At 7 p.m. Friday in the Recital Hall of the Music Building, students from the Introduction to Electronic and Computer Music classes will showcase their projects in a concert, The Electronic and Computer Music Concert #1.

Students create their own music from sounds that either did not exist or sounds that are not known to be musical. Students capture field recordings early in the semester and the sounds from the field recordings are put into music. These sounds can range from traffic, elevator sounds, and doors closing. Students are also allowed to use samples that they find for this project such as if they find drum samples for instance, they are allowed to use it.

Brian Penkrot, instructor of the Introduction to Electronic and Computer Music classes, said he is excited for the students to be able to showcase their projects.

“I mean a lot of them (the projects) are really, really good. I think we are pretty lucky to have a student body that is really creative and unafraid to take risks,” Penkrot said. “Some of the music is really daring and all of it has a really personal touch to it that makes it really easy to identify with.”

There will be about 20 final projects from the class showcased at the concert.

Many of the projects were created using Ableton Live, which is a digital audio work software used for creating music. Some students used FL Studio, which is another digital audio work platform.

Penkrot said attendees can expect a wide variety of music performed.

“There are a few pieces that reference other music from popular cultures. I know there’s some music that references Herbie Hancock. There’s some music that has a real Johnny Greenwood vibe,” Penkrot said. “There’s music that borrows from Clash Royale and then there’s some quiet meditations on the figures of speech that really approach musical thought from a completely different angle.”

There will also be a concert at the end of the semester focused on live processing electronics and making sound in the present moment. The music for Friday’s concert is all prerecorded.

Penkrot said people should attend the concert to hear music in a new way.

“I think there’s the opportunity to hear new ideas, to hear new sounds, to hear things that you might be familiar with presented in a way that maybe you’ve never thought they could be presented,” Penkrot said. “I don’t see how you could have a bad time at this concert. I think it’ll be a blast.”

The concert is free for all attendees and is open to everyone. There will be a livestream on YouTube for those who can not make it in person.