Resources for Computer Musicians

The following resources have been identified by Hampshire students, staff, faculty and alums and compiled at the Career Options Resource Center. This is one of several Resource Guides geared towards students in popular concentrations. It is by no means a comprehensive list.

Internship Opportunities
Internships:


 * Recording Studios
 * Sound Editing Companies
 * Film / TV / Radio
 * Music / Performance Venues


 * Music Jobs Database
 * http://www.mymusicjob.com/
 * Online listing of jobs and internships in the music industry.


 * Coolfer
 * http://coolfer.jobamatic.com/a/jbb/find-jobs?jt=64
 * Music Industry site with internships listing.


 * Sony Internship
 * Internships are available in many areas, including: Accounting, MIS, Marketing, A&amp;R, Promotions, Sales, Publicity, Business Affairs, Publishing and Sony Studios. There is a special internship for minority students. If interested, send resume and cover letter to:
 * Sony Music Entertainment Inc / Attention: Intern Program, Recruitment &amp; Placement
 * 550 Madison Ave / New York, NY 10022-3211 Phone: 212-833-7980

Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants

 * New York Foundation for the Arts
 * http://nyfa.org
 * NYFA is the largest provider of grants, services, and information to artists working in all disciplines in the United States.


 * Michigan State University Library
 * http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/3music.htm
 * List of music-related funding.


 * Duke University Music Library
 * http://library.duke.edu/music/research/funding.html
 * List of scholarships, grants, internships, etc.


 * CORC Summer Internship Grant
 * http://corc.hampshire.edu
 * Up to $1,600 for div II/III students on financial aid who will be engaged in an internship that contributes to the cultural and/or social well-being of a community as part of their Div II or Div III work.

Resources for Minority Students

 * Alliance for Minority Participation in Musicology
 * http://www.ams-net.org/ccd/alliance.php
 * Graduate fellowship consortium that is intended to increase the number of minority students who enroll in and complete graduate programs in musicology.


 * The International Alliance for Women in Music
 * http://www.iawm.org
 * Devoted to celebrating the contributions of all female musicians, past, present and future.
 * Made up of a coalition of professional composers, conductors, performers, musicologists, educators, librarians and lovers of music, men as well as women, the IAWM encourages the activities of women in music.


 * Women in Music
 * http://www.womeninmusic.org
 * A professional organization dedicated to supporting, cultivating, and recognizing the talents of women in all areas of the music industry.


 * 200 Scholarships for Minorities
 * http://www.blackexcel.org/100minority.htm
 * Look for Music Scholarships in this extensive List of Minority Scholarships

Graduate School Programs

 * The Art Institute of Chicago – alum, Peter Miller
 * California Institute of the Arts -- alum, Danny Holt (holtdc@yahoo.com)
 * Mills College – alum, Ben Piekut; current graduate students: Kelley Kipperman, Gabby Fluke-Mogul
 * Columbia University – alum, Jason Uechi
 * New York University Arts and Technology Program
 * New York University Film Scoring Program - Ariel Marx, alumn

Hampshire College

 * Dan Warner, dwarner@hampshire.edu, Professor of Music at Hampshire College.
 * Warner decided to become a composer upon discovering Edgard Varese through Frank Zappa. He attended Princeton University, earning an M.F.A. and Ph.D. studying computer music and composition as well as experimental music and improvisation. Warner is interested in "rethinking the relationship between sound and image."

Amherst College

 * Eric Sawyer, ewsawyer@amherst.edu, Professor of Music
 * “The music of Eric Sawyer receives frequent performances on both coasts, including at New York’s Weill and Merkin concert halls and at Tanglewood, as well as in England, France, Germany, and recently in Romania and Bulgaria.” –Washington Post


 * Stephanie Robinson, adjunct assistant professor of music

Mt. Holyoke College

 * Robert Eisenstein, reisenst@mtholyoke.edu, Director
 * Five College Early Music Program
 * Founding member and program director of the Folger Consort and director of the Five College Early Music Program, Robert has a particular interest in the use of computer technology in the service of music and enjoys teaching a course at Mount Holyoke College called Fun with Music and Technology.


 * David Sanford, dsanford@mtholyoke.edu, Associate Professor of Music.
 * David Sanford teaches theory (ear training, class harmony, and advanced seminar), composition, twentieth-century music history, jazz history, music in film, and music of the 1970s.

On Campus

 * VIBE
 * VIBE books student shows at Hampshire. Their page is complete with show announcements, info for volunteers, and links to Hampshire band information.


 * The Yurt
 * http://yurt.hampshire.edu
 * Students can broadcast both recorded and live music at the Yurt Media Center, Hampshire’s radio facility.


 * Alternative Music Collective (AMC)
 * http://www.myspace.com/amccmc
 * The Hampshire College Alternative Music Collective books shows at Hampshire. Their myspace page is complete with show announcements, info for volunteers, and links to the alternative and electronic bands that either have played or want to play at Hampshire, but has not been updated since last year.