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Overview
Music 80R – Winter 2008
Music and the World
Wide Web
Class Time and
Location:
Tuesday and Thursday, 12 Noon
– 1:45 p.m.,
in the Music Recital Hall
Rm. 101.
Instructor: Synthia Payne, <cpayne@ucsc.edu>
Office Hours: Tuesday and
Thursday 2-3 p.m.
or by appointment @ Music Center 145
Phone: 459-5106
Teaching Assistants:
Marc Sciglimpaglia,
<omnivore@ucsc.edu>
Daniel Muñoz,
<fungus101@gmail.com>
Class Description:
A survey of musical
applications of the World Wide Web and the
technologies they employ: tools for musical research, playback,
composition, performance, and publishing. Historical perspectives
and artistic ethics also discussed. Students prepare a creative project
using software tools, techniques, and learn how to publish the results
online.
Textbook: Web Audio, Josh Beggs & Dylan
Thede, O’Reilly & Associates, Inc.
ISBN: 1-56592-353-7
Grading:
Requirements in
order to pass the class:
Participation, responses, projects, quizzes detailed below.
Attendance, Responses
and Engagement – 30%
Responses:
Each week
students must post a response to the class
blog,
which describes class participation and/or engagement in activities
outside of class that are related to Music and the World Wide Web.
Attendance Policy:
Students are expected to attend all lectures and sign in
on the class roster with a note pertaining to activities for the week as
defined by Synthia. More than two unexcused absences are grounds for
being dropped from the class.
Quizzes – 35% - BRING A
LARGE FORMAT SCANTRON
Quiz #1: February 7, Ch.
1-4 and other reading and material from lectures so far - NO MAKEUPS
Quiz #2: March 6, Ch. 5, 6, 8, 10 and other reading and material from lectures
since midterm
– NO MAKEUPS ON QUIZZES -
Projects – 35%
Midterm Project:
Presentations/Uploads/CD Due: February 19-21
Final Project: Presentations Due March 11-13;
Uploads/CD Due: By 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 18
in room 128, or drop off in the music department office