Semester 2 done & dusted

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:

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