Bridging the Gap Between Art and Science Education Through Teaching Electronic Musical Instrument Design

Paul D. Lehrman, and Todd M. Ryan

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

Electronic Musical Instrument Design is an excellent vehiclefor bringing students from multiple disciplines together towork on projects, and help bridge the perennial gap betweenthe arts and the sciences. This paper describes how at TuftsUniversity, a school with no music technology program,students from the engineering (electrical, mechanical, andcomputer), music, performing arts, and visual arts areas usetheir complementary skills, and teach each other, to developnew devices and systems for music performance and control.

Citation:

Paul D. Lehrman, and Todd M. Ryan. 2005. Bridging the Gap Between Art and Science Education Through Teaching Electronic Musical Instrument Design. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176768

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Lehrman2005,
 abstract = {Electronic Musical Instrument Design is an excellent vehiclefor bringing students from multiple disciplines together towork on projects, and help bridge the perennial gap betweenthe arts and the sciences. This paper describes how at TuftsUniversity, a school with no music technology program,students from the engineering (electrical, mechanical, andcomputer), music, performing arts, and visual arts areas usetheir complementary skills, and teach each other, to developnew devices and systems for music performance and control.},
 address = {Vancouver, BC, Canada},
 author = {Lehrman, Paul D. and Ryan, Todd M.},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176768},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Science education, music education, engineering, electronic music, gesture controllers, MIDI. },
 pages = {136--139},
 title = {Bridging the Gap Between Art and Science Education Through Teaching Electronic Musical Instrument Design},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2005/nime2005_136.pdf},
 year = {2005}
}