visitors to this site	A word of welcome from Mr. B! Thanks for visiting our site. My name is Robert W Bruning, and I have the distinct pleasure of teaching Music Technology and Electronic Instrumental Ensemble classes at the Alexander Hamilton Academy of Music. As a magnet high school program in the Los Angeles Unified School District, the Academy has attracted many bright, talented, and motivated students. The EM courses at the Academy of Music include Beginning and Advanced levels, known in the course catalog as "Music Technology" and "Electronic Instrumental Ensemble." Music Technology provides basic historical background and first hands-on experiences with the physics of sound, audio equipment, electric and electronic musical instruments, synthesizers, analog recording, computers, MIDI sequencing, and digital audio. As such, this 2-semester course fulfills all 10 of the California technology requirements for high school graduation. Entrance into this course is contingent upon Piano Level 1 proficiency as demonstrated in placement audition and interview. Electronic Instrumental Ensemble, a course which may be taken repeatedly for music performance credit, is a music production and recording lab. Much of the class discussion is on the aesthetics of music as it is created, recorded, and reproduced by electronic means. Many aspiring composers who have taken this course have used our facilities in the production of some truly amazing CDs. A grade of "C" or better in Music Technology is a requirement for enrollment into Electronic Instrumental Ensemble. The two courses may NOT be taken concurrently. Hamilton Academy students who are interested in taking both courses and who might decide to repeat the Ensemble class should consider enrolling in the Electronic Music Major program. This web site was first constructed in the summer of 1999 and was meant to be a home to images and music from the 1998-99 school year. Regrettably, there has been insufficient time, server space, or human resources to update the site with more student work every year. The latest musical additions to the site are from the 2001-2002 school year. Many fine pieces by terrific students from the interrum years of 1999-2000-2001 may still someday be archived here but, for now, they are simply displaced. Nevertheless, over the last few years this site has grown in size and usefulness as a repository of much of the information and handouts used in class: Music Technology (Beginning Level) Course Description Music Technology 2003-04 Agenda Electronic Instrumental Ensemble (Advanced Level) Course Description 2003-04 EIE 2003-04 Agenda This class' participation in "The Laramie Project," as it is described for a California State University teaching credential course EIE Project Submission Form: Excel version HTML version     Links to other Electronic Music resources     Music Technology Writing Assignments from "Sound,Synthesis, and Sampling" Assignment A by Martin Russ Assignment B Assignment C Assignment D Assignment E Assignment F Assignment G Assignment H Assignment I If you have any questions or comments, please let me know.