The New Jersey TI:ME Tech Expo:
First In The Nation by
Marjorie LoPresti East Brunswick HS
marjorielopresti@gmail.com
VJ Manzo
Worcester Polytechnic Inst.
vj@vjmanzo.com
Rick Dammers Rowan University
dammers@rowan.edu
ship struck upon a new idea: to shift the chapter’s focus from teachers to students. While the chapter has continued to part- ner with NJMEA to provide technology in-service support at both the February conference and August in-service, the pri- mary chapter event has become the Stu- dent Music Tech Expo. Following the suc- cessful opening acts of the 2011 and 2012 Expos, the 3rd
D Annual New Jersey Music
Tech Expo will be held on May 17, 2013. The Music Tech Expo is a science fair
style event, focused upon student works. The day also includes guest presenters, a performance showcase for electronic mu- sic ensembles, and hands-on music tech- nology playgrounds. While the festival is adjudicated, the primary focus of the event is sharing and celebrating students’ creative work in a supportive environ- ment. The development of this type of event represents a maturing step for the technology-based music class movement, as we seek to support student work, much as we do for student in performing en- sembles through festivals and honor en- sembles. The extensive participation in New Jersey each year, as well as the de- velopment of events in other states based upon the New Jersey model, demonstrates the need for this style of event. One major thrust of the event was
to allow students to showcase their indi- vidual creative efforts and receive critical feedback regarding their submissions. Five categories were created for student
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uring a discussion at the 2009 NJ TI:ME in-service, the NJ TI:ME member-
submissions that were received through the NJ TI:ME online portal a few weeks before the event. When the submission time concluded, professional musicians and educators from NJ served as adjudi- cators by logging into the site and provid- ing individual feedback for each project submission which involved, in most cases, listening to audio recordings, or viewing videos. The projects received numerical grading and comments within several categories including Creativity and Crafts- manship. They were then ranked accord- ing to the grades, and award certificates were created for the top three creative works in each category. The project cat- egories and criteria for submission were:
1-Original Composition Original compositions were created using technology including works for tra- ditional and/or electronic instruments. Compositions prominently illustrated creative use of technology. Projects incor- porating use of prerecorded loops were not considered in this category.
2-Covers, Remixes & Loop-Based Projects
This category included arrangements/
recordings of pre-existing songs, song samples, and projects incorporating a combination of original material and prerecorded loops. Projects demonstrated originality in musical choices and creative use of technology.
3-Multimedia Works in this category demonstrated
the convergence of music with more than one discipline. This may have included art/photography, video, broadcast jour- nalism, digital storytelling and so on. Works did not need be original compo- sitions, but should have reflected creative use of technology.
4-Applied Technology The projects were distinctive proj-
ects that utilize technology for a specific purpose. Works may have included the creation of new electronic musical in- struments, interactive music systems, software projects to aid in composition, performance, and music instruction, and more. Projects were asked to be self-con- tained for a simple demonstration within the showcase.
5-Production/Engineering Students entering this category dem- onstrated their skills in production or engineering created within a digital au- dio workstation (DAW). This category was adjudicated on-site during the expo with students being provided prerecorded stems from a recording that they were asked to create, mix and engineer into a finished creative work. Individuals and teams of up to 4 students were permitted to enter this category. As a result of the project submissions, an integral component of the tech expo was to showcase these works in a gallery of sorts. As students arrived at Montclair State University (MSU) on the day of the
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