Wow! Here we are. My second semester had me grappling with a number of new and interesting classes and topics.
Audio for Emerging Media (Spatial Audio)
Orchestration
Film Scoring II - Film Collab with SFFilm
Private Instruction from the Dean
Composition Seminar
Music History 19th/20th Centuries
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In short, a lot more composing and engraving, a lot of interesting spatial audio techniques (ambisonics, hello!), and delving out of my comfort zone as a composer-focused semester.
I also worked on a comedy film short outside of school called Viva La Florida. Unfortunately my credit is wrong here as I was the sound designer (although the credit was correct in the film)
I wrote a sound logo for a KDFC radio station competition!
I was also accepted as a graduate assistant this year!
I produced an entire concert event, graded many assignments in introductory level classes, and assisted the facility in operating smoothly.
And I worked on this horror short for the Sundance Horror Sound Design Competition:
Oh! I’ve also been working on sprucing up a new Demo Reel with some of my best work. I gave one of my first sound design projects a huge makeover after over a decade. Check it out!
All of that and a bag of sandwiches.
Not to mention the six compositions I did for my seminar class, more on that at a later time. Now it’s time for a relaxing month off before semester 3 starts at the end of January.
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year, everyone!
~MJ