Assisted orchestration can be thought as the process of searching for the best combinations of orchestral sounds to match a target sound under specified metric and constraints. Although a solution to this problem has been a long-standing request from many composers, it remains relatively unexplored because of its high complexity, requiring knowledge and understanding of both mathematical formalization and musical writing.
CNMAT is happy to welcome our Graduate Composers, Graduate Student Researchers, Visiting Guest Researchers, and Artists for the 2018-19 Academic Year.
Rather than look back on our 30 years in retrospect, I decided the best way to celebrate the series would be to continue doing what we have been doing: presenting a stylistically varied season comprising composers, interpreters, and improvisers, both emerging and established, local and international, each of whom has a unique approach to music making. Thomas Buckner, Producer & Director
Telfair Museums presents a Contemporary Spotlight commission with American composer, vocalist, and improvisor Ken Ueno (American, b. 1970) off-site at the Cluskey Embankment Stores, or “Cluskey Vaults” in Historic Downtown, Savannah, GA.
CNMAT is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Carmine Emanuele Cella as Assistant Professor in Music and Technology in the Department of Music at the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Cella will begin researching and teaching at CNMAT in the Spring of 2019.
It was a long-distance duet — a violist on Faculty Glade and a carillonist (UC Berkeley Carillonist, Jeff Davis) in the towering Campanile. They couldn’t see or communicate with each other, but their Thursday noontime concert, part of a music department course called Music Now, was a successful exercise in performing across a large space.
Here's a preview of upcoming events at CNMAT for Fall 2018 and Spring 2019:
Concert , September 2018
Carl Stone + Soo Yoen Lyuh - Haegeum
Sponsored by composers, Clara Olivares and Curtis Rumrill
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.
The Music Department offers these courses as a series every year as part of the elective undergraduate curriculum. Qualified candidates may be eligible to teach more than one of these courses. Responsibilities include classroom teaching, holding office hours, grading class assignments, directing final projects and classroom performances.
NOTE: The deadline for accepting applications for this position was November 27, 2017. The position is closed for applications.
The Department of Music at the University of California, Berkeley, invites applications for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in the areas of Music and Technology, with an expected start date of July 1, 2018.
CNMAT and the Department of Music are excited to have their two new cornerstone courses in Music and Technology included in the new BCDI! The two new courses, Music 158A (Sound and Music Computing with CNMAT Technologies) and Music 158B (Situated Instrument Design for Musical Expression), were developed with grant support from the Digital Humanities at Berkeley. The new course development grants provided the opportunity for CNMAT to further integrate its 25-year legacy of research and digital tool development into the life of the University.
