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Module Code - Title:

MD4113 - PERFORMING ARTS TECHNOLOGY

Year Last Offered:

2025/6

Hours Per Week:

Lecture

1

Lab

2

Tutorial

1

Other

0

Private

6

Credits

6

Grading Type:

N

Prerequisite Modules:

Rationale and Purpose of the Module:

This module will introduce students to professional audio and visual technologies relevant to performers in their field. The professional world around performance practice, performance education, media and other career paths open to students on this programme will be explored. Students will use such technologies in professional contexts generating project work out of the day-to-day life of the Academy, recording concerts, providing technical support to a wide range of performances and generating media appropriate to the world of performing arts.

Syllabus:

Students in this module will learn practical technological applications relevant to their performance practice. Students will learn to use and manipulate PAs and lighting rigs, led by professionals in the field and applied in real-world situations. Students will also be introduced to media generating software such as Final-Cut Pro and Logic to produce high level audio and video outputs.

Learning Outcomes:

Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)

Identify processes of music and video production Recognise terminologies related to media technology in an arts context Construct environments for sound reinforcement Manipulate raw data to create media objects for a variety of professional contexts

Affective (Attitudes and Values)

Question the role of technology in the development of arts practice aesthetics. Demonstrate an appreciation of numerous approaches to the creation of artistic media objects.

Psychomotor (Physical Skills)

Assemble technical environments from state-of-the-art commercial applications and hardware for media production

How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:

This module will be delivered by faculty and professional in the field of media production and technological aspects of performance in lecture, laboratory, tutorial and real-life performance contexts. Students will work in collaborative contexts to creatively support real life performance situations and directed to act in a responsible fashion in the support of artistic practices. Students will be encouraged to work proactively and develop articulate terminologies that will be essential to the application, development and mediation of their own arts practices in their professional lives.

Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):

Prime Texts:

Boyce, Teddy (2014) Introduction to Live Sound Reinforcement - The Science, the Art, and the Practice , FriesenPress
Nahmani, David (2015) Apple Pro Training Series: Logic Pro X 10.1: Professional Music Production , Peachpit Press
Fraser, Neil (1993) Lighting and Sound (Theatre Manual) , Phaidon Press
Senior, Mike (2011) Mixing Secrets For The Small Studio , Focal Press

Other Relevant Texts:

Pilbrow, Richard (2008) Stage Lighting Design: The Art, the Craft, the Life , Design Pr
Young, Rick (2014) The Focal Easy Guide to Final Cut Pro X , Focal Press
Davies, Gary & Jones, Ralph (1988) The Sound Reinforcement Handbook , Yamaha
Bobby Owsinski (2013) The Mixing Engineer's Handbook , Cengage Learning

Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:

Semester(s) Module is Offered:

Autumn

Module Leader:

stephen.tj.ryan@ul.ie