Evaluation will be based on periodic quizzes, both individual and group. Fundamentals II or consent of instructor. This course will focus on the theory and practice of sound recording. Students will learn the use of recording equipment including digital tape recorders, mixing consoles, signal processing devices, and microphones. Assigned projects will include both multitrack and direct to stereo recordings of studio and concert performances.
Enrollment is limited.
The Colorado String Quartet will examine the personal and creative life of this great composer through the medium of his sixteen string quartets. The works will be placed in a historical and political context. Beethoven's relationship with the writers and philosophers of the time, including Goethe, Schiller and Kant, will be examined through his creative development. During the semester the Colorado Quartet will perform selections from the sixteen Beethoven string quartets. No prerequisites, but the ability to read music is a plus.