SENSES项目为学生提供设备, instruction 和 space for self-exploration through audio production. 它的目标是增强学生的归属感, help them build marketable skills 和 foster a 更多的 inclusive community.
Heading down into the basement of Steele Hall, you’ll find students coming 和 going from Room 001. 有些人聚集在休息区, 可能是控制电视上的遥控器, while others are in DJ or DIY recording booths or working on computers equipped with digital audio workstations. 这是一个 感官项目, a music 和 podcast production space intent on creating a 更多的 inclusive community around creativity.
SENSES (Studying an Environment that Nurtures Self-Exploration in Students) launched in summer 2021 as an initiative to teach sound recording to 澳门线上赌场 students 在 Arthur O. 夏娃 高等教育机会计划 (HEOP)和 三重奏学生支援服务 (SSS). 这些项目是教育学院的一部分 学术成就和学生发展中心-服务代表性不足和 第一代学生. 现在 open to all students regardless of major or experience level, 音频实验室由艾米·梅瑟史密斯领导, HEOP/SSS副主任, 和尼克·皮亚托, SENSES项目协调员.
一种归属感
Members 和 leaders of the SENSES lab 在 release party for their Valentine’s Day album, 心/休息. They have also produced three other thematic albums since launching the lab.
“The SENSES lab has been a home away from home for me—a place where people can come in 和 be their true authentic selves 和 explore any 和 all artistic interests,25岁的萨曼莎·瓦列霍斯说, 实验室的成员.
巴列霍斯三大调 法律、社会和政策; 政治哲学; 和 政治科学 在 麦克斯韦公民与公共事务学院—came to Syracuse as a first-generation student from Colorado with the intention of going to law school 和 becoming a defense attorney someday. “我热衷于改造而不是监禁,她说。, 我已经能够将其融入到我的教育中.”
She joined SENSES her first year 和 since then has helped the lab become a 注册学生组织 (RSO)并创建了一些播客, one where she talks with other 第一代学生 about their shared experiences as students of color or students from low-income families.
“It has really helped me to find a sense of belonging here,” Vallejos says.
通过帮助SENSES成为RSO, Vallejos says she’s learned skills that will help her with her future goals. “我对官僚程序有了更多的了解, 如何通过正确的渠道完成工作, 如何提交预算,她说。. “And being able to learn these skills 和 still have the space to grow is important.”
尝试新事物
Marie-Elise Ambroise ’25 agrees with the sentiment that SENSES is a place for growth. Ambroise, 录音技术专业 在 视觉与表演艺术学院, discovered the audio lab when trying to gain experience 在 world of music production. “My major is 更多的 focused on sound engineering 和 technical aspects, 所以SENSES给了我一个创造性的出口,她说。. “我要去实验室, 坐在这台我喜欢的电脑前, 我会在那里呆上几个小时制作节拍.”
除了她的专业, Marie-Elise Ambroise ’25 concentrates on classical voice 在 Setnor School of Music 和 uses SENSES as an opportunity to learn new skills. “I will always recognize SENSES as what started me as a producer 和 as the person I wanted to be,她说。.
Ambroise is an intern 和 lab assistant at SENSES where she troubleshoots issues with equipment 和 workstations 和 helps ideate projects with Piato 和 other members.
One project concept she came up with was their Valentine’s Day drop, 心/休息, a split album with side A featuring songs about love 和 side B featuring songs about loss. Ambroise为这张专辑制作了歌曲《澳门赌场在线》.
“I always knew I wanted to produce, but I never pushed myself to do it,她说。. “自从我一年前开始在SENSES工作以来, it has pushed me in ways I didn’t even think would be possible—being 更多的 creative 和 trusting my own creative intuition. So, now I’m taking advantage of spaces like SENSES that are helpful 和 resourceful 和 outlets for students. 我从这里开始.”
到目前为止，SENSES实验室已经生产了 四张合作专辑 他们选择了一个主题, but there’s no limit on genre 和 students aren’t confined to any specific style—from drill beats to indie music, 都是受欢迎的.
情感和创意的出口
罗兰多·卡布拉尔·库斯托迪奥22届, 毕业后现居纽约, continues to work on his dream of becoming a commercial artist 在 music industry.
“这就是音乐的特点——它总是需要合作,22岁的罗兰多·卡布拉尔·库斯托迪奥说, 一个学习的校友 金融 在 马丁J. 惠特曼管理学院 和 资讯管理及科技 在 信息学院. SENSES started during his senior year, 和 he says it gave him a sense of fulfillment.
The Manhattan native has been in music all his life—from playing violin 和 piano to learning how to rap—和 his introduction to SENSES came the day Piato invited him to an informal class 在 lab. 当他到达时，他们告诉他他们正在做一首歌. 他问:“我可以写歌词吗?其余的都是历史.
卡布拉尔·库斯托迪奥说:“它成了我的一个出口. “Especially for emotions I had about other things going on in my life.”
Cabral Custodio went on to create an EP for a senior capstone project, titled 大四, 和 he contributed to their summer 2023 collaborative album, 一个美好的夏天. He also produced a few podcasts during his time with SENSES, including one with the Rev. Brian Konkol, Hendricks教堂的院长.
“I had a background in music, but I never felt like I could be an artist,” he says. “我想成为一名商人, 我自己公司的CEO, 但感官让我知道我也可以成为一名艺术家, 现在我想在未来创建自己的媒体公司.”
支持SENSES
至于SENSES项目的未来, the students hope for expansion 和 increased funding for instruments 和 equipment, 他们希望扩大自己的媒体曝光率.
“我们在这里做的一切对学生都是免费的,巴列霍斯说, who has seen fellow students come in with no audio background 和 grow into experienced artists. “SENSES is such an important 和 unique space to have on campus.”
对很多学生来说, SENSES是一个安全的学习空间, 在一个紧密的社区里犯错误.
“Working in SENSES has instilled 更多的 confidence in my musical ability,” Ambroise says. “And, most importantly, it has rewarded me with so many meaningful relationships.”
