3 Young Sound Seekers lesson plans
July 25th, 2024Announcing the release of three brand-new lesson plans that I co-authored, available now on the National Park Service website.
UniDescription brochure for Canaveral
June 25th, 2024What is an audio-described brochure? It’s a brochure you can listen to, offering not just the text but also interpretations of visual elements like maps and photos. UniDescription is a platform and app that provides these audio-described brochures across the National Park Service, making the experience of visiting these parks more accessible for blind visitors. […]
Canaveral sound pack
May 27th, 2024I’m excited to share the release of a new sound pack on Freesound.org, featuring the unique and captivating sounds of the Canaveral National Seashore. This collection was assembled with the help of my field recording students at Stetson University. Our sound pack captures the essence of this special coastal landscape, offering a diverse range of […]
Peer remix in Electronic Music
December 10th, 2023For the last two years, I have been part of Stetson’s Quality Enhancement Plan through my Electronic Music (DIGA 365) course. Our QEP is focussed on information literacy and teaching students to gather credible information from dependable sources. At first glance, it seems like a strange learning goal for a course emphasizing the production of […]
Final sound design projects
May 8th, 2023Each Spring semester, I give my students in DIGA 366 time at the end of the term to develop advanced creative projects. Because of our work together on the WFAE conference, they only had four weeks to pull these off. The results are still impressive! There were some live performance for Ableton Push, original sound […]
Young Sound Seekers Audio Camp
June 25th, 2022There have been many highlights recently for my continuing community engagement project Young Sound Seekers. Arguably at the top of that list was a week-long summer camp that we developed and delivered in June 2022. The camp was a partnership with Atlantic Center for the Arts and Stetson’s office of Continuing Education and Outreach, and funded entirely […]
Final sound design projects
May 6th, 2022In DIGA 366, I gave my students six weeks at the end of the term to develop advanced creative projects. There were a range of options, but only three requirements: reach for 4-6 minutes duration apply learning from the overall course sequence (DIGA 365 & 366) demonstrate improved skill with hardware or software tools The […]
Robot sound design
November 27th, 2021In DIGA 365, I asked students to create an original sound design for a robot at the 1939 New York World’s Fair.
Young Sound Seekers
November 15th, 2020Young Sound Seekers is a new community outreach program that creates opportunities for blind and partially-sighted youth to learn about natural soundscapes and audio field recording.
DIGAHERTZ 3
June 8th, 2019My students in DIGA 366 put together the third edition of DIGAHERTZ, a concert to showcase their electronic music projects. This year, I had more students interested in sound design, so the program reflects that. The first half featured original sound designs for examples from music videos, anime, Cartoon Network, and classic animation. The second […]
