Our Program
Write and record your own music. Learn on-site and studio recording skills and how to build an effective home digital recording studio. Continue to develop your skills as a singer or an instrumentalist. Learn basic digital manipulation and editing techniques through synthesis, signal processing, software-based systems, and interactive computer music. Explore acoustics, perception, basic electronics, invention, trends, aesthetics, and the history of electro-acoustic music. Take advantage of our internship and partnership opportunities to gain real-world experience. Learn aspects of the music business including intellectual property, copyright, and artist contract laws.
Effective competition in the music fields of today and tomorrow requires strong musical skills linked with ability and artistry in the use of electronic media. Our program combines courses in music technology as well as courses that develop the whole musician such as aural skills, music theory, music history, jazz and world music, and singing and/or playing an instrument.
Entrance Requirements
To be accepted into the Music Technology program at Bellarmine University here's what you need to do:
- Be admitted by Bellarmine University.
- Schedule a Music Department visit for an interview with the Music Technology program director. This visit can coincide with a full-day agenda that includes a campus tour, sitting in on a class, and meeting with the Office of Admission and the Financial Aid Office. There is also an overnight visit option. We want to get to know you as much as you should get to know us.
- If available, a music portfolio demonstrating your work in music technology thus far. This can be music you've written and recorded by yourself or with your peers.
These requirements are designed to allow the Music Technology faculty members an opportunity to assess your musical skills and background so that we may better advise you to the most suitable courses upon entry to the Music department.
Additional Requirements
As a Bellarmine Music Technology major, you will also need the following:
Freshman Year: A MacBook or MacBook Pro, a MIDI Controller, and a set of studio headphones. This is to be purchased before the fall semester begins. For the second semester, you will need to purchase the most recent version of Logic Pro.
Sophomore Year: You will need to purchase the most recent version of Ableton Live.
Junior Year: The most recent version of Finale Notation software is suggested and mandatory for students in the Theory/Composition track. This is to be purchased before the fall semester begins. You will also need to purchase the assigned textbook for Music Technology V.
Senior Year: Nothing to buy, hooray!
What music courses will you take?
Click here to see the Music Technology degree course requirements.
Our Graduates
Graduates of the program have completed graduate degrees at the University of Maryland, NYU, the Savannah College of Art and Design, and Minnesota State University in fields including Film and Video, Sound Design, Computer Animation, Music, and Music Technology. Others have gone on to careers in studio recording and engineering and as successful freelance musicians and composers living and working in Louisville, New York City, Pittsburgh, Nashville, and in Los Angeles working in Hollywood and for Disney.