Music 315 - DIGITAL ORCHESTRATION
Spring
2018
01
4.00
Raphael Atlas
Smith College
30676-S18
SAGE 305
ratlas@smith.edu
A practical introduction to principles of orchestration at the digital audio workstation, the basis of the production studio for music in media today. Following models from chiefly late Romantic repertory, students explore various instrumental combinations among the four sections of the orchestra—strings, winds, brass, percussion— in their own digital realizations. Working with libraries of digital samples, they develop a foundation in the production of music for film and video. For a final project, they orchestrate a given piano piece of two to three minutes, and produce a sound file of their work. Prerequisite: MUS 210 and permission of the instructor.
Instructor Permission.