Splash Biography

DYLAN VENTURA, Berkeley Freshman doing side-quests for fun

Major: Education

College/Employer: UC Berkeley

Year of Graduation: 2028

Brief Biographical Sketch:

Academic Decathlon Scholastic National HIgh-Score + Captain of High School team
Speech/Debate Captain of High School team
National Honor Society President
Ovitt Community Library volunteer 50+ hours
Creative Writer with ~8 short stories and a novel in progress

Past Classes

(Clicking a class title will bring you to the course's section of the corresponding course catalog)

A1294: Genreology 101 in Splash Fall 2024 (Nov. 16, 2024)

Learn the importance of and how to study music genres and their history/development. We will tackle the importance of socioeconomic/political factors in creating communities of music, how niches form within existing scenes, how to categorize and properly label all music new and old, and understanding existing patterns in genre etymology, ethos, and community.