Music Production & Technology

The Bachelor of Music degree in Music Production and Technology trains musicians to become music production professionals (i.e. recording, mixing, mastering engineers). Musicianship has played an essential part of training for many, if not most, successful production. Through study in music, electronics and acoustics, Hartt students begin to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to work in the professional audio industry. Career opportunities range from the record industry and broadcast engineering, to working with professional audio equipment manufacturers.

During the third year, each student joins a production team, which is assigned to a variety of tasks in the recording studio. Their time will be spent learning the tools used in a modern production studio. As the culmination of their degree, each production team in their fourth-year produces a full-length record project. Together, students see the project through from the initial pre-production planning, to recording, mixing, editing, and finally mastering the recording. The compact disc project becomes a valuable tool for job seeking, as well as giving students their final grade.

The music production teaching studios and student laboratories (Studios A and B) are designed as recording and mixing studios each with digital consoles, digital audio workstations and various outboard processing and microphones. Studio B is currently configured for surround and stereo production. Two additional studios are used for mastering and editing of school events, as well as audio production for theatrical performances. A five workstation computer lab (also used by the composition and music education departments) offers five Macintosh systems with software ranging from digital audio editing, MIDI Sequencing, MIDI Notation, to Sampling and Synthesis. Each workstation has an 88 key, weighted keyboard, a 21" Display and a connection to a large format laser printer. All the studios are outfitted with a variety of software and equipment from manufacturers such as Neumann, Sennheiser, AKG, Beyer, Shure, Millenia Media, UREI, Focusrite, Genelec, JBL, EAW, Yamaha, Sony, Panasonic, Lexicon, Tascam, Mackie Designs, Digidesign, Mark of the Unicorn, Coda, Roland, Korg, EMU, and many others.

Another outlet for students to develop technique and gain more experience within the studio environment is the Hartt Recording Studio. Providing recording services to any Hartt student, staff, or faculty member as well as outside clients, the studio is mostly staffed by Music Production and Technology majors. Students are encouraged, from the time they enter, to be active participants in the production studios.

Please visit the Music Production and Technology department website for more information.

Major in Music Production and Technology 
(135 credits)

First Year
Subject Code	Course Title	Credits	Credits
		Sem. 1	Sem. 2
	Instrumental/Vocal Study	2	2
TH 111-112	Diatonic1-Chromatic Harmony	2	2
TH 120-121	Elementary Ear Training I-II	2	2
MTH 112-122	Math for Technologists I-II	3	3
RPW 110 - 111	Reading and Writing I-II	3	3
MUM 120	Intro to Arts Management	3	-
MUM 221	Arts Management: For Profit	-	3
MPT 110	Fund. of Music Production	2	-
MPT 210	Practicum in Music Production	-	2
HLM 020	Information Literacy in the Performing Arts	0	-
MUS 110, 111	Paranov Performance Hour	.5	.5
	Performing Organization	1	1
Total Credits		18.5	18.5
Second Year
	Instrumental/Vocal Study	2	2
TH 210-211	Tonal Form-Modern Techniques	2	2
TH 220-221	Intermediate Ear Training I-II	2	2
APC 122-123	Piano-Keyboard Class2	2	2
ECT 111	Intro to Electricity & Electronics	4	-
ECT 121	DC & AC Electrical Fundamentals	-	4
HLM 212	Music History: Perspectives on Music History	3	-
HLM 213	Music History: Classicism to the Present	-	3
MUS 110, 111	Paranov Performance Hour	.5	.5
	Performing Organization	1	1
Total Credits		16.5	16.5
Third Year
MPT 300-310	Music Production Technology I-II (lab)	4	4
	Academic Electives	3	3
ES 562	Acoustics for Musicians	3	-
COM 462	Music Technology II	-	3
MPT 305, 315	Electronics for Music Systems I & II	3	3
AUC	All-University Curriculum	3	3
	Performing Organization	1	1
Total Credits		17	17
Fourth Year
MPT 400-410	Music Production Techniques I-II (lab)	4	4
MPT 420	Music Production Special Project/Internship	-	3
COM 470, 471	Composition Seminar	0	0
	Professional Elective	3	3
HLM	Music HistoryElective	-	3
	Academic Elective	3	-
AUC	All-University Curriculum	3	3
	Performing Organization	1	1
Total Credits		14	17

¹Enrollment dependent on placement exam.

²If this requirement is waived, alternate course work must be chosen in consultation with an advisor to make up equivalent credits.

Note: MPT majors are required to maintain a GPA of 2.5 in their major courses and have active participation in departmental activities.