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| JUNE 16TH, 17TH, 18TH SET FOR PERFORMANCE DEGREE AUDITIONS!! |
| Auditions for entry into the Commercial Music Performance degree program, Fall semester 2010, will take place June 16th, 17th, and 18th on campus at LSCPA. Major areas of study include guitar, bass guitar, drums, keyboards, and session vocals. All instrumentalists will be required to play along with tracks available for download on this site (Click "Audition on Premise" under "Audition and Interview Information" on the homepage of this site). Vocalists are asked to prepare two selections and bring either sheet music for accompaniment or tracks (CD). To schedule an audition, call 409-984-6520. |
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| GET CERTIFICATION IN LIVE SOUND! |
| Start your live sound education with the Live Sound certificate. Spring of 2010 will be the first semester that the new Live Sound/Sound Reinforcement Certificate is offered at Lamar State College Port Arthur, with the next certification class beginning in the Fall of 2010. We are so excited to be the second college in all of Texas to offer this certificate. Learn how to rig and run sound for concert tours, arenas, places of worship, theaters, theme parks, and much more. Learn to design, install, optimize, operate, and maintain sound reinforcement systems of all sizes in real world environments! Call 409.984.6520 for more information. |
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| LSC-PA Studio Facilities Offer Multiple Platforms |
| It is primary to our mission here at LSC-PA that our students graduate into the real world with hands-on knowledge of a wide variety of recording platforms. Studio A is oufitted with a Mac-based Pro Tools and Nuendo control. Studio B offers PC-based Pro Tools and Cubase 4. Studio C avails our students to 10 IMac workstations with Pro Tools LE. Finally, Analog has joined the family of LSC-PA Recording Studio platforms with the addition of a MCI-JH24 Analog 24 Track Tape Recorder, a MCI-Autolocator III, and a Peavy AMR 1600 Audio Console. Students now have the opportunity to learn how to record by tape, and digitally via Pro Tools (both Mac and PC), Nuendo, and Cubase 4. |
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DEGREE PROGRAM
Associate of Applied Science Degree in Commercial Music: Audio Engineering and Recording Arts
| First Semester |
Audio Engineering I
Introduces Acoustic, electronic and wave-form analysis concepts; relate microphone characteristics and placement; describe studio set-up, signal routing and tape machine operation techniques; apply console and tape machine theory and operation concepts; and perform studio production procedures including recording, overdubbing, mixing and editing.
Music Fundamentals
Preparation for the study of music theory, including scales, terminology, chords, key and time signatures, the structures of music and musical notation.
Class Piano I
Classroom instruction in keyboard technique fundamentals for students with limited piano background. Includes scales, chord progression, sight reading drills and selections from solo literature. Open to non-majors.
History of Popular Music
Introduces commercial music industry trends and developments through historical analysis by finding connections between the vast variety of American popular music styles, past and present.
Public Speaking
Principles and practices of public speaking.
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| Second Semester |
Audio Engineering II
Teaches proficiency in advanced signal flow and signal processing applications; perform tape machine alignment to include playback, bias and record procedures; utilize pre-production planning, scheduling, production and post production; and integrate audio console and tape machines.
Midi I
Introduces Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) systems and applications. Topics include the history and evolution of MIDI , hardware requirements, computer numbering systems, channels and modes, the MIDI language and the typical implementation of MIDI applications in the studio environment using software-based sequencing programs.
Commercial Music Theory I
Learn to apply chord progressions, song forms, and harmonic techniques used in commercial music. Topics include modern chord notation and chord voicings.
Commercial Music Sight Singing / Ear Training I
Learn to sight-read melodies in major and minor keys; and identify and transcribe dictation of simple rhythmic patterns and major and minor melodies.
Class Piano II
Classroom instruction in keyboard technique fundamentals for students with limited piano background. Includes scales, chord progression, sight reading drills and selections from solo literature. Open to non-majors.
College Mathematics or College Algebra
Sets, the systems of whole numbers, the systems of integers, elementary number theory, the system of rational numbers and the system of real numbers.
Linear, quadratic equation and inequalities, determinants, matrices, systems of equations, partial fractions, binomial theorem, logarithms, theory of equations. |
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Commercial Music Theory II
Learn to compose melodies using standard song forms; harmonize melodies using chords appropriate to assigned musical style; and analyze selected pieces from lead sheets and arranged concept key scores.
Commercial Music Sight Singing / Ear Training II
Learn to sight sing selected melodies in chromatic tonalities; and transcribe dictation of selected rhythmic patterns, chromatic melodies and intermediate chord progressions.
Microcomputer Applications
This course teaches students to solve realistic problems using the most readily available “off-the-shelf” general applications software: word processing, spreadsheets and database systems. Additional assignments may use system software and presentation graphics software.
Behavioral Science / Social Science Elective
Choose one course from the Behavioral Science or Social Science offerings which include History, Government, Geography, Psychology, and Sociology. |
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| Third Semester |
Audio Engineering III
Presents digital nonlinear editing; utilize advanced techniques in digital nonlinear multi-track recording; perform computer-based voltage control amplifier (VCA) console automation; and complete an advanced recording project from the engineering perspective.
Survey of the Music Business
Introduces an overview of the music industry including songwriting, live performance, the record industry, music merchandising, contracts, licenses and career opportunities.
Conceptual Physics or Physical Science
Conceptual level survey of topics in physics intended for non-science majors. Provides an introduction to the basic interactions of nature with emphasis on thermodynamics and heat transfer.
A course designed for non-science majors. Topics include astronomy, chemistry, geology, meteorology or physics.
Commercial Class Piano
Introduces keyboard skills for commercial music majors including blues progressions and scales, modes, harmony, and extensive use of the ii-V7-I progression with appropriate keyboard voicing.
Songwriting
Learn to compose marketable melodies with commercial music, form and harmony, write lyrics; set lyrics to song; create lyrical, melodic and harmonic “hooks”, and devise a production plan for a song demonstration.
Commercial Music Ensemble or Recording Hardware
Participation in a small commercial music ensemble concentrating on all commercial music performance styles and grooves.
An introduction to the function and maintenance of computer hardware in the recording studio environment with an overview of the history of the computer – PC and Macintosh. Topics include hard drives and their operation, optical drives, flash based drives, floppy drives, on board ports, processor statistics and architecture, motherboards and their connections, expansion cards, operating systems, the installation of audio programs, virus protection, and the downloading and installation of software and updates. |
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| Fourth Semester |
Audio Engineering IV
Introduces the role of producer including recording, mixing, arranging, analyzing projects, session planning, communication, budgeting, business aspects, technical considerations and music markets.
Acoustics
Principles of sound in air, sound in recording, and sound reinforcement. Topics include acoustical properties of studios, live performance facilities, resonance, and electronic and acoustic control.
Commercial Class Piano
Introduces keyboard skills for commercial music majors including blues progressions and scales, modes, harmony, and extensive use of the ii-V7-I progression with appropriate keyboard voicing.
Commercial Arranging and Composition
Teaches the student to compose and arrange for multi-instrumental ensembles; compose and arrange stylistically correct background figures and counter lines; and compose and arrange broadcast jingles, video/film scores, and stage show formats.
Commercial Orchestration
Prepares the student to write for voices and instruments to include ranges, transposition and idiosyncrasies of each instrument with emphasis on commercial music chord voicings. |
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