Dean Mark Byrnes

Mark.Byrnes@mtsu.edu

Dean Mark Byrnes

CLA

Discipline specific equipment

Todd and SFA/WMB

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Art: (500 majors) These items will help: Sculpture - expand the tools in the foundry and create a safer, more accessible work environment; Drawing – students understand the human structure under the skin; Painting - safety, extra work space, and creating images for portfolios; Graphic Design - students enter work in to the computer and assist in creating portfolios; Book Arts/Letterpress - with projects and added variety to our current type. These choices of equipment will permit our students to be safer and competitive as graduate school applicants and as professionals. Music: Part One: (benefits ~166 students/semester) a sound system with custom rolling storage cabinets to enhance a teaching cooperative between the School of Music and Recording Industry (for students from 3 recording industry programs). This enhances instruction by: improving vocal and instrumental monitoring, increasing ability to hear oneself clearly, allowing audio engineering students an opportunity to work with up-to-date equipment in a real world setting; and providing better experiences for audiences and performers in concert settings. Part Two: (benefit ~300 music majors/minors, plus non-majors using practice rooms, plus ~100 students in these groups enrolled in class piano instruction) provide/replace broken/outdated digital keyboards throughout the School’s practice rooms and labs with state of the art keyboards. Encourage and interest by allowing not only standard keyboard practice but recording/ playback, computer/flash drive interface, interface with learning applications, and Wi-Fi connectivity.