Music Technology

The Music Technology Center at Juilliard
Edward Bilous, Director

The Music Technology Center at the Juilliard School was created in 1993 to provide students with the opportunity to use digital technology in the creation and performance of new music.  Since then, the program has expanded to include a wide offering of classes such as, Introduction to Music Technology, Music Production, Film Scoring, Computers In Performance and an Independent Study In Composition.

In 2009, the Music Technology Center moved to a new, state of the art facility that includes a Mix and Record suite and a digital “Playroom” for composing and rehearsing with technology.  Together, with the Willson Theater, the Music Technology Center is the home of interdisciplinary and electro-acoustic projects and performances at the Juilliard School.

Facilities

Music Technology Center is a three-room production suite located adjacent to the Willson Black Box Theater.  The cutting edge facility provides students with the opportunity to have hands-on training and experience with industry-standard recording, composing, and performing technologies.  Each room in the Music Technology Center is modular, allowing for creative use of space and technology.

Mix and Record Suite
At the heart of the center is a Euphonix MC Pro workstation that controls a Macintosh computer system loaded with a wide array of software and virtual instruments.  The main control room overlooks a 400-square-foot floating-floor live room, which is equipped with a Yamaha C7 grand piano. Classes in Film Scoring and Music Production are taught in the Mix and Record rooms.  Students enrolled in MTC classes have the opportunity to compose, record and mix their own compositions.

Playroom
The Playroom is an open-space room dedicated to using digital technology in live performance.  This room houses our MIDI and custom-built instruments, a modular and portable surround sound speaker system, and a workbench to develop new technologies.  This room may also be used as a second live room when patched into the Mix Room.

Coming Events

Beyond the Machine 12.1
Edward Bilous, Artistic Director

Presents

Synchroneity

The Music Technology Center and Beyond the Machine Festival were founded to provide students with the opportunity to use technology in the creation and performance of new work and to cultivate collaborations between artists in different disciplines.  Our unofficial credo has been “imagination first”. 

With the centennial of John Cage as a point of departure, Beyond the Machine 12.1 – Synchroneity will join musicians from Europe, Asia and the Mid-East with students at the Juilliard School in four, exciting multimedia performances.  

Performances will take place March 29 through April 1 at 8:00pm. A very limited number of tickets will be available early March.  For more information, email: beyondthemachine@juilliard.edu.