Spring 2027 Courses in Music & Technology

Posted by on Oct 19, 2026
Spring 2027 Courses in Music & Technology

A mixture of courses from the Composition, Music Theater, and Experimental Music & Digital Media programs, LSU has a wide offering of Music & Technology Courses available in Spring 2027.

MUS 2700 – Introduction to Music Technology 

Taught by: Dr. Jesse Allison

Exploration of the intersections in Technology and Music with labs focusing on practical technologies that are necessary for 21st century musicians. Open to all levels including Digital Media Minor students.

  • Web Sites
  • Music Notation
  • Composing with Technology
  • Recording, Editing and Publishing Music
  • Video & Social Media

Spring 2027 M/W Lecture 830-920 SOM115, Lab Sections: W 330-520, Th 1030-1220, 1230-220 in MDA248

MUS 2745 – Intro to Computer Music 

Taught by: GTA Jinxin Fu

  • Ableton Live
  • Recording/Editing, composing, sound design
  • Culminates in a concert of works at the Really, Really New Music Marathon.

Open to all levels of Music students including Digital Media Minor students

Spring 2027  MWF 1030-1120 MDA 248

THTR 3530 – Intro to Sound Technology

Taught by: Tyler Kieffer

Introduction to the fundamentals and operational principles of the technical processes involved in theatrical sound. The physical properties of sound, audio terminology, and understanding the proper use of sound equipment will be covered.

  • The course is a combination of synchronous lectures and hands on sessions with the equipment
  • Introductions to the physics of sound, microphones, cables, consoles, amplifiers, and speakers will be covered. 
  • One project will be created using the DAW Logic Pro

Open to theatre and music students.

Spring 2027 – T/TH 1030-11:50 MDA 181

THTR 4530 – Intro to Sound Design

Taught by: Tyler Kieffer

This course will introduce the different processes that sound designers utilize to craft stories and create worlds with sound. Projects assigned throughout the semester will reflect lectures on different aspects of the aural discipline.

  • Course is project driven, usually completed in Logic Pro or Ableton Live
  • Semester culminates in the creation of a ten minute radio play utilizing techniques learned throughout the course

Open to theatre and music students.

Spring 2027 – T/TH  1:30-2:50am MDA 314

MUS 4733: Advanced Orchestration

Taught by: Dr. Brian Nabors
Required for all MM and PhD composition majors, highly recommended for minors

This course explores advanced orchestration techniques while developing a
comprehensive understanding of the orchestra and wind ensemble through direct
observation, score study, and guided practice. Emphasis is placed on the practical
application of orchestration principles, arranging, orchestral score and part preparation,
score analysis, notation and engraving. Students will develop the technical knowledge
and practical skills necessary to produce clear, accurate, and professionally prepared
musical scores and parts.

Spring 2027 – T/Th 1030-1150, MDA 221

MUS 7703: Contemporary Musical Practice

Taught by: Dr. Stephen Beck
Required for all MM and PhD composition majors, highly recommended for minors

This graduate seminar examines the compositional techniques, aesthetic approaches,
and musical innovations of composers from the late twentieth and early twenty-first
centuries. Through the study and analysis of a diverse body of repertoire, students will
explore a broad range of compositional practices, including minimalism, total serialism,
chance and aleatoric music, music informed by non-Western traditions, and technology-
mediated composition. Emphasis is placed on understanding the compositional tools,
cultural contexts of these approaches, as well as developing critical perspectives on
contemporary compositional thought and practice.

Spring 2027 – T/Th, 12-120, MDA 221

MUS 7745: Advanced Computer Music

Taught by: Dr. Christopher Trapani
Survey and Techniques of Spectral Music

Spring 2027 MUS 7745 will be a seminar devoted to the study of Spectral Music, from ca. 1975 to today. We’ll examine the tools and techniques behind it, and we’ll spend the semester acquainting ourselves with and analyzing the repertoire. It will be considerably less tech-oriented than the course title suggests, and is meant to be accessible to composers, theorists, and musicologists. Please feel free to ask questions, and to recommend to students at all levels.

Spring 2027 – T 330-620 in MDA 273

MUS 3153/7053 – Applied Electroacoustic Music

Taught by: Dr. Allison (MUS3153), Dr. Trapani and Dr. Beck

  • Define and compose works incorporating -or creating- technology. (Essentially composition on electricity)
  • Pre-requisite: MUS 2745 (or by permission of instructor)
  • Culminates in a performance of the work you created at the Really, Really New Music Marathon.
  • Open to EMDM and Composition students and others by approval

Spring 2027 – Monday 430 in MDA 248 + and group/individual weekly sessions by appointment