21st Century Music Industry, Applied Composition and Entrepreneurship
(proposal)
You have skills. You have talent. You have ideas.
NOW WHAT?
Learn how to develop ideas, collaborate with others, produce music and video, develop a portfolio, design a website, and market your work online. Take control of your future by working with the technology of today. The program core is comprised of new musical literacies such as applied music technology, music video production, and musical entrepreneurship.
(proposal)
You have skills. You have talent. You have ideas.
NOW WHAT?
Learn how to develop ideas, collaborate with others, produce music and video, develop a portfolio, design a website, and market your work online. Take control of your future by working with the technology of today. The program core is comprised of new musical literacies such as applied music technology, music video production, and musical entrepreneurship.
Music Technology at KPU
Music Video Production (MVP) at KPU
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Students will produce original work using traditional and contemporary compositional methods as part of a collaborative engagement with an artist outside of the discipline of music. Focus on composition and sound design as it relates to dance, video games & apps, film & television, theatre, sound editing, arts installations, fashion shows, and other live venues. Partnerships with such artists may take place with other KPU students in the Fine Arts program (i.e.: arts installations, fashion shows, KPU Marketing Department), or with students in other fine arts disciplines at arts training institutions such as the Vancouver Film School or the Arts Umbrella Dance Company.
Applied Music Composition
This extension of the music composition process situates music learners within a digital music studio setting. Students cultivate an understanding of what it means to be a self-producing music artist by developing compositions that reflect and represent their unique voices as musical artists. From conception to completion and delivery of the final product, students will learn to develop, record, edit, and mix their work. Using acoustic instruments, vocal techniques , and digital music software, students will create acoustic and electroacoustic music compositions for multiple venues such as stand-alone electroacoustic compositions, music for dance, and music and/or sound design for film.
Music Entrepreneurship at KPU
This component of program focusses on the music industry, marketing and promotion. Students will learn to develop a their own unique brand as an artist, complete with a business plan, website portfolio, head shots, content, etc. Students will learn the basics of digital photography in order to represent themselves and their work online. A strong focus on web-based music distribution and self promotion will provide students with opportunities to sell their work online and connect with audiences locally and internationally.