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.
It's winter everyone! Although I definitely have enjoyed my time inside drinking hot chocolate and tea, I finally set much time aside this weekend to have fun outdoors! The amount of activities Dartmouth offers outdoors is incredible. This post is going to describe the first time I have done many of these activities since I am from the southern US and have not experienced snow activities!
On Friday after my last class, one of my friends and I decided to go ice skating for both of our first times! After taking a snowy walk to Occom Pond, my friend and I rented ice skates to go on the ice. However, it was a gigantic struggle to try and walk to the ice. Eventually, we decided to just walk to the ice and then put on our skates. Since both of us could not skate, we used flipped over trash cans to help support us so we would not fall. It only took us around 45 minutes until we got cold and went back to get dinner.
A picture of everyone skiing on the pond
and my friend, Grace, and I sitting on trash cans while skating!
During Saturday, I went to the Dartmouth Skiway to go skiing for the first time ever! After buying my season pass and rental with my Dartmouth student discount, it was time to go skiing. Although I thought my friends would say "let's teach you on the bunny hill," they instead told me to just go straight onto the ski lift. I fell near instantly after putting my skis on, but I managed to get on and off of the lift (not gracefully though). I'm quite thankful for one of my friends who spent time teaching me how to ski the first time down the mountain. It would be safe to say that I fell down probably one hundred times on the skiway. However, the second time going down the mountain I did much better! I will definitely be going again several times this term hopefully.
Our hiking group selfie!
p.c. Alex Wells
And to wrap up my weekend, I went on a sunrike (sunrise hike) with the DOC (Dartmouth Outing Club) Sunday morning. This was my first hike in the snow, so that is why this was a weekend of firsts! It is somewhat cold whenever you're hiking through snow at six in the morning. In my opinion, it is definitely worth getting up early in the morning to see the view. I would like to do more sunrikes in the future, but who knows if I'll want to do them in the winter again since it was really cold!
A picture of French's Ledge, which is where I did the hike!
On Monday, April 8, 2024, a phenomenal total solar eclipse occurred — and we happened to be within the path of totality. As a result, Dartmouth hosted a variety of eclipse-related events on- and off-campus. Find out how I spent the eclipse!
