Film/drama scoring or sound design opportunity, Ithaca College

A note from Professor John Scott, Television-Radio Department, Roy H. Park School of Communications, Ithaca College:

I am teaching courses with advanced students who are completing substantial video projects this semester.  I am seeking ways to contact interested musicians or sound-designers who may benefit from interacting with my students as they begin to consider working with a composer or sound-designer for their soundtrack.

I have a course reserved for seniors who are doing final projects in a workshop environment.  There are 2 documentaries and 5 fictional narratives being produced.  One documentary is likely to be quite long (20-30 minutes) and has been shooting for over a year now.  One narrative script looks like it will be in the 15-20 minute range. Everything else is in the 5 to 12 minute range.

I also have four documentaries being shot in an advanced documentary class and four fictional narratives being shot in an intermediate fiction class.  Each of these will likely be in the 5 to 12 minute range.

Topics range from dogsledding, a maverick space capsule inventor, sex education in schools on the doc side to a crime scene drama, teen runaway drama and multiple comedies on the fiction side.

All of the projects need to be screened at a big auditorium here on IC campus on either Friday, Saturday or Sunday May 4,5 or 6.

If you are interested in scoring or sound design please contact me (jdscott@ithaca.edu) with some info about your expertise and preferences and I will put the info into the hands of relevant students and then let you all figure it out from there, (no obligation for either side.)

Fulbright U.S. Student Program mtvU Award

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is designed to give recent B.S/B.A. graduates, master's and doctoral candidates, young professionals and artists opportunities for personal development and international experience. Fulbright offers a variety of opportunities for full grants in research and business and also offers travel grants, English Teaching Assistantships, Critical Language Enhancement Awards and mtvU awards.
 
The Cornell campus application deadline for 2008-2009 is Wednesday, September 19, 2007.
 
Information Session
Wednesday, August 29
4:30 pm
G08 Uris Hall
 
Up to four awards will be available to pursue projects around an aspect of international contemporary or popular music as a cultural force for expression. Preference will be given to creative projects that are conveyed in a dynamic fashion and are accompanied by a feasible plan. In addition to presenting unique projects on music as a global force for mutual understanding, applicants must submit a documentation and outreach plan describing how they intend to share their activities with their peers during their Fulbright year abroad through mtvU print, broadcast and/or online mediums.
 
Applicants are encouraged to consider all aspects of the power of music in developing their proposals. Along with the study of music in a specific cultural context, proposals will be considered in other music-related fields including music and social activism; music in learning; music and the community, and musical performance.

Preference will be given to graduating seniors who meet all host country requirements, including those related to language, affiliation and program start dates. Applications for all countries where there is an active U.S. Fulbright Student Program are encouraged.
 
Applicant must:

• Be a U.S. citizen at the time of application;
• Have a bachelor's degree or equivalent before the start of the grant period;
• Have sufficient proficiency in the host country's language;
• Be in good health. 

Graduating seniors, graduates students, and alumni are all welcome to apply.
http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/funding/fulbright.asp
 
Cornell's participation is administered by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, www.einaudi.cornell.edu.

2007 Inaugural International Competition for Composers

We are very pleased to announce the music+culture 2007 Inaugural International Competition for Composers. The competition this year is for new classical works for solo piano. Composers of all ages and nationalities are invited to submit their works.

Two prizes will be awarded:

1. A grand prize winner will receive $250 USD, a professional recording of their work by American pianist Brian Hanke and worldwide distribution of the recording on iTunes.

2. An honorable mention will receive a certificate of recognition.

For more information about the competition, including complete rules and submission guidelines, visit music+culture online at www.musicandculture.org/competition/.

 

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to write to us at info@musicandculture.org.

With best wishes,

music+culture

Cornell Productions sound and light crew

Cornell Productions is looking for hard-working people to join our crew.  We are a student-run sound and lighting company serving the Cornell community.  While experience is not necessary, some knowledge of audio systems or stage lighting systems is helpful.  This is a paying position, and hours are flexible: you volunteer to work when you're available.  For more information, contact Peter at:

pwk9@cornell.edu.

From Cornell artists Mark Pearson (mtp32)

I am a student in the art department and am working on a project that is investigating the interconnections between visual art and music, specifically visual representations of music.

The first part of the project involved creating a graphical system for transcribing music and then making a drawing that transcribed a specific piece.

To continue with the project, I would like to find some musicians who would be willing to use my drawing as a score, and who would reinterpret the piece without any knowledge of what song it  actually is or how it originally sounds. The reason for doing this is to see how different the final piece would turn out when being interpreted by musicians who will have specific directions, but not ones that they are familiar with, such as standard notation.

I am attaching a file to this that is a scanned image of the drawing so you can have a better idea of what I'm talking about.  Please e-mail me back if you find this idea interesting in order to discuss more specific ideas and logistics.

Job Announcement: Media Coordinator (Steeprock Media, Inc.)

Company:  Steeprock Media, Inc.
Job Title: Media Coordinator

Description: Job Responsibility Summary:

• Digitally edit and process audio in preparation for use in proprietary software system.
• Incorporate media content in web-based CMS.
• Create and adapt related metadata for entry into MySQL database.
• Manage database contacts via web-based CRM.
• Correspond with customers and content providers via phone and email campaigns.
• Perform clerical work and minor administrative and business details as requested.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of music and media production industries.
• Knowledge of digital music recording and processing techniques.
• Knowledge of modern office procedures and methods, including Customer Resource Management systems. (CRM)
• Knowledge of modern business communication, including style and format of letters, memoranda, and reports.
• Knowledge of Linux (Debian) operating system preferred but not required. (see special requirements)
• Ability to establish priorities, work independently, and proceed with objectives without supervision.
• Ability to handle and resolve recurring problems.

Credentials and Experience:

Bachelor's degree with courses in music, music business, or recording arts, two years related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Special Requirements:

All Steeprock Media software is written to function exclusively within a GNU/Linux environment. Applicant should at least be *nix aware.
Applicant must be willing to work occasional overtime and weekends as requested by supervisor.

Steeprock Media, Inc. is a small start-up (<10) with regular contract employees located in Philadelphia and throughout the world. Learn more about Steeprock Media online at www.steeprockmedia.com. Email resume, cover letter, and salary requirements to info@steeprockmedia.com.