April 4, 2005

BIRMINGHAM, AL — The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Music, with Carousel of the Arts, is hosting the UAB Music Technology Institute, a series of pre-college developmental programs for high school music students. The classes are designed to expose students to the vast array of computer-based technologies for the creation, performance and study of music and to enhance students’ awareness of college and career opportunities in the field of music technology.

The Music Technology Institute is held on the UAB campus in the UAB Department of Music’s state-of-the-art music technology lab and recording studio, in the Hulsey Center, 950 13th Street South. For information, call (205) 934-7376 or e-mail Henry Panion III, Ph.D., at panion@uab.edu.

Students are chosen from area high schools to participate in each class. While students may nominate themselves for consideration, most students are chosen from nominations submitted by their teachers, supervisors, principals and others.

Several institutes are presented each year. Each institute convenes for seven consecutive Saturdays except for summer institutes, which meet daily for one week. Students are provided box lunches at each session. Upon successful completion, each student receives a $100 stipend, a certificate of participation and an Apple iPod.

Classes focus on multimedia production, recording engineering and music production. The multimedia production introduces technologies for delivering digital media, particularly music, over the Internet. Recording engineering introduces technologies used in a professional recording studio, including analog and digital recording, mixing and mastering. The music production component introduces technologies for creating music on computers, including Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI), sequencing, scoring, looping and sampling.