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.
CNMAT welcomes international researcher Han Zhang to begin a 2021/22 research residency.
Han will be working closely with Carmine Cella. The focus of the research will be machine learning based methods for music timbre representation, music creation, and other related areas.
Han recently completed her MS degree in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University.
Professor Carmine Emanuele Cella being is honored with a residency and concert featuring his works for augmented percussion. The residency and concert is being sponsored by Résonance Croisée, récedences et créations musicales Europe/Québec and will be 7 October 2021. The percussion ensemble Sixtrum will be performing.
Professor Carmine Emanuele Cella has been invited to deliver a distinguished lecture at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT) located at McGill University. The lecture at CIRMMT will take place 4 October 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.
