Hello! My name is Chase and I am a '25 from South Carolina. I'm currently considering studying more film scoring and video game composition to learn about writing music for movies and games! But when I'm not hanging out with friends or doing classwork, you can find me composing music. I'm involved in the Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble (DCWE), Dartmouth Chamber Orchestra (DCO), and the fraternity Zeta Psi.
As someone who did not know the ins and outs of marine policy, I loved learning about aspects of the blue economy. This class encourages us to be aware of the human aspect of marine problems regarding coastal erosion, pollution, and climate change. Professor Webster is the coolest!
I could not recommend this class enough to anyone who goes to this school! Professor Beaudoin has truly influenced me as both a musician and a student. We learn the music from the 1800's to present day including famous composers like Tchaikovsky, but also music by Beyonce and even the music of Dartmouth's professors. This is much more than a music history class. It is a class about music, our lives, and exploring the concept of sonder through musical lens.
If you're scared of coding or have a love for music, this is the class for you. This computer science class is cross-listed with music to teach students how to code using a language called processing to learn the basic principles of design through coding. We created several projects throughout the term, but Professor Casey really taught me that there is more to music than I think. For my final, I created an interactive keyboard which created a visual effect for each key that created music which made it a musical instrument! Genuinely such an amazing and fun class that I think people should consider.
Although this class is only offered during the F.I.R.E. study abroad program, it was such an amazing class. I absolutely adored having Professor Canepa teach us about Italy from its politics, music, food, and much much more. This class taught me hands on what Italian culture is through visits to famous landmarks, food tastings, or tours of Italian regions. If you don't want to study abroad, I suggest taking a class with Professor Canepa because she truly is one of my favorite professors I have had yet.
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I was on an off term, but decided to live on campus to join a fraternity and work in town. I took the time to write music for one of my friend's short films and learned a lot about the film music industry.
Dr. Moseley has been one of my most favorite professors by far. I have loved taking this class to divulge into my musical passion through creating music and learning about ways to create music. If you are interested in taking a music class, I highly recommend Dr. Moseley if you find a class with him that interests you!
I took this class with composer Miguel Kertsman who was incredibly knowledgeable in every type of compositional technique that I wanted. I study electronic music composition with him to understand music digital signal processing better.
For the first few times, it may feel unsettling and scary to come to Dartmouth and meet new people. Now, it is one of my favorite things about each term. After a term being off campus, I finally returned to campus for my sophomore summer — a highly valued tradition and time where the sophomore class takes courses together. Although I have been on campus for a week, I have seen dozens of friends each day just from walking to grab food or to my classes.
A picture when I was flying to Boston so I can take the bus to Hanover!
Currently, the energy on campus for the summer term is astonishing from how fantastic it is. Everyone seems genuinely excited about spending lots of time together with their friends and about taking classes together. On the first day of my African Drumming and Tradition course, I found out that I have friends from my study abroads and my first-year floor in the class. Now, I am even more excited to start learning the course material with the friends in the class. My other class is a comparative literature class on climate change and apocalypse; in this first class I noticed I knew most people in my class.
The lovely Quechee Bridge!
Since my closest friends and I have less extracurriculars for the summer, we decided to make a giant bucket list for the term. It ranges from going to restaurants, hikes, and specific tasks we have to accomplish over the summer. We also plan on accomplishing the Lou's challenge and doing many common Dartmouth traditions. For me, I have a personal list of things to accomplish like reading several books and composing music for fun. All of these things are things that make me happy about finally arriving back on campus, and ready for the summer term to start.
Every term has its quirks, and everyone loves to catch up at the start of each term. This past week has been filled with screaming hi, many hugs, and random conversations. The iconic question of "do you want to grab a meal?" has finally returned to my life too. As for now, I'll continue this route of catching up with friends and checking off items off my bucket list.
I have written about being a student worker plenty of times in the past, but I have yet to talk about one of my favorite jobs ever: ticket selling at the Hopkins Center for the Arts.
Planning on visiting Dartmouth as a prospective student or an interested person wanting to see our beautiful campus? In this post, I share insider tips to ensure your visit is fulfilled!
