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Today’s multi‑billion dollar music business and entertainment industry is hotter than ever!
With more record labels, distributors, retailers, publishers, arts organizations, and product manufacturers actively promoting the sale and use of music, a greater number of competent, highly‑skilled executives are needed to staff positions that meet the growing demands of the industry.
One program that provides the solid foundation you need to be successful in this industry is the Frost School’s Music Business and Entertainment Industries program. This landmark program – the first of its kind in the country to offer a professionally accredited degree in Music Industry – prepares you to work in all areas of the music business and entertainment industries, including, among others: |
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Publishing, distribution and retailing of sheet
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music, music books, and magazines; |
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Production, distribution, and sales of recorded |
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music in all forms of disc and tape; |
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Teaching of music in a variety of school/studio |
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settings; |
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Performance industry; |
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Music instrument industry; |
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Promotion of commercial and noncommercial |
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music; and |
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Arts/music management. |
As a Music Business and Entertainment Industries major, you’ll take courses in general academics, music business, and general business. You’ll benefit from industry guest speakers who frequently join faculty specialists to provide instruction in current industry developments. You’ll learn from career‑oriented projects, incorporated throughout the curriculum, that expose you to a variety of professional situations. You’ll have the opportunity to gain practical experience at ‘Cane Records, a student-run record label that has all the components of a major record company, and learn more about the industry through the Music and Entertainment Industry Students Association (MEISA), which publishes a monthly newsletter and hosts special panels dealing with various aspects of the industry.
And like all music majors, each semester you will be expected to continue to study your principal instrument or voice, and perform in ensembles.
In your last year of the program, you may focus on the record industry or arts management. All Music Business and Entertainment Industries majors earn a minor in business administration, and have the option of earning a second minor in the following areas in the School of Business: computer information systems, management, and marketing and finance.
During the final semester of your senior year, you may wish to participate in an internship in a music firm. Cooperating firms include music publishers, record manufacturers and distributors, retail and wholesale music stores, and artist managers. Students not selecting the internship complete an additional semester of coursework to satisfy the requirements for graduation. |
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The Frost School is known for having pioneered academic programs in Music Engineering Technology. This highly innovative, successful program is designed to prepare students for careers in audio engineering, music recording, audio equipment design, sound reinforcement, broadcasting, audio sales, or studio design.
It’s exciting, rewarding, and in high-demand! Graduates from this program have traditionally enjoyed a very high placement rate, obtaining positions with a veritable “who’s who” in the audio industry: |
Alesis |
Motorola |
Analog Devices |
National Semiconductor |
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NBC Broadcasting |
Brentwood Records |
New England Digital |
CBS News |
New River Studio |
Cherokee Studios |
Norwegian Broadcasting Company |
Clinton Studios |
Paisley Park |
Columbia University Criteria Studios |
Paramount Studios |
Delro |
Polk Audio |
Denon America |
Polygram |
Dolby Labs |
Radio Caracas |
Doppler Studios |
Real Networks |
Disney Productions |
Roland |
Dorian Records |
Shure |
Ecole de Technologie Musicale |
Sony America |
Editel‑Chicago |
Sony Italy |
EFX Systems |
Stereo Review Magazine |
Federal Bureau of Investigation |
Stirling Sound |
General Motors |
Sunset Sound |
Hewlett‑Packard |
3M |
Jaffe Acoustics |
Universal Studios |
JBL/UREI Klark‑Teknik |
Vanguard Recording Society |
Middle Ear/Bee Gees |
Yamaha R&D Studio. |
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Some graduates enjoy the distinction of having served as engineers for gold, platinum, and Grammy Award‑winning albums.
Completion of the four‑year undergraduate program leads to a Bachelor of Music degree with a double major in computer science or a Bachelor of Science degree with a minor in electrical engineering. By combining studies in the Frost School of Music with courses in the College of Engineering and the Computer Science department, graduates become proficient audio engineers as well as accomplished musicians.
Music engineering students are expected to demonstrate expertise in four principal areas: music, audio engineering, computer science, and electrical engineering. Music skills are gained in courses such as music theory, arranging, music history and literature, and instrumental or voice study. Studio classes emphasize audio theory, digital audio, digital sound processing theory and applications, acoustics and studio design, microphone and mixing techniques, sound synthesis, and video production. Courses in electrical engineering include circuit theory, electronics, and digital design. Computer science courses include Java, C/C + +, computer systems, data structures, and algorithm analysis.
The School maintains state-of-the-art recording studios that enable you to practice various recording applications, from scoring and recital recording, to private recording sessions. You’ll also appreciate the availability of a variety of high-quality recording, synthesis, and computer hardware. Many students choose to enroll in an internship for experience in professional environments.
Admission to the program is in the fall semester only and is highly competitive. Students must successfully complete a music audition and demonstrate competitive SAT/ACT scores. Freshmen are expected to enroll in calculus, which carries prerequisites of trigonometry and analytic geometry. For transfer students, completion of college-level calculus is desirable.
Please visit the
Music Engineering website
for more information.
Optional Portfolio requirements:
Please upload an excerpt of your creative work in music
engineering technology to a public file sharing service so
that we may consider it with the rest of your application.
Submit the url with your application materials or email the
url to kmkerr@miami.edu.
Upload for public display ONE (1) of the following:
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Up to 3 minutes of audio and/or visual material (in .mov,
.wmv, .wav, or .mp3 format)
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Up to 10 digital pictures (in .jpg or .gif format)
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Up to 4 pages of publication quality writing (in .pdf
format)
The material should document ONE OR MORE of the following
skills:
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Your live or studio performance skills
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Your experience with live or studio recording
engineering and music production / AV techniques
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Your skill with electronics, computer
science/programming, and/or science and mathematics as
it relates to sound and music
Please do not include any portfolio materials with your
application, as we will only consider publicly downloadable
web-based materials. Note that the University of Miami does
not provide computer/server space to hold these examples.
Students will be expected to audition live notwithstanding
submission of these additional materials. We also reserve
the right to use your material for publicity purposes.
Department Chair:
James Progris
jp@miami.edu
305-284-2161, ext. 7605
Program Directors:
Music Business & Entertainment Industries
Reynaldo Sanchez
Music Engineering
Corey Cheng |
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Click on the programs below for complete course requirements.
Bachelor of Music in Music Business and Entertainment Industries
Bachelor of Music in Music Engineering Technology
Bachelor of Science in Music Engineering Technology |
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