Sound#Hack
"Are music educators having to play catch-up?" - Sound#Hack (2015). Credit: Kevin Grist
From Garageband to Guitar Hero, music technology is more accessible to young people than ever before. But what does this mean for music educators? Are they having to playing catch up? Is it genuinely opening a world of new possibilities for the traditional music classroom?
Sound#Hack was a live learning event for secondary teachers and young people from Medway held in June 2015. It was hosted in studios at the Centre for Music and Audio Technology, University of Kent, on the Historic Dockyard Chatham. It featured exploratory workshops by leading music artists and educators working in digital music, live production and sound design.
Artists included DJ Skitz from AudioActive, live coder Rosa Fox and interactive technician Louis D’Aboville. Teachers and young people were able to co-learn and co-create pieces of music, with final works performed to an industry-style panel for feedback. The rotating workshops helped teachers build confidence using advanced music technology to compose and perform.
Artist workshops:
Sound#Hack was co-produced by SparkedEcho and Ideas Test, as a commission from Royal Opera House Bridge.
Post-event, organisers Kevin Grist and Jon Pratty were invited to take part in a live YouTube debate on music technology and cultural education, hosted by Royal Opera House Bridge. The full broadcast can be viewed below.
Sound#Hack was a live learning event for secondary teachers and young people from Medway held in June 2015. It was hosted in studios at the Centre for Music and Audio Technology, University of Kent, on the Historic Dockyard Chatham. It featured exploratory workshops by leading music artists and educators working in digital music, live production and sound design.
Artists included DJ Skitz from AudioActive, live coder Rosa Fox and interactive technician Louis D’Aboville. Teachers and young people were able to co-learn and co-create pieces of music, with final works performed to an industry-style panel for feedback. The rotating workshops helped teachers build confidence using advanced music technology to compose and perform.
Artist workshops:
- Spatial Sound & Ambisonics with Tommaso Perego, University of Kent
- Sonic Pi - Live Coding with Ross Wilson and Rosa Fox, Sonic Pi
- Build your own MIDI controller from tin foil, vegetables and game consoles with Louis D’Aboville, AudioActive.
- Live vocal looping with Ollie Finn, AudioActive
- Professional beat-making using Logic with DJ Skitz and Rich Carzana, AudioActive
Sound#Hack was co-produced by SparkedEcho and Ideas Test, as a commission from Royal Opera House Bridge.
Post-event, organisers Kevin Grist and Jon Pratty were invited to take part in a live YouTube debate on music technology and cultural education, hosted by Royal Opera House Bridge. The full broadcast can be viewed below.
