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CNMAT is thrilled to have been part of the design and implementation of the newly inaugurated Wu Performance Hall in the Department of Music at Morrison Hall.  With the support of Meyer Sound, Wu Hall is an ideal space for CNMAT's future concerts in the Department of Music. This project was made possible with several donors including the generous support of Laurie Wu McClain and Chuck McClain (pictured, lower right, with CNMAT Co-Director Edmund Campion.)

On March 21, 2025, Jeremy Wagner gave a presentation as an invited speaker to the Joint March and April Meeting: Global Physics Summit 2025 of the American Physical Society (APS).  He was invited to present in the "Physics for Everyone" session of the Materials Physics track on the topic of "Physics & Music". Jeremy gave a brief historical overview of past and present projects at CNMAT that have significantly leveraged physics in the service of new music.

Bio: lovemusic was founded in 2018 by Adam Starkie and Emiliano Gavito in Strasbourg, a new music hub in the heart of Europe. The collective takes its name from the eponymous work by Betsy Jolas, which was the starting point of their musical collaboration. They began by creating a new music concert series at the Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire de Strasbourg, which became the epicentre of experimentation for the collective, inviting composers and musicians to create new music presented in various formats.

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Link to CNMAT YouTube video of Professor David Wessel speaking on the connection between music and cognition.

https://youtu.be/kpErjiDacAA?si=bfqXt1vA2J83PtHV

Composer and CNMAT alum, John MacCallum, remembers his last gig with David Wessel: 

On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of David Wessel's passing, CNMAT's ex-officio Associate Director, Richard Andrews, shares his reflections:

I had the distinct privilege of working with David Wessel from September 9, 1996 until his untimely passing on October 13, 2014. I started as an administrator and eventually became CNMAT’s Associate Director as well as Executive Director of the Eco Ensemble. I retired from CNMAT in June of 2021.