Welcome

The Center for New Music and Audio Technologies welcomes Hans Tutschku for a colloquium and concert of his music. Please join us at CNMAT on Friday, October 22 at 3pm for the colloquium and 8pm for the concert. Both are free events open to the public.

Hans Tutschku is a distinguished composer. His work has been recognized with many awards and prizes. His music has been performed internationally and he has taught throughout Europe and the US. He currently teaches at Harvard University.

https://tutschku.com

Rafal Zapala, associate professor at I. J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań (Poland), is working at CNMAT on his Fulbright awarded project entitled "Research into real-time interactive systems for non-linear music composition and performance" during Fall 2021.

In August of 2021 Jeremy Hunt joined CNMAT as Acting Associate Director after the retirement of Richard Andrews. He brings with him 13 years of experience in education administration and is excited to bring this experience to bear in helping to navigate the complex administrative infrastructure in place at CNMAT and UC Berkeley. 

CNMAT has opened its doors again after a long COVID induced hiatus. Everyone in our fall 2021 community is excited to be back on site and engaged in research, teaching, and learning. We look forward to building our momentum again in this upcoming year. Stay tuned for what's to come!

Isabel Kaspriskie presents a quick overview of the CNMAT Odot on the Cycling74 Blog.  

Link to the Cycling74 article on CNMAT Odot

Matt Schumaker (UCB Ph.D. 2015) joins the Arts Division of UC Santa Cruz as Assistant

Professor in Music, continuing his artistic research and teaching in the areas of computer

music and music technology.

Website: https://mattschumaker.com/

Schumaker composes concept-driven music arising from computer-assisted composition

and interactive computer music research, a practice that often joins musicians with

bespoke computer technologies in live performance. His work emerges from a parametric

SFCMP Director Eric Dudley speaks with composer, and CNMAT Director, Edmund Campion about the first concert in a new collaborative series with SFCMP.  

Access the 10' conversation on the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players website (link).

Join SFCMP and CNMAT for the next Program set for December 19, 2021, presented at Root Division, San Francisco 

*Hallie Smith – Seeded Fruit, for electronics (6’30”)

The CNMAT newsletter for Spring 2021 is available here.

CNMAT welcomed Paul Dresher and Joel Davel Invented Instrument Duo to CNMAT on May 25, 2021 for a concert and lecture on the lawn at 1750 Arch Street.  We look forward to the video documentation being posted on the CNMAT Youtube channel soon.

We are pleased to announce the release of odot version 1.3, which can now be downloaded directly through the Max Package Manager.

In addition to numerous enhancements, improvements, and bug fixes, this release contains a 12-part tutorial that covers many of the most important aspects of odot programming. This tutorial, based on years of experience using odot in practice and pedagogy, is a great entry point for new users, as well as an invaluable reference for paradigmatic solutions to common problems in media/arts programming.

***NOTE: This is an online only event. For more info, click here.***

This event premieres SUN, MAY 23,  2021 @3PM Pacific and is available on demand through JUNE 23, 2021.

Please note the following programmatic and personnel changes: 15 eyes by Jon Yu will not be performed on this concert. IMY/ILY by Amadeus Regucera has been added to the program. Percussionist, Andy Meyerson is soloist. 

The CNMAT newsletter for Spring 2021 is available here.