This afternoon, during our Young Falcons Academy week, where students from Fitchburg and Leominster public middle schools partake in a week full of activities on campus, the Young Falcons were lead by Asst. Professor Jonathan Harvey in the Fitchburg State University Alma Mater, accompanied by the Fitchburg State University Chamber Choir. The choir were asked if they would do an impromptu performance and obliged with a rendition of a spiritual called "Hush! Somebody's Callin' My Name."
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This past semester, Humanities Professor
Amy
McGlothlin assisted senior Ryan Gallagher with an independent study for his Music Theory and Composition minor.
According to McGlothlin, "The project was an album release. Ryan has released several individual songs over the past few years, but never an entire album. We worked on the concept for his album, which songs belonged on it, and which ones he should save for the next project. Then we picked a release date for the album. Ryan worked on mixing and mastering his music using skills he learned in my Introduction to Music Technology courses, as well as on his own. He created his own merchandise, and worked on getting his music into the distribution pipeline for the release date. He organized people to help him with the show, including people to run the merchandise table where he sold T-shirts with his logo on them, arranging for catering to bring pizza for anyone who attended and arranging for someone to record the show on video. He designed the poster, and did the advertising. We met or talked about his project every couple of weeks to be sure he was on track and to give him some ideas. I invited local music producer Young Coff33, who came to the show with his production company and talked to Ryan afterwards, giving him lots of praise for the quality of his work. It was pretty much a full house in the Falcon Hub that night, which goes to show that Ryan did a great job with spreading the word, and also shows what a great group of friends he has that came to support his presentation.
"The show lasted about 45 minutes. Ryan talked about each song before performing it. I assisted with running the sound for his background tracks, all of which he wrote the music for. I'm really proud of Ryan and his work on this project which pulls together a number of skill sets that young musicians must now have to get started on a career."
Here is a link to his album "The Art of Self Defense" by Sly -
https://open.spotify.com/album/37OLXk2t2IyS7SV4sy7sxu?si=dRXcTVvQTDmjCqw6OFXNMQ
Some images provided by social media ambassador,
Armando Libier.
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Students in Amy McGlothlin's Intro to Music Technology course get an overview of music and technology. The course focuses on acoustics, hardware operation, music theory, notation, and composition skills through instructional software and on creating, recording, and editing sounds with digital audio applications. Learn more about our music programs here.
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What is your educational background?
- I attended Marshall University in West Virginia for my undergraduate degree. I have a BFA in Music Performance. After moving to New England, I attended the Longy School of Music where I received my Master’s degree in Saxophone Performance and then Boston University where I completed my DMA in Woodwind Performance.
How long have you been teaching at Fitchburg State University?
- I began teaching at Fitchburg State in 2018
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What is your educational background?
- At Southern Methodist University, I majored in violin & viola performance and psychology, and earned a master’s degree in experimental psychology. I earned a PhD in cognitive psychology from UMass Amherst.
How long have you been teaching at Fitchburg State University?
- In 1999, I started teaching classes as an adjunct instructor, and in 2006 I began a tenure track position in the psychological science department.
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What is your educational background?
- My Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees are from the New England Conservatory of Music in piano performance. After teaching at the Walnut Hill School for Performing Arts and the Saint Mark’s School, I decided to return to school myself and earned a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in music education from Boston University.
How long have you been teaching at Fitchburg State University?
- I have been teaching at Fitchburg State University since 1986; first as an adjunct professor and then as a full time professor in 1989. I have taught courses in music history and music theory as well as interdisciplinary courses and applied instruction in piano and voice.
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What is your educational background?
- I got my bachelor’s in Music and Philosophy from a small Quaker-affiliated liberal arts school, called Earlham College. I then went straight into a master’s program in Choral Conducting at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. Then, after working for several years in Massachusetts, directing college choirs, community choirs, children’s choirs, and working in public radio, I went back to school to get my doctorate in Conducting at the University of Connecticut.
How long have you been teaching at Fitchburg State University?
- I’ve been teaching at Fitchburg State since Fall 2016 - it seems like yesterday, and also so long ago!
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Mark St. Laurent gives a lesson in voice as part of our Community Music Program this afternoon in the Band Room of our Conlon Fine Arts Center. The Community Music Program offers year-round programs (individual & group lessons, cello choir, chamber music fest) to the public.
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