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Manhattan School of Music maintains four excellent electronic music
studios, providing students with state-of-the-art computers, software,
keyboards, and other equipment for composition, recording, editing,
sound design, and performance.
One studio, directed by Joel Chadabe, is focused on classical composition,
sound design, and interactive performance. The studio offers students
an opportunity to work with state-of-the-art equipment and to acquire
the necessary skills, knowledge, and experience to succeed in a
professional or academic environment. The studio includes a G5 Macintosh
computer, Kyma System, Pro Tools, Peak, GRM Tools, and other software
and hardware for composing, working with sound, and designing instruments
for performance.
Another studio provides performance majors enrolled in the Performing
With Electronics course with experience in performing with technology.
This gives them access to an increasingly important body of repertoire
represented by such composers as Mari Kimura, Morton Subotnick,
Ingrahm Marshall, Mario Davidovsky, Scott Johnson, Diego Luzuriaga,
Anna Clyne, Chris Chaffe, Steve Reich, Alvin Lucier, and John Cage.
This facility allows students to explore current developments in
music that involve electronics and computers with the most up-to-date
music software systems, in addition to realizing older works using
newer technology. It provides a basic, practical workshop for preparing
pieces in the repertoire that involve electronics and a space to
practice and rehearse with the equipment needed for each project.
This space has been specifically designed for the School by Sam
Berkow of the acoustical firm SIA Acoustics. The studio is Macintosh-based
and is Max/MSP friendly.
Two additional studios, including the newly established Jean Lignel
Electronic Music Studio*, are directed by Richard Sussman and focus
on providing performance and compositional tools applicable to jazz,
commercial music, and scoring for film and TV, as well as purely
creative projects. The emphasis is on MIDI and digital audio recording,
sound design, multitrack recording and production techniques, use
of samplers and virtual instruments, and techniques for scoring
to picture. Each studio contains two work stations with Macintosh
G4 or G5 dual processor computers; sequencing software; Pro Tools
HD systems; and the latest in multiple keyboards and samplers, including
Gigastudio, Korg Tritons, Roland S760, Roland JV-2080s, Proteus
2000, Akai S6000, Kurzweill K2500, Tascam DA88, and Spectrasonics
and Korg virtual instruments.
Students registered in related courses are allowed to schedule
individual studio lab time when available.
*Through the generous gift of Jean Lignel (Class of 2000) the school’s
newest electronic music facility was dedicated in fall 2004. Mr.
Lignel’s gift included the donation of state-of-the-art electronic
recording equipment as well as funding to create an electronic music
studio, expanding the School’s resources for students planning
to pursue training in contemporary electronic music recording and
production techniques.
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