Students concentrating in 生产 will prepare a portfolio of original tracks and write an analysis paper and script for their senior spring semester lecture-recital.
The 生产 Senior Project Proposal requires the following information:
- A description of your production project, 包括计划件, 每片长度, 以及其他相关内容. 以PDF格式提交.
- A 250-350 word proposal for an argument-driven academic essay that will engage with and contribute to recent and relevant scholarship in the fields of musicology, 人种音乐学, 声音的研究, 和/或音乐理论. Your essay must focus on the music of a particular producer or the history, 进化, and/or reception of a particular style, 技术, 仪器, 或者其他技术. 以PDF格式提交. This paper is completed in MUSC 490.
- A bibliography for this topic proposal that includes ten relevant scholarly sources. 以PDF格式提交.
- A portfolio of recordings (mp3’s) and related materials (PDF’s for lyrics) produced as part of a class or under the supervision of 音乐 faculty. You will need to create a Google Drive folder containing these materials and whose link you will copy and paste into the project proposal form.
You will be emailed a proposal submission link and directions by October 15.
生产评估
Each senior project component is graded 以优异成绩通过 (PD)，通过(P)，或失败(F). The portfolio is worth 70%, the comps paper 20%, and the lecture-recital plus script 10%.
Notwithstanding the comps paper counting for only 20% of the overall comps assessment, 学生必须获得 PD or P on your comps paper in order to receive a PD or P 作为他们最后的评分. In other words, a student cannot pass their comps with a failing comps paper.
生产 Portfolio - Grading Rubric
The portfolio and presentation script will be due no later than 4 weeks ahead of the presentation date. Students will receive a link to upload their materials by February 15, 2024. Once they have submitted their materials, they will receive digital feedback from the faculty within one week.
1. 记录材料
Students will digitally submit recorded music totaling 30-40 minutes in length. The portfolio contents should demonstrate an arc reflecting the full range of the students’ capabilities as a producer. These recordings may be formatted as an album, EP, 单打组, 混合媒体项目, 电子游戏提示, 等. The choice of format is up to the student, 然而, the portfolio must be designed as an audience-facing body of work. Twenty-five percent (25%) of the portfolio must be collaborative (ie. co-written, recording other musicians, 等.)每件作品必须有一个标题, and the audio files should be formatted to reflect those titles without unnecessary file extensions like “v2”, “finalMix”, 等. If the pieces are formatted as an album, the album itself is also required to have a title.
2. 混合与掌握熟练程度
Recordings will be assessed to determine whether the student has used appropriate input levels, 立体成像, 还有麦克风技术. Audio files will also be assessed according to the commercial standards for mixing and mastering. A passing portfolio must have no weak signal and no clipping at the master or track levels. The loudness at the output stage should peak no higher than -0.主VU表1db, and the average loudness should range between -14 and -9 LUFS in the louder moments. Some variations of this rule are allowed, depending on the customary standards of the musical genres covered in the portfolio.
3. 跟踪跟踪班轮笔记
The portfolio must include liner notes for each track with details about each piece, including the duration and credits to contributing 仪器alists and any collaborating songwriters/producers. Write a brief description of each piece, explaining the production background and how choices in texture, 仪表, arrangement and engineering reflect the themes underlying this collection of music. 使用 本文档作为模板. You will need to copy this document to your own Google Drive to make edits.
Students may also choose to write about the poetic themes if lyrics are included.
4. 演讲
Students will give a final presentation, 总长度为25分钟, which selects the most exemplary music of their portfolio to demonstrate the breadth of their work to their faculty and colleagues. The presentation will be given using PowerPoint, 谷歌的幻灯片, 或类似的, outlining central themes of the student’s work, 音频/视频的例子, and a track-by-track analysis as it relates to the core focus of the portfolio.
请注意: A recital performance is not a part of the comps presentation or assessment. If any student would like to set up a performance or showcase of their work in addition to the presentation, this will have to be arranged ahead of time with the Department's 生产经理, 亚历山大·朱. There are no guarantees a performance or set of performances will be held. This will be assessed based on availability of staff and performance space.
作品集评估等级:
Excellent, Satisfactory, and Unsatisfactory
以优异成绩通过
- Requires an “excellent” assessment in all four of the above categories, and is reserved for a truly outstanding body of work.
通过
- Requires a "satisfactory" assessment in all four criteria.
没有通过
- Indicates an "unsatisfactory" assessment in any of the four criteria.