PIANO & ORGAN WAREHOUSE AIDS SAN DIEGO STATE U.ROLAND'S CONTEMPORARY Keyboards Division (CK), the San Diego State University San Diego State University (SDSU), founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area (generally the City and County of San Diego), and is part of the California State University system. School of Music and Dance, and the Piano and Organ Warehouse have placed cutting-edge music instruments in the hands of performing arts students at one of California's largest universities. Under this new partnership, San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. State's two newly redesigned digital piano A digital piano is a modern electronic musical instrument designed to serve primarily as an alternative to a traditional piano, both in the way it feels to play and in the sound produced. Some digital pianos are also designed to look like an acoustic piano. labs will house 31 state-of-the-art Roland pianos from the Piano and Organ Warehouse, located in San Marcos, California San Marcos is a city located in the northern portion of San Diego County, California, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 54,977. Outside the San Diego region, it is best known as the home of California State University, San Marcos. . The labs have also been outfitted with new computers and workstations. Support from Roland and the Piano and Organ Warehouse will be ongoing. The university's digital piano labs will be used to train music students and teachers and will be the focal point focal point n. See focus. of several new community outreach programs. "Roland believes in the musicians of tomorrow and in exposing students to interactive musical instruments," said Tim Harris Tim Harris may refer to any of the following people:
J. Mitzi Kolar, professor in the School of Music and Dance, commented, "The field of digital music technology is changing so rapidly that it is difficult for the university to provide students and the community with the latest technologies available. This partnership will allow students to stay up to date and will provide music education majors the tools for educating all current and future generations." Professor Kolar was instrumental in the development of the partnership. San Diego State hopes to make a statewide impact in the areas of distance learning, teacher education, and the integration of music into the K-12 curriculum. The next phase in the development of the music labs will be distance learning classes in music fundamentals for public school students. The distance learning projects will provide a valuable opportunity for more students to have hands-on experience and education in music. The university also plans to hold an annual series of summer workshops to give educators and music specialists the opportunity to develop their skills with composing, sequencing, orchestrating, and accompaniment software. "It's very important to support the education community and also to support the educators because they create future piano customers," said Dennis James, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the Piano and Organ Warehouse. A dedication ceremony for the new digital piano labs was held on October 16. Officials from San Diego State and representatives from Roland Corporation and the Piano and Organ Warehouse attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony, including: Tim Harris; Mark Malbon, Roland's CFO See Chief Financial Officer. and executive vice-president; Lynda Garcia, Roland's director of education; Nancy Marlin, provost for academic affairs at San Diego State; J. Mitzi Kolar; and Dennis James. |
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