Through a rigorous curriculum of eight courses with focus on creativity and experimentation, our Music Technology program attracts talented music students interested in electroacoustic composition, interactive performance, sound design, and sound production.
Our students are encouraged to maximize their creative talents with the assistance of technology rather than utilize technology for its own merit.
Topics include music acoustics, literature of the electroacoustic genre, perception theories and analysis of electroacoustic music, MIDI sequencing, synthesis techniques, digital audio editing, sound recording, digital signal processing, plug-in development, electronic composition, algorithmic composition, real-time performance controllers, and interactive music techniques.
The Music Technology Curriculum consists of eight upper-division 3-credit courses. Each term, two Music Technology courses are offered. The whole curriculum recycles every four semesters. The first four introductory courses take place in the MIDI Lab. The next four advanced courses are taught in the Computer Music Studio. Since computer programming is one of the two pillars on which this curriculum is based, one programming course is offered each term (indicated here with a P). Note that only MUTK 4113, 4133, and 4183 don't require a prerequisite. You can click on the title of each course to download its most recent syllabus.
First Semester (starting at fall of every even year)
Second Semester
Third Semester (starting at fall of every odd year)
Fourth Semester
The Computer Music Suite is located on the second floor of the Catlett Music Center (room 202) and is available to students enrolled in advanced Music Technology courses. Students in these classes have unlimited access to the studio through a swipe card authorization system. The studio consists of a suit of rooms with a control room (Computer Music Studio), two isolation rooms and an amplifier/patch room that allows connections to all major performing spaces in the building.
In addition to serving as a teaching and production facility for Music Technology and Music Composition students, the studio has produced several CDs including In Concert! featuring the OU School of Music student ensembles, such as the OU Symphony Orchestra, the Wind Symphony Orchestra, the New Century Ensemble, and the Jazz Ensemble, all recorded, edited and mastered by students enrolled in Recording Techniques. Previous recording projects include Ned Rorem's Song Cycle Ariel with Armand Ambrosini, clarinet; Edward Gates, piano; and Jennie Olson, soprano, available from Kendall/Hunt; Bavarian Horn with Eldon Matlick, horn; Howard Lubin, piano; and Salvatore Champagne, tenor, available on the Mark Masters Series of Mark Custom Recording; as well as on nine companion CDs for the Hal Leonard Corporation.
Our MIDI Lab, located on the ground floor of the Catlett Music Center (room 006D), consists of 10 iMac-based student workstations. Although the lab is used for classes on weekday mornings and early afternoons, it is open for student use late afternoons and evenings for four to five hours on average. All first-year introductory Music Technology courses take place in the MIDI lab.
