Performance and Self-Promotion Skill Badge

Issued by Bunker Hill Community College

The Performance and Self-Promotion skill badge highlights students’ ability to showcase their music skills in the contemporary music industry. Students gain experience as a musician while engaging with music technology as a means to create and share their artistic projects. By learning about the various sectors and roles of the music industry, students learn how these projects can be leveraged in service of careers in the music business.

Type Learning
Level Intermediate
Time Months
Cost Free

Skills

Earning Criteria

MUS-171 Introduction to Music Technology: This course serves as an introduction to the use of technology in the creation of music. Using digital audio software, students learn the basics of sound manipulation, including sequencing, editing, synthesis, and mixing. Additional course topics include the properties of sound, basic recording technology, and music notation software.
MUS-180 Introduction to the Music Business: This course provides an overview of the modern music industry, gained through discussion, hands-on projects, and guest presentations from music business professionals. Course content includes the recording industry, copyright, publishing, promotion, and entrepreneurship, with special attention given to the role of the Internet in the music business. This course also examines the diverse career options available in music.
MUS-195 Applied Music I OR MUS-295 Applied Music II: This course provides individual instruction in voice or a musical instrument. Course topics include technique, performance practice, and repertoire appropriate for the skill level of the student. Applied Music II requires students to perform in a public recital
Students who complete this badge participate in an employer and faculty co-designed workshop where they apply the Performance and Self-Promotion skills they learned in their coursework in workplace simulation scenarios.