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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=bfqXt1vA2J83PtHVRead more about David Wessel (1942-2014) Short Video on the Connection Between Music and Cognition

ABOUT MARCO PAVIN - guitarist and composer

Born in Padua (Italy), he began studying guitar at a young age, graduating in 1987 from the Conservatory of Padua. In 1991 he also obtained a degree in physics.

As a classical guitarist he attended advanced courses with Betho Davezac and...Read more about Marco Pavin, Guitarist and Composer, Sat., Nov. 16, CNMAT, 8 p.m.

Bacchetto/Sabey Duo is a collaborative project of San Francisco based composer/performers Nick Bacchetto and Ben Sabey. The duo creates new spatial audio works for piano and interactive electronics with a custom modular analog synthesizer controlled by a MIDI Polyphonic Expression instrument (...Read more about Bacchetto/Sabey Duo, Friday, Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m., CNMAT

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...Read more about Richard Andrews remembers David Wessel

Austin Oting Har is a US-based composer, writer, and performer with a background in music technology and ancient philosophy. His work utilizes ancient concepts, languages, and instruments, digital sound design and creative coding, bridging traditional, experimental electronic, and contemporary...Read more about Austin Oting Har Residency, October 14-19

CNMAT extends its heartfelt thoughts to all who knew, revered, and loved CNMAT Director and Professor David Wessel (October 6, 1942–October 13, 2014) as we mark the 10th anniversary of his passing. David’s legacy resonates deeply across the UC Berkeley campus, particularly at CNMAT and in the...Read more about Remembering David Wessel (ten years later)

Under Carmine Cella, CNMAT students Alois Cerbu and Luke Dzwonczyk published three papers this summer at both the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) in Seoul, Korea and the Digital Audio Effects Conference (DAFx) in Surrey, UK.

Reprogrammable Effects Pedals on the...Read more about Cerbu and Dzwonczyk publish papers with Cella

Fairy tales about love, power and money, in four acts, based on The Alices Virtual-Reality Ballet, a collaboration by Claudia Hart and Edmund Campion, taking place over seven years, between 2013 and 2020. Written by Claudia Hart, 2022-2023, ...Read more about THE MEMORY THEATERS OF CLAUDIA HART

July 19th, 2024 Sunset

Performance by Andrew Blanton, Peter Nyboer, Xiao Wu

Description for Program

Interstitial Echo, is a real-time audio & video synthesis performance by Andrew Blanton, Peter Nyboer, and Xiao Wu paying tribute to artist Richard Mayhew and the...Read more about Interstitial Echo: A tribute to Richard Mayhew @ Montalvo Arts Center

The cover (sidewise view) of Campion's book, Consilience, is an image of trans-Pecos, cave art from Coahuila, Mexico (five thousand years BP). It shows various instances of the shaman approaching the edge (between this world and the other?) and in the midst of the mind-altering flights...Read more about Poet John Campion to read Consilience at CNMAT

Sonic reflections of deep space

an evening of meditations and sound works based on the observations of the James Web Space Telescope, the VLT, and Hubble Telescope

Building on the research of the ESA’s VLT, the James Webb Space Telescope, and the Hubble...Read more about Leonardo House Welcomes Blanton and Monaco

CNMAT welcomes Alexander Jensenius, Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time, and Motion (RITMO), and Dor Abrahamson, Director of the Embodied Design Research Laboratory (EDRL) at Berkeley The collaborative teams from RITMO and EDRL have organized the international...Read more about RITMO and EDRL visit CNMAT the week of May 6-10, 2024

The CNMAT Users Group is hosting the Del Sol String Quartet at CNMAT the week of April 22 culminating in a concert featuring five new graduate student compositions including new works by composers Nathan Corder, Matthew Monaco, Mat Muntz, Aine Nakamura, Dion Nataraja. The concert of new works...Read more about Del Sol String Quartet in residence at CNMAT

Jeremy Wagner, Technical Director at CNMAT, has received a 2024 Chancellor's Outstanding Staff Award, one of the highest honors given to UC Berkeley staff.

Composer, performer, and sound designer, Jeremy Wagner has served as Research Composer and Technical Director at CNMAT since 2016,...Read more about Dr. Jeremy Wagner awarded a 2024 Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Award

From April 20th to 27th, La Nuit Sauve, by Etienne Chambaud, will show at CuratingAI at the 120710 gallery in Berkeley. Graduate student Luke Dzwonczyk worked with Etienne to create the sound of the installation, which uses Carmine Cella's Orchidea software to endlessly generate orchestrations...Read more about Dzwonczyk's sound work featured at CuratingAI Exhibition

Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Juliana Gaona is an oboist, chamber and orchestra musician, improviser, and educator. Juliana has participated in contemporary music festivals and ensembles including the Academia Cervantina in Guanajuato, Mexico, Vértice Ensemble in Mexico City, and...Read more about CNMAT Welcomes New Affiliates Oboist, Juliana Gaona and Artist/Scholar, Juan David Rubio

Hélène Papadopoulos is a pianist known for her intricate and sensitive interpretations who possesses a transversal vision of music creation and performance. She embarks on her residency at CNMAT to delve into the legacy of American keyboardist Rosalyn Tureck (1913-2003) for Bach performance in...Read more about Hélène Papadopoulos in Residence at CNMAT

The composers and sound designers David Monacchi and Nicola Casetta are in residency at CNMAT this week. The schedule for the week inlcudes:

Tue, Feb 27, 2pm: Masterclass by Casetta on sound design with feedback

Fri, Mar 1, 3pm: Colloquium by Monacchi on his project Fragments of...Read more about Monacchi and Casetta - Residency and concert

Composer Fred Lerdahl (Bloch Lecturer, UC Berkeley 2011) leads a working group at CNMAT this Spring 2024 to discuss his music alongside his music theory and cognition texts.

Fred Lerdahl’s music is admired for its original harmonic syntax and formal processes, striking ideas, elegant...Read more about CNMAT welcomes Fred Lerdahl