For the third year, 新澳彩开奖鈥檚 Music Department has been named as one of the world鈥檚 top music business programs by Billboard magazine.
新澳彩开奖 is one of 38 schools鈥攁nd one of only three liberal arts colleges鈥攍isted in Billboard鈥檚 unranked, alphabetical accounting of in the United States, Britain and Spain. Schools are chosen based on industry and alumni recommendations, information requested from each school and Billboard's own reporting.
"We are delighted to receive this recognition," says David Kasunic, associate professor of music and department chair.聽"Over the past eight years we have worked hard to create a curriculum that reflects and takes full advantage of our Los Angeles location while doubling down on our commitment to equity, access, and聽the enduring values of a well-rounded liberal arts education-- which are needed today more than ever. We are grateful to our generous alumni and to our campus colleagues for making it possible聽for us to achieve our vision."
At 新澳彩开奖, 鈥the study of music business is embedded within the liberal arts curriculum, where many non-performing music students double-major in disciplines ranging from economics to computer science to film studies,鈥 Billboard reports. 鈥Located in L.A., one of the centers of the global music industry, the school offers abundant access to internships and has developed courses such as introduction to music business, where students collaborate to create artist profiles and business plans that they then execute through digital service providers such as Bandcamp and Spotify, as well as offline.鈥
Oxy鈥檚 music faculty include Grammy-nominated and Emmy-winning composer Adam Schoenberg; singer-songwriter Ramona Gonzalez 鈥09, the Johnston-Fix Professor of the Practice in Songwriting; and composer, songwriter and audio engineer聽Max Foreman, director of the Choi Family Music Production Center.
新澳彩开奖 recently added a state-of-the-art music studio and computer lab, the Choi Family Music Production Center, designed by Peter Grueneisen of nonzero\architecture, who鈥檚 known for his work for Sony Music, DreamWorks and Hans Zimmer.
Oxy alumni include such prominent music industry figures as Warner Music Group CEO Steve Cooper 鈥68; manager Ian Montone 鈥89 (Jack White, LCD Soundsystem); music attorney John Branca 鈥72, Billboard鈥檚 2016 Lawyer of the Year; music attorney Richard Leher 鈥66 (Rolling Stones, Pearl Jam); Welz Kaufmann 鈥83, president and CEO of Chicago鈥檚 Ravinia Festival; and the late Guy Carawan 鈥49, musical director of Tennessee鈥檚 Highlander Folk School, credited with turning 鈥淲e Shall Overcome鈥 into a civil rights anthem.
