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Designing contemporary music courses for the 21st century musician: virtual worlds as a live music performance space
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ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference, ISBN 978-1-74138-403-1 Publisher: Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

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The landscape has already changed for the music industry in the way that music is created, performed and distributed. Higher education courses in music, including contemporary music, are abundant but in many cases are not preparing students for the 21 st century music industry. Innovative technology is pushing the boundaries of what live performance in music actually entails. Technology such as virtual worlds is opening up avenues for greater control by the musician in relation to design of performance spaces and ability to attract global audiences. The potential for the exploration of virtual worlds by musicians to promote appropriate career development skills is discussed. Technical, organi sational and motivational issues are also raised. Problems and possibilities associated with the initial running of performances in a virtual world reveal the capacity of higher education to implement live music performance in virtual worlds as part of their music courses.

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Jacka, L. & Hill, M. (2013). Designing contemporary music courses for the 21st century musician: virtual worlds as a live music performance space. In Proceedings of Electric Dreams. Proceedings ascilite 2013 Sydney (pp. 412-421). Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Retrieved April 16, 2021 from .

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