Music technology leaders EastWest, Tascam, and VI-Control.net are sponsoring Alexander Publishing's new Orchestration Class of the 21st Century with contests, prizes, and virtual classroom space.
At the conclusion of a standard semester of this free online course that starts on December 11, 2006, students will have written and produced more than a dozen original works, giving them a start to a publishing portfolio and possibly their first album.
As a kind of music technology ‘Prix de Rome’, 11 students will win prizes for best electronic orchestration work…
The top three winners will receive EastWest Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra in one of three versions; QLSO Platinum (a $2795 value) for first place, QLSO Gold (a $995 value) for second place and QLSO Silver (a $295 value) for third place.
The next eight students will win an individual copy of Tascam's award winning GigaStudio 3 in its new GVI format, a $349 value.
Author Peter Alexander has this to say, "Our goals for this new class model exceed the traditional 2-credit hour collegiate class where a majority of students never hear their final composition. By using the electronic orchestral libraries, students can realize their assignments while developing recording skills in the process, which is a post-graduation standard for today's composers."
The "virtual classroom" space is provided by www.vi-control.net, a leading global forum for professional composers created by Midwest composer Frederick Russ (www.frederickruss.com/). Here, Mr. Russ has created a special "offline" forum so that students can freely present their compositions to each other for critiquing.
Required text for the free course is Alexander Publishing's Professional Orchestration Volume 1, Solo Instruments and Instrumentation Notes which comes with a one-year subscription to the 24/7 165,000 track streaming audio Naxos Music Library, the audio listening component of the Professional Orchestration teaching approach (professionalorchestration.com), and the Professional Mentor workbook/syllabus. Professional Orchestration is a breakthrough in price and content for collegiate music curriculum since text, audio package and workbook are available in a downloadable format for only $60 compared to over $200 for the nearest competitor. An 875-page printed text is also available.
Within the class is a recording module moderated by noted arranger/composer/engineer Patrick Valentino. Mr. Valentino has been musical director for Disneyland, The Sandpipers, The Lettermen, Peggy Fleming's "An Evening on Ice," for ABC, guest conductor for the Manchester Symphony (UK), Virginia Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Nashville Symphony and the Anaheim Symphony for Disneyland's Candlelight Ceremony, as well as film composer for the critically acclaimed, "Reflections of a Life." Mr. Valentino runs his own recording studio in Las Vegas.
Pricing and Availability:
Registration deadline is December 10, 2006.
To register go to:

• http://vi-control.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5121
  
  
  

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