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Technology for
Music Education
Stefani Langol
Associate Professor
Music Education
Berklee College of Music
Benefits of Using Technology
Provides teachers with Performance Assessment and Authentic Assessment tools
The use of technology promotes CREATIVITY - gives students control of their musical and artist
vision
Technology can provide an alternative means of expression for students who learn best
through spatial, musical, or kinesthetic intelligences
Project-Based Learning using technology promotes Cross-Curricular and
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Technology can make certain aspects of the music curriculum more exciting for
students
Benefits of Using Technology
Technology can provide opportunities for students which would be difficult using traditional
teaching materials
Supports Differentiated Instruction
Many of the projects in a typical music technology environment are the perfect training for
the future economy: A Creativity-based economy vs. an Information-based economy
Provides teachers with great advocacy tools for arts in education
Curricular Applications
Recording tool: Rehearsals and Concerts
Assignment-Based student composition, songwriting, and arranging
Desktop Music Production tool:
Generate and develop musical ideas | Record musical ideas | Edit and Arrange musical
material |Add Effects and Mix | Distribute music via AIFF and MP3
Audio, Video and Enhanced Podcasts:
Demonstrate knowledge of musical, historical, theoretical, and performance techniques
Create original music for school plays, videos, poetry readings, dance, multimedia projects
(PowerPoint, KeyNote, Podcasts, Web Pages)
Easily combine art forms - music, art, video, movement - into one project
Students can create portfolios of their work
Practice Tool: “music-minus-one” tracks, record practice sessions
Demonstrate musical concepts such as
form, dynamics, tempo, texture
Electronic Musical Instruments
• Used in labs for creating, performing and improvising
music
• Replace missing instruments or add instruments to
various ensembles
Music Tech Teacher
Karen Garrett
http://musictechteacher.com/
• Keyboard Skills
• Alternative Performance Ensembles:
Electro-acoustic or electronic
Applications:
Music Production
DAW Software (Digital Audio Workstation)MIDI: Software Instruments and External MIDI
Digital Audio: Recorded audio via a mic or line-in instrument
Editing: MIDI and Audio
Digital Signal Processing (effects such as
reverb, chorus, delay, etc...)
Mixing
Music Production
• Arranging and Composition
• Create accompaniments (music-minus-one) for practice and performance
• Create audio files for posting on the web
or burning on CDs
• Create media for multimedia projects -
podcasts, presentations (PowerPoint, Keynote, Prezi)
Applications:
Notation
Applications:
• Composition Projects - using a wide variety of composition techniques
(i.e., contrapuntal devices, theme and variation, canon, layering, pedal
point, etc.)
• Composing Original Music
• Editing and Modifying Existing Pieces - (i.e., transposition, adding or
changing expressive elements, adding chords, changing timbres, re-
harmonization, etc.)
Instructional SoftwareApplications:
• Provide Motivation
• Provide Individualized Instruction
• Enhance Independent Learning
Multimedia
Applications:
• Cross-curricular
• Web (i.e., web pages, blogs, wikis, podcasts, etc.)
• Produce digital media projects (i.e., digital audio, digital video)
• Score music to video
Software
DAW:Audio/MIDI
Notation
GarageBand -
Mac
Mixcraft - PC
• Reason - Mac & PC
Finale - Mac & PC
Sibelius - Mac & PC
•Not
Apple’s iLife
Creative Suite
Software
Multimedia -
Text, Audio, Video, Graphics/Photographs, Web
Apple’s iLife - Mac & PC
• Adobe Creative Suite - Mac & PC
• Web Applications
•Freeware and Shareware
Many options to suit various curricular needs
Hardware
Electronic Musical Instruments
Handheld Recorder
Digital Cameras: Still and Video
Computer
Microphone
Headphones
External Hard Drive
Thank You!
Stefani Langol
Associate Professor
Berklee College of Music
