Hoboken High School (Hoboken, NJ, updated 2025)
- Instructor: David Stasiak
- School: Hoboken High School
- Location: Hoboken, NJ
- School Profile: Public HS, 9-12, 450 total enrollment
- Class Title(s): Electronic Music, Songwriting & Global Beats
- Grade Levels Included: 9-12
- Structure of NTM Class: 40 minutes,
- Class Size: 15 students per class (when offered)
- History: Originally proposed for the 2017-18 school year and continues as of the 2025 Profile update.
- Software Used: Previously GarageBand; currently (2025) Bandlab (due to transition to a Chromebook-based district)
- Hardware Used: Previously used Macintosh computers and M-Audio Keystation 49ES; now primarily using Chromebooks
- Describe Class Activities: Electronic Music & Songwriting: Students create music in various genres, with and without vocals, following different compositional rules for each project. Global Beats: Students explore and create loop-based compositions inspired by musical styles from around the world. They perform and record drum rhythms using world instruments such as congas and djembes. As of this year (2025) the electronic music courses were not offered due to high demand for performance-based classes like band and chorus. However, they have been well-received in the past.
- Success Stories from NTM Activities: This year (2017) is our maiden voyage, so no stories yet!
- Advice to Others Starting NTM Project: If you don't have the right equipment, keep your ear to the ground—you’d be surprised who might have extra computers, keyboards, or other resources to spare!
- Data: Historically, about 6-7% of students take these classes, with two sections of 15 students each in a 450-student school.
- Date Submitted: August 2017 (updated by Aidan Carney, Feb 2025, MTLA 2025 Intern)