Summer Programs
Sonic Arts Workshop
SONIC ARTS WORKSHOP: ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION
Sunday, July 7-Saturday, July 13, 2024
PRIORITY APPLICATION DEADLINE: MARCH 1
ADMISSION STATUS NOTIFICATION: APRIL 1
APPLICATION STATUS: OPEN
Applications will continue to be accepted until the program is full.
The program will cover issues of interest to advanced current high school composers, who have not yet graduated, heading toward conservatory studies and those generally interested in experimenting with electroacoustic music production and its intersections with other disciplines. Students have an opportunity to focus on the composition of electroacoustic music and expand their technical and creative resources during the Workshop.
Topics will include digital audio editing and manipulation, real-time computer music performance techniques, and discussion of pieces from the field's growing repertoire.
SAW is co-directed by Tom Lopez and Francis Wilson. Participants will also work with Aurie Hsu and Steven Kemper, faculty in the conservatory’s Technology in Music and Related Arts (TIMARA) Department, Jack Hamill (2022 graduate of TIMARA), and Athena Woodfin (2024 Oberlin Conservatory graduate).
Participants may receive 1 credit from Oberlin College upon successful completion of the program. If a student matriculates to Oberlin, the credit may count toward general elective credit. It will not count toward the fulfillment of major or distribution requirements.
Please note: All summer programs are subject to the College's public health and Obiesafe policies related to the COVID-19 pandemic. All participants agree to adhere to all College policy while participating in a summer program.
OPENING EVENTS ON SUNDAY, JULY 7
1-3pm Registration and moving in
3:30pm Orientation Meeting
5:15pm Dinner at Stevenson Dining Hall
7pm Faculty Concert and Orientation Meeting
CLOSING EVENTS ON SATURDAY, JULY 13
3pm Participant Concert in Clonick Hall located in the Kohl Bulding
5pm Closing dinner
Family and friends welcome to attend all concerts and closing dinner!
The application requires links of two or three examples of your creative work. (YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud, GoogleDrive, etc.) This might include scores for traditional instruments, audio recordings of purely electronic pieces, video files with original video or pre-existing video with original sound design, and so on.
In general, we are interested in anything that demonstrates your creativity with electronic media. Please contact Tom Lopez if you have any questions about what to include. tom.lopez@oberlin.edu
APPLICATION DEADLINE: MARCH 1
ADMISSION STATUS NOTIFICATION: APRIL 1
APPLICATION STATUS: OPEN
APPLICATION FEE: $65
PROGRAM, HOUSING & MEALS FEE: $1,600 (double room) / $1,700 (single room)
PROGRAM FEE ONLY FOR COMMUTERS: $1,050
COMMUTERS WITH LUNCH AND DINNER: $1,225
PAYMENT DUE UPON ACCEPTANCE
CHECKS MAY BE WRITTEN TO: OBERLIN COLLEGE
AND SENT TO:
SONIC ARTS WORKSHOP
CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
77 WEST COLLEGE STREET
OBERLIN OHIO 44074