentials

  1.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Overview of recording digital audio relating to the "home" or small studio for performance majors. Basics of live sound, microphones and placement, recording, editing, and mixing digital audio.
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• MTC 169: Music Technology Essentials

  2.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Overview of music technology relating to the "home" or small studio for music education students. Basics of live sound, recording, editing, and mixing digital audio. Participants will acquire working knowledge of a web-based digital audio workstation (BandLab) suitable for the classroom and home studio.
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• MTC 170: Studio Production I

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This class focuses on the techniques of music production in a studio setting. Students learn the basics of recording, editing, mixing, and mastering in a digital audio workstation. Prerequisite:    MTC 170 requires a prerequisite of MTC 110 or MTC 112.
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• MTC 212: Theory of Music III

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Harmony and counterpoint; dissonance; voice motion; harmonic progression; modulation; texture. Analysis and creative activity. Prerequisite:    MTC 212 requires a prerequisite of C- or better in MTC 113.
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• MTC 213: Theory of Music IV

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  In depth analysis of specific styles, genres, and forms; compositional style studies Prerequisite:    MTC 213 requires a prerequisite of MTC 212.
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• MTC 214: Aural Activities III

  2.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Material of advanced difficulty involving chromatic alteration, foreign modulation, and intricate rhythms. Prerequisite:    MTC 214 requires prerequisite of MTC 113 and MTC 115 or co-requisite of MTC 113 and MTC 115
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• MTC 215: Aural Activities IV

  2.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Continuation of MTC 214 and activities involving nontonal music. Prerequisite:    MTC 215 requires prerequisites of MTC 212 and MTC 214.
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• MTC 250: Music and the Mind

  2.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course presents an overview of the psychology of music. Students will consider a diverse array of topics including emotional responses, expressive performance, implication-realization, memory and attention, development, creativity, special musical abilities and deficits, musical preferences, and music therapy. Along with learning about what psychologists have discovered about how composers, performers, and listeners create and process music, students will also discuss how psychologists study music in the laboratory and the challenges involved in designing experiments and interpreting data. Thus, along with reading a textbook, students will also read cutting-edge research and discuss how to empirically investigate musical experience.
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• MTC 270: Studio Production II

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This class provides a continuation of production principles introduced in MTC 170, as students explore more advanced topics in recording, editing, mixing, and mastering in a digital audio workstation. They also learn to use analog synthesizers and create original studio-based music. Prerequisite:    MTC 270 requires a prerequisite of MTC 170.
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• MTC 271: Scoring Film and Media

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Techniques used in composing, orchestrating, mixing, and recording music for the film, video and television industry. Use of sequencing software and sample libraries to write production-quality cues synchronized to film and video clips. Prerequisite:    MTC 271 requires a prerequisite of MTC 170. Students who have not completed this prerequisite but possess the appropriate skills may enroll with permission of the instructor.
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