Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Tech Labs
At Montclair State University, in the music building, we have the luxury of having a tech lab. A tech lab is a room filled with computers, attached to pianos that you can easily compose music on. This is a luxury that not many people have access to, but is extremely beneficial. I must admit, I do not always utilize the lab, very rarely actually. In total this one room contains about $100,000 worth of music technologies and programs that are specific towards music education, (Sibelius, Finale, 17 20inch Mac Desktops, attached to 5 octave pianos that have alternate drum keys for percussive sounds, dual speakers for every Mac, and one enormous TV that can connect to any computer for teaching purposes. This room is where most students relax and do homework, unfortunately it isn't always used for music writing. I wish I could spend more time writing music and learning how to use these machines to their full potential, but with the 12 classes a semester and the never-ending homework, it is hard to find time to work on my music. Anyone can attend this music lab, I recommend stopping by and giving it a try!
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That is a really interesting feature the University had that I had no idea about. The music program should think about having a beginnning requirement class of how to use all of these technologizes that are provided. If they did have this class the music education majors can then transfer their knowledge on these advanced technologies into thier classrooms. It could also be beneficial if this class would be considered under the music general education section and all students can take it.
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