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CNMAT is happy to welcome back Percussionist Russell Greenberg for a visit! Russell is a founding member of the YARN/WIRE quartet and has collaborated over the years with many UC Berkeley composers.Read more about Percussionist Russell Greenberg at CNMAT

Undergraduate students are working with Assistant Professor Carmine Cella on computer-assisted orchestration and machine learning.

This semester, visiting undergraduate researcher from China, Hongfu Liu, is interning at CNMAT. His topic is:

Deep Learning...Read more about UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ON ASSISTED ORCHESTRATION

Jean Geoffroy, percussionist, and international soloist, is in residence this week at CNMAT working with composer Edmund Campion on projects and collaborations with the Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et Danse de Lyon (CNSMDL) and Générateur de Ressources et d’Activités...Read more about Jean Geoffroy at CNMAT

The Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR)

Monday, November 4, 2019, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

1750 Arch Street (CNMAT)free and open to the public

Abstract: Digital computers are becoming increasingly more powerful, not only in terms of processing speed, but...Read more about EDUARDO R. MIRANDA: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MUSIC WITH BIOCOMPUTING

Lecture: Music-related micromotion with Alexander Refsum Jensenius (RITMO)When: Wednesday, October 23, 10-12 noonWhere: CNMAT Main Room (1750 Arch Street)Open to the public and free of charge.

This presentation will summarize findings from my research intomusic-related micromotion. This...Read more about Music-Related Micromotion with Alexander Jensenius, Deputy Director, RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhytym

Berkeley Computational Music Research (BCMR) held their first annual conference on Saturday, September 28, 9am-6pm at CNMAT:

Synthesis: Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Computational Music Research

Conference Speakers included:Claire Arthur, Music Theory and Cognitive Musicology...Read more about Synthesis: Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Computational Music Research

The Contemporary Gugak Orchestra is presenting Edmund Campion's Audible Numbers on Friday and Saturday, September 27-28, 2019, at the National Gugak Center in Seoul, S. Korea. The piece was composed using the Open Music/TESSELLATE library developed by Matthew Schumaker, Edmund Campion, and Jean...Read more about Audible Numbers in Seoul

Carmine-Emanuele Cella, 6 percussionists with smart instruments -- Commissioned by Percussions de Strasbourg

Written in mirror with Persephassa by Iannis Xenakis and using the same spatial arrangement, Kore (written by Carmine-Emanuele Cella during several residencies with the...Read more about Kore for smart percussions

Two new research papers have been produced at CNMAT during the past semester.

Another successful summer workshop featuring instructors Jeff Lubow and John MacCallum. Thanks to all of the participants, guests and supporters.Read more about ODOT Immersion Course 2019

Date and Time: Friday, August 2nd, 8-10pm

Location: Chabot Space and Science Center Planetarium

https://chabotspace.org/light-first-friday-schedule/Artist: Andrew BlantonAndrew Blanton is a...Read more about PLANETARIUM DOME AUDIOVISUAL INSTALLATION

The Center for New Music and Audio Technologies is pleased to be a partner in the Technologies of Notation and Representation (TENOR) Network and will be hosting related events at UC Berkeley in the 2019-20 academic year.

The TENOR Network brings together researchers and institutions to...Read more about CNMAT partners with the TENOR Network

Alice is a four channel XR piece created by Media Artist Claudia Hart for exhibition with a Vive VR environment. This version was produced for The Transfer "Download," curated by Kelani Nichole, for a special presentation at Christie’s Rockefeller Plaza in conjunction with their ART + TECH...Read more about Alice at Christie's Rockefeller Plaza NYC June 25-28, 2019

ODOT IMMERSION COURSEAugust 19-22, 2019CNMAT, 1750 Arch St., BerkeleyInstructors: Jeff Lubow and John MacCallum, guest speakersFee: $250

This course will guide students through the odot (o.) programming toolkit for Max/MSP. Odot was designed to support the rapid and robust development of...Read more about ODOT IMMERSION COURSE

Workshop on Surface Transducers and Reembodied Sound Composition and InstallationAugust 17-18, 2019CNMAT, 1750 Arch St., BerkeleyInstructor: Matthew GoodheartFee: $150

A hands-on introductory workshop on the use of surface transducers/speakers. The workshop will cover current practices in...Read more about Workshop on Surface Transducers and Reembodied Sound Composition and Installation

Running from April 18 through July 17, 2019, between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m., the downtown BART plaza will feature a new immersive sound installation called "Berkeley Rain" by composer and sound artist Edmund J. Campion.

“Berkeley Rain” is a site specific music composition and sound...Read more about Berkeley Rain at Berkeley BART Plaza Downtown Berkeley

The Department of Music at the University of California, Berkeley invites applications for a
pool of qualified temporary instructors to teach any of the following areas:
Music and technology involving CNMAT technologies and Max/MSP programming.
Special topic courses involving...Read more about LECTURER – Music Technology and Music Perception – Department of Music

UC Berkeley faculty composer Carmine-Emanuele Cella was selected as a finalist in the 2019 Basel Composition Competition. His piece "Verso la fine del Giorno" was performed on 22...Read more about Cella selected as finalist in 2019 Basel Composition Competition

M.A./Ph.D. composition student, Andrew Harlan, will have his newest work, HYPHA, performed by the New York Ensemble, loadbang, on March 7th at 7:30 pm at the National Opera Center in Brooklyn, NY. The work was commissioned after Harlan won first prize in the ensemble’s 2017 commission...Read more about HYPHA

The Université Côte d’Azur and UC Berkeley have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU...Read more about Cooperation agreement between Université Côte d'Azur and UC Berkeley