Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3A · IGETC Area 3A · CSU GE Area C1DescriptionThe impact of emerging electronic music styles on instrument development, recording technology, and popular culture in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Incorporation of electronic music and instruments in new music, television, and film soundtracks and live performance, creating a market for the development and sales of portable music synthesizers. Analysis of the impact of emerging musical styles, including ambient, techno, and trance, on the composition of contemporary music and youth culture. The course considers race and its impact on the production, distribution, and performance of electronic music. Comparison of analog and digital music synthesis techniques in the recording and performance of electronic music. Advances in computer technology in relation to the compositional needs of the emerging electronic musical styles. Students will analyze historically significant electronic works from experimental academic compositions to popular music from the era. 