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Article: PUPILS MIX HIGH-TECH MUSIC; WHEELER PROGRAM EXPLORES COMPUTER-AIDED COMPOSITION.(Local)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- June 4, 2005
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Byline: Debra J. Groom Staff writer
While it looks like these pupils are simply having loads of fun playing with computers, there is serious music education going on here.
In the music room at Wheeler Elementary School in the Onondaga Central district, sixth-graders are composing music.
The pupils are using high-tech devices, creating and mixing sounds with computers. Many recording artists, like Bruce Springsteen, the late Ray Charles and rap artist Public Enemy use computers to mix their music.
Now, so does Chris Tinozzi, 11.
"Wow, I didn't know you could select more than one file at a time. That's cool," Chris said, as he ...