Commerical Music - Electronic Music + Guitar

The Electronic Music Program at Ruth Asawa School of the Arts is a four-year, project-based course where students learn to compose, produce and perform original music using industry-standard tools and techniques. Through hands-on work in digital music production, students explore beat-making, arranging, sound design, recording, mixing, scoring for media and immersive spatial audio. The course focuses not only on electronic production and composition, but provides foundational audio engineering skills. The program emphasizes technical fluency, critical listening and the development of an individual artistic voice, encouraging students to build both creative confidence and professional-level production skills. 

This program is designed for students who are excited to explore music through technology and develop broader musical sensibilities as both attentive listeners and adventurous creators. Applicants should have some prior experience creating music in any style, but most important is curiosity, dedication and a willingness to experiment, collaborate and grow.

Instruments and software include:

iMac
Ableton Live
Akai MPC
Akai MPK Controllers
Tascam Model 12 Mixer
Microphones
18.1 Multi-speaker System & Spatial Controller
Drum Machines
Samplers
Synthesizers