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Hi there, and thank you so much for visiting my site! I'm Pat Cupo, a musician and educator with 25+ of experience who has slowly but surely moved into the field of instructional design. I started as a performing and recording musician and taught private music lessons as a side gig. Eventually, I moved into the music classroom and led groups of students of all ages and skill levels at some fantastic schools. With industry experience and teaching skills, curriculum design and development was a natural next step. I have a B.M. in Music Theory & History and can tell you a lot about how music works, but there was a time when I couldn't tell you how teaching and learning worked from a theoretical standpoint – I just did what my favorite teachers did before me. That has changed since pursuing an M.Ed. in Instructional Design and Technology.

  • • Manhattan School of Music (current)
    • Electro-Harmonix
    • NYU Steinhardt – Music and Performing Arts Professions
    • Dubspot
    • Electronic Music Collective – The Jikei Group of Colleges
    • Lessonface
    • Pershing Middle School (Fine Art Magnet) – Houston ISD
    • American Queen Steamboat Company (band member and entertainer)

  • • Bitwig
    • Splice
    • Ableton
    • Attack Magazine
    • New York University
    • KMA Studios
    • Orchestra of Northern New York
    • Williamsburg School of Music
    • Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts

  • • Music Production
    • Music Composition
    • Bitwig Studio
    • Ableton Live
    • Sound Design
    • Product Demos
    • Content Creation
    • Instructional Design
    • Online Course Design
    • Gamification of Learning
    • Classroom Instruction
    • Online Instruction
    • Arts Administration

  • • Master of Education (M.Ed.)
    • Instructional Design and Technology
    • American College of Education
    • Final GPA: 4.0
    • Distinguished Graduate

  • • Berklee College of Music
    • SUNY Potsdam – Crane School of Music (B.M., Music Theory and History)
    • The New School – School of Jazz
    • Manhattan School of Music – Precollege
    • Arizona School for the Arts

  • • John Geggie – Crane School of Music
    • John Arbo – School of Jazz, The New School
    • Linda McKnight – Manhattan School of Music
    • Patrick Pfeiffer – Author of Bass Guitar for Dummies

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Biography

Pat Cupo is a professional musician, sound designer, and award-winning music educator (NSBA, NAfME) based in New York City.

In 2008, Pat created the Music Production program at Pershing Middle School in Houston, Texas. This led to hundreds of students learning to make original music within urban, contemporary genres. In 2010, Pat came to Dubspot in New York City, running curriculum and instruction locally while helping start Dubspot Online for a global audience. He’s been an invited lecturer at New York University (NYU), the Crane School of Music, and Columbia University on topics from modern sound design techniques to 18th-century counterpoint. And Pat is a featured instructor for Splice Skills, teaching music production, sound design, theory, and more.

Pat studied at some of the most acclaimed music schools in the world, including Arizona School for the Arts, Manhattan School of Music, School of Jazz at The New School, Crane School of Music (an "Alumnus of Distinction"), and Berklee College of Music. And he holds multiple certificates from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD).

As a working musician for 25+ years, Pat has played bass all over NYC, from famed rock club CBGBs to Carnegie Hall, from Broadway pit orchestras to late-night studio sessions with high-profile recording artists. He even was a long-term cruise ship musician (once). Berklee Press and Cambridge University Press have published Pat, and his YouTube appearances have reached over two million total views. Most recently, Pat worked in Engineering at Electro-Harmonix, designing sound and pre- sets while imagining new products and so on.

Since version 4.0 of Bitwig Studio, Pat has appeared in Bitwig’s official product videos, designed presets for official sound packages, composed music for product announcements, presented demos on the company’s behalf, and given private lessons to notable users.

Pat is available for private lessons from his home studio in Brooklyn and online. He specializes in working with those new to music production as well as experienced producers who are new to Bitwig Studio.

How Can I Help?

Send me a message if there’s a project that I can help you realize. And if you’re in NYC, let’s meet up!