Details for Music and Technology
Technology and music symbiotically impact one another. Advances in one create or force advances in the other. This subject spans both music for High School students and music in worship contexts to explore its intersections with technology. Some of the technology explored includes PA systems, powered instruments, DAWs, aural training software, computer-aided notation software, audio and video recording software and related hardware
Quick Info
- Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
- Course code: MUS307
- Credit points: 10
- Subject coordinator: Daniel Thornton
Awards offering Music and Technology
This unit is offered as a part of the following awards:
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Applied Social Science
- Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business
- Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education (Secondary)
- Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Ministry
- Bachelor of Education (Secondary)
- Bachelor of Ministry
- Diploma of Arts
- Undergraduate Certificate in Arts
- Undergraduate Certificate in Christian Music
Unit Content
Outcomes
- Evaluate technology that assists in the production, recording and distribution of music;
- Assess the potential uses for technology in music or worship teaching and training;
- Summarise various technologies that impact music or worship;
- Design a live musical or worship event from a technological perspective;
Subject Content
- The history of music and technology
- Answering the ‘why’
- Music-related administration and technology
- Sound and lights
- Projection and video
- Music performance
- Recording audio and video
- Distribution and marketing
- Mediation and mediatisation
- Ethics, technology and music
- People, budgets, technology’s limitations and misuse
This course may be offered in the following formats
- Face to Face (onsite)
- Distance/E-learning (online)
- Intensive (One week: 7 hours per day for 5 days = 35 class hours + approx 85 hours out of class time for research, writing, exam preparation and execution, ancillary activities associated with completion of assigned tasks)
Assessment Methods
- Case Study (20%)
- Video Recording (20%)
- Multimedia Presentation (50%)
- Forum Postings (10%)
Prescribed Text
- Primary readings provided