Announcements

Many students and families contact Bud Clark in the Department to help interpret these pages.  Prior to Delaworld, in late May, June, or July, you may have the "access" information to obtain your University educational discounts.  If you have questions relating to the discounts at DELL, Apple, or JourneyEd.com, please contact the University Technology Solutions Center at:  (302) 831-8895.

The Road Map

We have used the free "IHMC CMap Tools" application to help you visualize the multiple pathways many music students pursue.  Click on the image to use this interactive Road Map.

Contact Info

Charles "Bud" Clark
117 A. E. du Pont
9:00am-4:30pm
E-mail
302-831-6867

Links

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Buying a Computer

Windows Office Professional

Every Delaware student should have Microsoft Office Professional.  The latest version for Windows is 2007.   The latest version for Mac is 2008.  Your UD price should be about $85 for either product.  Please note that Office for Mac does not include OneNote2007 (a note-taking and research application), Access2007, Publisher2007, and Infopath2007.

Sibelius 6, Notation Software

Every music student should arrive with Sibelius 6 Notation software.  JourneyEd.com can be your source for this software as well.  Sibelius 6 (called Sibelius 6 Hybrid since the Mac and Windows version comes on the same media) is about $240.

JourneyEd.com and other educational vendors are offering music keyboard and Sibelius 6 bundles.  JourneyEd.com's is called the "Sibelius 6 Easy Keys Bundle 4 Hybrid CD" for about $300.   This includes the software and a two octave music keyboard.

Band In A Box (BIAB)

All music students who will study jazz, should have Band In A Box.  You should consider purchasing a few of the jazz styles and "books" after consulting with your instructors.  The features for BIAB in Windows are more robust than those in BIAB for Mac.

For Windows, Band In A Box is now at version 2009.   It is a very impressive and powerful program, now with "Real Tracks" and "Real" styles.

For Mac, BIAB is now at version 12 (and has been for a while).

Portfolio Building Software

All music students will benefit from developing an electronic portfolio.  Music Education students are required to develop one.

An electronic portfolio, usually web-based, serves to showcase the students success and growth during their four-year journey in the Department of Music.  Depending on the use and need, the collection of artifacts can illustrate the journey,  paths, and interests and serve, as a tool to improve the musicians craft, via the use of reflection and other analysis.  Finally, the portfolio may be embellished to serve as a marketing tool to get that "first job" or that great graduate school placement.

Graphic and Photo Editing Software

Students are welcome to use the many "open source" applications, including:

• Paint.net (for Windows only)
• GIMP (Graphic Image Manipulation Program)
• GIMPshop (makes GIMP look more like Photoshop, however some features are missing)
  

However, ownership of Photoshop or Photoshop Elements may prove beneficial and time saving in the long run.  Photoshop Elements  is  about $80 for either platform.

Users may want to consider the Photoshop/Premiere Elements bundle.  At under $140, these bundled applicationis provide for graphic, photo, and video editing.

Video Editing Software

Students are welcome to use the free video editing software that is bundled with both the Windows and Mac operating systems.  Mac users should upgrade to another product as iMovie is very limited.   As mentioned previously, users may want to explore the Photoshop/Premiere Bundle.  Several other options are available for the Windows Platform in the under $100 price range.

The Roxio Suite also converts media formats into "web sized" files that can be included in your electronic portfolio.

Audio Editing Software

Students are welcome to use the free audio editing recorder and software Audacity.  It is very powerful and can be extended with plugins.

Serious Windows users may benefit from the ease and polish of SONY's Sound Forge Studio, about $75.  There really is not a viable equivalent in the under $100 price range for the Mac OS.

Web Authoring Software

At the present, students are creating electronic porfolios with KompoZer, an opensource web authoring application.    The  department is re-evaluating our electronic portfolio initiative and will make a decision by mid-fall.   Stay tuned.

CD/DVD Burning Software

A cost-cutting trend by many manufacturers recently has been to leave robust media burning software off the machine.

The opensource application "Burn" for Mac is a great addition to your Apple system.  Roxio also makes a product called "Toast", about $100.  Unfortunately, "Toast" for the Mac is not as robust as the Roxio Easy Media Creator Suite for Windows.

Infra Recorder and CDBurnerXP are good additions to your Windows system for media burning.

MUSC 287, Music Technology

Students should have the following software and hardware:

• Notebook Computer
• Sibelius 5 (All Systems, should have)
• SONY Acid Studio 7 (Windows systems, about $55)
• Audacity (All Systems, free)
• Current iLife package (Mac Systems, may come with some systems*)
• MovieMaker (Windows systems, built-in)
• Microsoft Word
• Image Editor (All Systems, GIMP or Photoshop)
• Presentation Software (All Systems, Powerpoint)
• FTP Software (All Systems, free/opensource)
• USB-to-MIDI interface (All Systems, about $30)
• for example, EMU XMIDI 1x1

MUED and EDUC course requirements

At present, Music Education students with Mac OS systems will need to find a solution for 2 or 3 "timeline" video editing "digital storytelling" projects by either purchasing Adobe Premiere Elements ($80), Final Cut Studio Express ($200) or using a friends Windows machine.

MUMG-Music Management requirements

• Notebook Computer
• PowerPoint, Excel, and Word (absolutely required) [OFFICE Professional]
• Publisher and Access (used as necessary) [Windows OFFICE Professional]
• Video Port to VGA for your notebook (always with you in class)

* if, upon startup, you are offered to upgrade iMovie, iPhoto, or GarageBand, then you probably do not have the full-featured iLife package.  Also, note that several issues have arisen with the newer, watered down features in iLife.  The department is analyzing this situation.