Erin Barra-Jean
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Mail code: 0405Campus: Tempe
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With a wide-ranging skill set as a music and tech educator, songwriter, producer, instrumentalist, entrepreneur, and activist, Erin has been a key player in many projects.
An authoritative voice in music, tech, and education, Barra is the Director of Popular Music at Arizona State University, Executive Director of Beats By Girlz, course developer for Berklee Online, and former Associate Professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. She has a wide breadth of experience developing and teaching curriculums at the open-source, K-12, and collegiate levels, several of which are the most popular and highest rated courses on their respective platforms.
As a community organizer, she has the ability to mobilize and build from the ground level up, creating and funding several organizations and efforts at the intersection of art, technology, education, and equity. She currently sits on the Advisory Board of Women in Music and has spearheaded award-winning research regarding women in the music industry in partnership with Berklee’s Institute of Creative Entrepreneurship, The Recording Academy, and Arizona State University.
Specializing in composition, performance, and creative music technology applications, she has worked with and represented companies such as Ableton, ROLI, MusicTech, Moog, Splice, The Record Co, and iZotope. She has presented at Loop, NAMM, SXSW, Moogfest, Gearfest, KIEM, Future of Music Coalition, Yale's EXPOL, and Re-Mixed Media Festival. Check out Barra’s work as an artist on all platforms, and catch her live electronic performances on YouTube
Bachelors of Music, Berklee College of Music
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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MSC 444 | Popular Music Senior Forum |
MSC 472 | Songwriter/Producer Spectn |
MSC 489 | Popular Music Capstone Project |
MSC 484 | Internship |
MUP 493 | Honors Thesis |
MUP 493 | Honors Thesis |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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MUP 101 | ASU School of Music Experience |
MSC 211 | Songwriting Fundamentals |
MSC 444 | Popular Music Senior Forum |
MSC 472 | Songwriter/Producer Spectn |
MSC 489 | Popular Music Capstone Project |
MUP 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2024 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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MUP 484 | Internship |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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MSC 444 | Popular Music Senior Forum |
MSC 472 | Songwriter/Producer Spectn |
MSC 489 | Popular Music Capstone Project |
MSC 484 | Internship |
MUP 493 | Honors Thesis |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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MUP 101 | ASU School of Music Experience |
MSC 444 | Popular Music Senior Forum |
MSC 472 | Songwriter/Producer Spectn |
MSC 489 | Popular Music Capstone Project |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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MSC 444 | Popular Music Senior Forum |
MSC 472 | Songwriter/Producer Spectn |
MSC 489 | Popular Music Capstone Project |
MSC 484 | Internship |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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MSC 451 | Popular Music Indus Studies I |
MUP 101 | ASU School of Music Experience |
MSC 444 | Popular Music Senior Forum |
MSC 472 | Songwriter/Producer Spectn |
MSC 489 | Popular Music Capstone Project |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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MSC 294 | Special Topics |
MUP 441 | Popular Music Ensemble |
MSC 494 | Special Topics |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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MSC 221 | Popular Music Lab |
MSC 443 | Popular Music Forum |
MSC 294 | Special Topics |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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MSC 443 | Popular Music Forum |
MSC 194 | Special Topics |
MSC 294 | Special Topics |
MSC 294 | Special Topics |