[LAC-19] LAC + local high schools

[Romain Michon]

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On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 3:34 AM Constantin Basica <
cobasica at ccrma.stanford.edu> wrote:

> As far as I remember, there’s no projector/screen in Braun Rehearsal Hall
> (right?). But we could bring a projector and screen (8’x6’) from CCRMA.
>
> There is some form of PA in there, but that can also be brought from CCRMA.
>
> Constantin
>
> On Oct 25, 2018, at 12:15 PM, Bruno Ruviaro <bruviaro at scu.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi Romain,
>
> Braun Rehearsal Hall might be great for this. I assume it's equipped with
> standard classroom equipment like projector, etc?
>
> I've taught similar workshops before, but for this particular case I think
> we might break the group into 2 or 3 shorter sessions.
> I have 16 laptops available from SCLOrk, and I was told that some of the
> high schoolers can bring their own laptops too. So this could become 2
> sessions of 25 students, or 3 sessions of 16 students (best). I am also
> hoping to enlist some of my SCU students as volunteers to help thing run
> smoothly.
> The kids would come with a group of parents and teachers responsible for
> them.
>
> If we keep this crowd of students in mind while scheduling workshops, we
> could try and place in the same afternoon other sessions that might attract
> this crowd, so students could choose other things to attend too when they
> are not in my workshop.
>
> B
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 8:01 AM Romain Michon <rmichon at ccrma.stanford.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Bruno,
>>
>> That's a fantastic opportunity, indeed! Let's do it! We have access to
>> Brown Rehearsal Hall throughout the whole conference, I think it would be a
>> great venue for this type of event. How do you feel about teaching a
>> workshop to so many highschool students? Like, will there be enough laptops
>> for everyone, etc.? Also, what about supervisory staff? Would they come
>> with the students? As for having them during paper session, Dink should be
>> able to fit everyone without any problem.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Romain
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 2:43 AM Bruno Ruviaro <bruviaro at scu.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I have an exciting connection to propose to our upcoming LAC at
>>> Stanford. I talked to Maiya Newsome, director and founder of Onyx Scholars (
>>> http://www.onyxscholars.org/
>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.onyxscholars.org_&d=DwMFaQ&c=iVyFbx9TtkoGWXYs40w9MA&r=mSv1zL8QgVlQIHn9KwDD-g&m=f2hHVwfj4LhIkK7pFNmlaU99Cn05zJcesJSG3KLBPKc&s=ENQbdzyGnqRYTHHs1uAm16uEZXa1axSuTWySXv6C8LY&e=>).
>>> She runs this Bay Area non-profit focused on creating opportunities for
>>> African-American high school students to prepare to apply for HBCU colleges.
>>>
>>> We brainstormed around the idea of offering some kind of Computer Music
>>> workshop to her students at LAC, who would make a field trip day to come to
>>> Stanford, participate in a workshop, maybe attend some of the sessions, and
>>> attend a concert. We are talking 40-50 high schoolers from all over the Bay.
>>>
>>> I was thinking of proposing a Laptop Orchestra Workshop for this (I'd
>>> submit it to the call for works), where probably myself and my SCU students
>>> could lead a SuperCollider workshop with the high school students.
>>>
>>> This would be a great way to connect LAC with the local community -- and
>>> her students seem to be particularly eager to absorb all things tech,
>>> especially in music tech.
>>>
>>> What do you all think? Also, if you see potential for any other kind of
>>> directed activity LAC <-> high school students, please chime in!
>>>
>>> Bruno
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Romain Michon
Lecturer and Researcher
Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics
Stanford Universityhttps://ccrma.stanford.edu/~rmichon
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