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Year in Review 2015: 音乐

Our Year in Review series features the best of life at 满帆 in 2015, highlighting award-winning grads, 学生工作, 行业的客人, 和更多的.

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For 满帆's music-related degree programs, 2015 was a year full of high-profile grad accomplishments, extraordinary student projects, and exciting on-campus events (many of which were streamed for our online students). Check out a few of this year's highlights below.

  • 3300 +攀爬, an artist development agency led by students in the 音乐行业 degree program, brought its first client – the band 1月可能 – to campus earlier this year. The students provided the band with an electronic press kit, plus a video 为ir single “Young.”
  • 在线 Internet Marketing student (and 音乐行业 grad) Quincy “Q-Dot” Henry reached #17 on the iTunes Hip Hop charts with his self-released album 黑色的金子, which features heavy, thoughtful lyrics about social injustice and African American history.
  • 在今年的 Latin GRAMMY Awards, nine 满帆 alumni were credited on nominated projects. Additionally, 名人堂 inductee 塞巴斯蒂安Krys 和研究生 Andres萨维德拉 were each nominated 为 coveted Producer of the Year award, with Sebastian ultimately taking home the statue.
  • In July, we caught up with 录音艺术 and Entertainment 业务 grad 比利·梅斯三世, who records ambient music under the name Infinite Third. An experimental guitarist, Billy describes his creative process in this exclusive video and interview.
  • In November, students in the 显示生产 degree program 主持 委内瑞拉的艺术家 Jorge Luis Chacín 为ir final Project and Portfolio VII course. With an audience of more than 240 people, it was the largest Project and Portfolio show to date.
  • 录音艺术 grad and U.S. Marine Corps veteran Josh Gudwin, who works closely with Justin Bieber as a studio engineer, 加入了学生 in a Google Hangout moderated by Entertainment and 音乐行业 Department Chair Israel Vasquetelle.
  • 学生 in the 显示生产 degree program provided audio visual supportCollege 体育 Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) convention, held June 14-17 in Orlando.
  • Wolfgang Fraissinet, president of Neumann Microphones, 参观了校园 for a presentation that included a history of the Berlin-based company and its products, as well as a discussion with students about new and emerging technologies.
  • Representatives of 起义的电视, the music television network 参观校园 10月. Guests Kenny Burns (Sr. VP of Brand Development), Beside Amoruwa (Director of Marketing) and Jordan Hall (Director of Consumer Content) spoke to students about how to effectively work toward a career in the entertainment business.