Ben Newhouse – Orchestration 1
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Orchestration skills are an increasingly hot commodity. Placement on television, in video games and animation, and other modern revenue outlets require a detailed understanding of orchestral writing and production techniques.
Orchestration 1
Orchestration skills are an increasingly hot commodity. Placement on television, in video games and animation, and other modern revenue outlets require a detailed understanding of orchestral writing and production techniques. In this 12-week course, students will learn traditional orchestration techniques as well as emerging issues specific to today’s technology. The course begins by covering the technological considerations required to create modern day orchestral sounds: sample libraries, sequencing techniques, and different types of hardware set ups. From there, students will learn the characteristics and idiomatic writing techniques for each orchestral instrument family: strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion, as well as approaches for writing for full orchestra.
The course allows students to use the Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) program of their choice, including Digital Performer, Logic, Cubase, SONAR, or Pro Tools, and a sample library such as East West, Kontakt, or Vienna. By the end of the course, students will have the knowledge to orchestrate music and apply this knowledge to both digital and live orchestral performances. This course also provides the next step in practical skill development for students in our Arranging programs, by adding the concept of orchestration using a sample library.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Understand and apply traditional orchestration techniques
- Analyze orchestral scores
- Sequence music for every section of the orchestra
- Create a full-length piece for full orchestra
Syllabus
Lesson 1 Technological Considerations
Lesson 2 Musical Considerations
Lesson 3 String Writing I
Lesson 4 String Writing II
Lesson 5 Brass Writing I
Lesson 6 Brass Writing II
Lesson 7 Woodwind Writing I
Lesson 8 Woodwind Writing II
Lesson 9 Percussion Writing I
Lesson 10 Percussion Writing II
Lesson 11 Expansions of the Orchestral Sound
Lesson 12 Full Ensemble Orchestration
Requirements
Prerequisites and Course-Specific Requirements
Completion of any Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) sequencing course (Producing Music with Logic, Pro Tools 101, Producing Music with Cubase, etc.) and Music Theory 301 or Music Theory and Composition 3, or equivalent knowledge and experience is required.
Students must have:
- an intermediate competency in their DAW of choice with an ability to record multiple tracks and create an MP3 of the final mix
- an ability to read music, including treble and bass clef
Required Textbook(s)
- None required
Software Requirements
- DAW/sequencing software suitable for orchestral mock-up production (Logic Pro, Cubase, Pro Tools, Digital Performer, etc.)
- Orchestral sample library (Komplete, Vienna Symphonic Library, East West Quantum Leap, etc.)
- Notation software such as Finale or Sibelius is recommended. Students who can produce scores in their DAW or by hand can use their current technique
Instructors
Author & Instructor
Ben Newhouse’s commercial music has been used in more than 3,000 episodes of television, including projects for ABC, CBS, NBC, and most major cable networks. Newhouse’s music is the soundtrack for the Disney DVD logo, several independent films, and Las Vegas stage shows. Newhouse was awarded the BMI Pete Carpenter Fellowship in 1999.
The University Continuing Education Association awarded his Orchestration 1 course “Best New Online Course” in 2009, and Berklee awarded Newhouse a “Distinguished Faculty Award” in 2015. Newhouse has also guest lectured at Pescara Conservatory in Pescara, Italy and Sydney Conservatorium of Music in Sydney, Australia. He authored Producing Music with Digital Performer (Berklee Press), which has sold 15,000 copies. He has been quoted in multiple publications, including Electronic Music magazine and acousticmidiorchestration.com.
As a composer during his college years at Eastman School of Music where he received his bachelor of music degree, and graduated magna cum laude, his music was performed primarily by Eastman groups and groups along the East Coast. “Heat,” a relentless overture for orchestra, received the Howard Hanson Award in the late 1990s and was premiered by the Eastman School Symphonic Orchestra. Newhouse is also a full-fellowship master’s degree alumnus of the University of Southern California, completing an MBA and a Business of Entertainment graduate certificate program with the School of Cinematic Arts.
Instructor
In his 30-year music career, Phil Sheeran has been a composer, guitarist, and recording/mixing engineer, but composing and producing world music–inspired compositions has always been the heartbeat of his work.
Phil established himself as a renowned Brazilian-Latin jazz guitarist, co-leading the Seattle-based Brazilian jazz group Beija Flor with vocalist Samia Panni.
Phil has recorded 10 internationally released albums and two Latin House Club Mix LPs. His albums have hit No. 17 on Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz chart and charted top five in the nation for airplay. On the jazz side, he has shared the stage with Bela Fleck, Andy Narell, Gregg Karukas, and worked in the recording studio with Tommy Brieklein, Brandon Fields, Harvey Mason, and Brazilian musicians Nico Asumpçao and Carlos Goméz, just to name a few. He has also received NAMA nominations for Best Jazz Artist, Best Jazz Recording, and Best Electric Guitarist.
Arranging and orchestrating music for film trailers, television, and multimedia projects, Phil’s work can be found in numerous productions by Miramax/Disney, A&E, Fox Sports, Warner Brothers Entertainment, Super Bowls XLV and XLVIII, Sci-Fi, Biography, MTV, and Telepictures. He holds a BFA in music from Cornish College of the Arts.
What’s Next?
When taken for credit, Orchestration 1 can be applied towards these associated programs:
Associated Certificate Programs
- General Music Studies Professional Certificate
- General Music Studies Advanced Professional Certificate
- Composing and Orchestrating for Film and TV Professional Certificate
- Writing and Producing Music Advanced Professional Certificate
- Orchestration for Film and TV Advanced Professional Certificate
Associated Degree Majors
- Bachelor’s Degree in Music Composition for Film, TV, and Games
- Bachelor’s Degree in Songwriting
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