The Media-Arts
Institute of Alabama
Programs.
MEDIA-ARTS INSTITUTE
Recording Arts Program
(Syllabus Example)
Location of Program
• Any High School or College in USA
Eligible Students
• Students living in Low Income Communities
Program Duration
• 24 weeks
Hours of Program
• Monday through Thursday - Hrs 3:30- 6:30
Focus of Study
• Recording Arts Industry
• Entertainment Entrepreneurship
Pedagogy
• Project Oriented Learning
Mission
To reverse the high school dropout epidemic in your city by creating an engaging after school career and technical training program that reflects the reality of the changing workplace, local culture and gives disenfranchised students new ways to develop creative ideas, explore career options, build transferable skills, and access multiple paths to success.
Objective
To help local youth become active authors and creators, not simply observers and consumers of music and digital media content. Whether students learning skills in the context of entertainment entrepreneurship, music business best practices, recording arts, music production, event planning, video production, etc., this program promotes collaborations so that students will be able to develop the lifeskills, workforce skills and critical thinking skills needed to make them college and career ready.
Goal
• To provide students with opportunities for practical work experience and to provide exposure to talented local student musicians, bands singers, choirs, songwriters and producers.
• To assist participating students and artists in developing and perfecting the skills needed for business development, music production, marketing, event planning, social networking, digital distribution and ecommerce development.
• To introduce new talent and works of music into the rich musical heritage of the City of Huntsville
A Model For A
STUDENT RUN RECORD COMPANY
Program Snap Shot
The student-run label is first and foremost an after school project, and participation supports the student’s normal course of study. This after school program is designed to appeal to students that have been immersed in music and technology from an early age. This real world recording arts and entrepreneurship development program is a great opportunity for students to learn valuable 21st century skills so they can be competitive in the changing local job market.
The student run music label will be fully functioning and will be operated by students attending Lee High School. Participating students will expand their knowledge of entrepreneurship and the recording industry by signing, recording and marketing local artists through their own record label.
This after school program provides low-income children and teenagers in Huntsville’s NE section of town, (particularly those in Edmonton Heights and surrounding two of Alabama HBCU’s, Alabama A&M University and Drake State Technical College) with the tools to develop the critical communications and creative skills needed in today’s workplace.
Through this program students will be able to identify their personal skills and develop their creative talents while expanding their vision of what they are able to achieve, and as a result increase their personal capacity for leadership and personal success. This label will be the first of its kind and will provide students with the type of learning opportunities not available in Alabama High Schools.
Our Program Tools
Empowering and Inspiring
Music Business Workshops
Event Planning Workshops
Live Events and Productions
Entrepraeneurship Workshops
Youth Mentoring Programs
Films and Documentaries
Student Empowerment Programs
Students can choose to study Music & VideoProducton Entrepreneurial Arts and Internet Project Development and Design.
Students get hands-on experience using 3D graphics and animation software like Adobe CS6, KPT Bryce and Zaxworxs software to create background scenes and Specular Infini-D to create and animate objects.
They learn to use digital video editing software, Adobe Premiere, to shoot and digitize video, edit their videos and import graphics. Also, they are trained to use multimedia-authoring software like Macromedia Sound Edit 16, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator