September 23rd, 2006 A summary of work

A summary of work now:
1. four music instrument classes each week, each 2 hours - i teach keyboard - but there are only three keyboard in 031A….but each lesson there are 20 people, so when three persons are playing, the others can only be waiting….i wonder how can i teach it well in such environment… sigh….maybe i should give them theory excercises?
the first thing i teach is not focus in reading score, but to play four chords in a progression: C -> Am -> F -> G, they learn it fast, hope it is a good way to start

2. Media and cultural studies, totally blowing water, 2 hours - I hope I can manage it, history and culture is what I know more and has more teaching materials.

3. Computer music and sound effect (for animation class) - once again, everything start from zero, 2 classes 4 hours every week. The most important point is, there are many limitations of Soundtrack Pro. And the computers in 244B don’t even have Soundtrack Pro at all!! What can I do? So what I did is to talk about theories of MIDI and audio, and play some film music like Kubrick’s Shining.

4. Computer music - 244B has only computer, but no electronic music equipment and software…what can i teach? 3 classes, each class 3 hours a week. Hope Digital Performer can be installed next week, but the most important thing is keyboard, no keyboard no music… again, what I can teach is theories of MIDI and audio, and a general idea of how do we arrange a song.

It is tough, but if other teachers can manage it, I hope I can manage it.
But I really wish that this is a room specifically for electronic music ONLY soon
It is not easy to get to know all 150 or more students of two years. I will try.