About Music Technology

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC TECHNOLOGY

Today, music technologies encompass fields such as audio engineering, music production, music information retrieval application design, sound interaction, sonic arts and musical acoustics. The ability to produce auditory media, one of the most essential components of continuously evolving media channels, on a scientific foundation is becoming increasingly important.

MISSION AND VISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC TECHNOLOGY

The Department of Music Technology at the Bahçeşehir University Conservatory structures its education around the stages of music production (recording, sound editing, mixing and mastering) and aims to educate graduates who have embraced the principles of sound physics and audio processing from both theoretical and practical perspectives. By combining foundational training with electives in the areas students wish to specialize in, the program aims to enable students to evaluate sound technologies according to both musical and engineering criteria and to develop projects.

The Undergraduate Program in Music Technology aims to teach its graduates the stages of music production; the working systems of recording, mixing, mastering and post-production studios; and the principles and techniques of sound physics and audio processing, together with their applications in current digital and analog systems. It aims to equip graduates with advanced proficiency in the software tools used in the field; the vision and competence to develop projects in areas such as sound-based interaction design, digital instrument design, sonic arts application and design, music information retrieval application design, spatial audio mixing and musical acoustics; and the ability to follow constantly evolving music and audio transmission media and deliver production applications under appropriate conditions.

Students who successfully complete the Department of Music Technology may work in fields such as music, live sound systems, musical application design, sound design for visual media and musical acoustics. The live sound systems sector offers positions in sound engineering and live recording engineering for concerts and performances. As research topics in music technology expand, sectors such as interaction- and education-based musical application design are developing and offering new fields of work and opportunities.