Dr. David Mitchell is scheduled to present at the College Music Society Southern Conference on Designing Music and Technology Courses on February 18, 2016.
Attendees will learn about and discuss the trend away from traditional instrumental performance degrees and toward music and technology degrees that better prepare graduates for today’s job market. The discussion will include paradigm shifts in the music industry, including online streaming, digital downloads and multimedia production.
Dr. Mitchell’s original composition, “The Bells” for chorus and violin will be performed by the Campbell University Choir – featuring Lucy Greenleaf-Carter on violin – on Friday, February 19, 2016. “The Bells” was arranged and set to the Edgar Allen Poe poem of the same name.
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Four of Dr. David Mitchell’s original compositions are now available on Amazon.com from Dorn Publications, including:
Dr. Mitchell’s original composition The Witch’s Hex was given an Honorable Mention at the 2015 Macro Composer’s Society Conference.
My proposal to the College Music Society, Open Discussion Forum was accepted in December. It’s now live at the link below since January 01, 2016. It will remain open until the end of the month.
If your school offers music and technology classes, please take the survey and share your experience. This study will collect data on how traditional music schools are adapting their curriculum to include a greater emphasis on preparing students for music careers that include aspects of digital music composition, performance and production. This data will become part of my presentation on the same subject at the CMS conference in Alabama.
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