- apologies for cross posting and/or irrelevance - Announcing the introduction of the MA in Creative Music Technology at Bath Spa University College
Start date: September 2003 (subject to approval) This new initiative is designed to build on the success of our undergraduate course, which has rapidly become one of the best known in the country. Like the undergraduate course, the MA will be primarily composition-based and non genre-specific, spanning commercial and avant-garde styles and approaches whilst remaining focused on a creative and experimental approach. The course will be most appropriate for those with a thorough grounding in music and technology whilst catering for a wide variety of backgrounds and interests. It is designed for those who wish to undertake advanced-level study in the field, and follow their own interests to explore particular areas in depth. It will be offered in several modes to provide maximum flexibility � full-time, part-time and shorter PGCert, PGDip and single-module modes. In full-time mode, the course will run over three semesters, September to September. The first semester will give a thorough grounding in research methodology, and offer a toolkit of optional skills-based projects designed to allow students to �top up� on specific technical skills and knowledge as required. The second semester will feature two modules built around the crossover of music technology into other fields, specifically performance and multimedia. Interactivity Lab is an in-depth exploration of live electronics, laptop electronica and interactive interface design, while Advanced Multimedia considers the role of music technology in an era of media convergence, the aesthetics of visual music and a variety of enhanced multimedia formats. The third semester is research-based, with students undertaking an individual Major Project which will allow them to explore a chosen area in depth. Under the direction of Dr Joseph Hyde, the MA will also benefit from the wide range of experience covered by the CMT team, spanning such areas as composition (across electroacousic, computer music, sound/sonic art and loop-based electronica), multimedia (video, animation, interactive), installation and performance-based work, and technologies such as Max/MSP/Jitter/nato, PD/GEM, VNS/iCube, Final Cut Pro/Director/Flash and more �mainstream� music technologies. The CMT course runs in the School of Music and Performing Arts, alongside Music, Commercial Music, Dance, Drama and Performing Arts programmes. The school has excellent facilities and a vibrant research culture with research-active staff and a number of research students. The CMT MA will share a well-resourced facility with the MA in Interactive Multimedia. Located in the Bath School of Art and Design, the facility will provide an exciting context for advanced collaborative work. Another key feature of the course will be a collaboration with the Watershed Media Centre in Bristol, which will foster links with Bristol�s vibrant New Media culture as well as providing a public forum for outcomes from the course. For more information, contact Dr Joseph Hyde � [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] archive: http://www.mediascot.org/ambit info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
