
Brian K. Shepard
Expert in music technology, composition and orchestration, distance learning and technology-enhanced learning
Assistant Professor of Pedagogical Technology
USC Thornton School of Music
Contact at: (213) 821-4152 (work), (818) 703-1533 (home) or brian.shepard@usc.edu
Expertise:
- music technology
- music composition and audio recording
- technology-enhanced learning and distance learning
- pedagogical technology
- videoconference techniques
- orchestration and orchestral percussion
- symphonic "Pops" arranging
- Internet2
- Recipient, IDEA Award from Internet2, April 2010, for creation of EchoDamp, a multichannel audio mixer and echo controller for high-bandwidth musical videoteleconferences
- Recipient, inaugural IDEA Award from Internet2, April 2006
- Developer, pioneering techniques for high-bandwidth videoconference via Internet2 for musical applications
- Member, Internet2 Performance Advisory Committee
- Music and audio consultant and instructor, Internet2 workshops
- Producer and director, University of Alaska Fairbanks Internet2 performance event "From the North to the Future in March," March 2006
- Audio recording instructor, New World Symphony in Miami Beach, Florida
- "Pops" arranger and orchestrator, the Oklahoma City Philharmonic
- Past principal percussionist, the Oklahoma City Philharmonic
- Past member of the music editorial review board, Multimedia and Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching
More:
For more information go to:
http://briankshepard.com/
http://www.usc.edu/schools/music/private/faculty/bkshepar.php
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