News

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

Another successful summer workshop featuring instructors Jeff Lubow and John MacCallum. Thanks to all of the participants, guests and supporters.

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

Location: Chabot Space and Science Center Planetarium

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.  

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 Summit on AI from June 25–28, 2019.

Music by Danielle DeGruttola
Recording and Audio Mix by Edmund Campion
Editing by Meredith Leich

ODOT IMMERSION COURSE
August 19-22, 2019
CNMAT, 1750 Arch St., Berkeley
Instructors:  Jeff Lubow and John MacCallum, guest speakers
Fee: $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 time-based media / arts applications. This course is tailored to artists and developers from any background working with time-based media.

Workshop on Surface Transducers and Reembodied Sound Composition and Installation
August 17-18, 2019
CNMAT, 1750 Arch St., Berkeley
Instructor: Matthew Goodheart
Fee: $150

A hands-on introductory workshop on the use of surface transducers/speakers. The workshop will cover current practices in composition and sound installation, technical issues surrounding transducer usage, and a practical introduction to techniques and processes.

Topics:

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.

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 software programming for musical applications of computers.
Music courses focusing on music perception and cognition. Music appreciation courses with
an emphasis on music software and lab-based learning.

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 February 2019.