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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 Approaches for Computer-Assisted Orchestration

Computer-assisted orchestration is a recognized topic in Music Information Retrieval (MIR).  Systems ‘Orchidea’ and ‘Ato-ms’ have been used by composers in different communities for many years.

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 Musicales Exploratoires (GRAME).

Jean Geoffroy is the invited speaker for the composition colloquium this Friday, November 8, at 3 p.m. at CNMAT (free and open to the public):

Innovative tools for performance 

In his own words...

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

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

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 Bresson at CNMAT.

Read the preview article in the Korean Herald

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

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