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From: slimboyfatboyslim slimboyfatboyslim@slimboyfatboyslim.org Date: 22 February 2006 1:56:10 AM PST To: Kenneth Fields ken@ss.pku.edu.cn Subject: Calling for Application: The First Digital Audio Master
program in China From Department of Digital Art and Design at
School of Software, Peking University

Being forward,

http://tiki.ss.pku.edu.cn/tiki-index.php?page=AudioPage

Next Interview date is in July.

The establishment of the Department of Digital Art and Design at
School of Software at Peking University presents an historical
opportunity for the first such formal collaboration of the arts and
sciences in an academic setting. Our new program will provide the
same or higher levels of instructions in the Digital Arts as in
many of the institutions in North America and Europe. With a highly
developed curricula, students in China now have a way of exploring
the use of technologies in Computer Animation, Digital Audio,
Interactive Multimedia and Computer Gaming as well as Special
Topics independently guided by an international academic staff. Our
program will provide a unique circumstance where the deep and rich
cultural background of China can be expressed and brought to the
world in line with current emergent art and technology discourses

The audio program/direction in the Department of Digital Art and
Design will be oriented toward complementing the other professional
directions within the department (animation, games, technical
direction) in our goal toward producing highly qualified experts in
the field. The digital audio program is not oriented toward a music
conservatory competency but will instead work within a technical,
organized sound (sonic art) paradigm.

Three focuses may be developed:

1. Students with a art/music focus will compose concert art and

installation works 2. A professional focus will concentrate on music/sound composition
for film/video/game soundtracks, while attaining professional level
skills in studio based techniques (recording/mixing/mastering) 3. A technical focus within the direction will aim toward
fundamental software research in the field of audio

The two year program will guide the student in phases toward
accomplishment in:

1. professional audio processes and vocabulary; interdisciplinary

media production; development of professional audio applications

2. expertise in the operation and maintenance of a professional

audio production studio

3. audio synthesis and analysis; sound programming

4. advanced recording, mixing and processing techniques; principles

of sound spatialization and filtering; real-time performance
techniques

The main goal of the digital audio program is to guide the student
toward an advanced, competently researched thesis topic in digital
audio.