CNMAT stands in solidarity with those affected by the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces. We echo the condemnation that has been expressed broadly across the UC Berkeley campus of this terrible violence.
https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/03/01/dania-matos-to-ukrainian-students-scholars-we-stand-with-you/
A double portrait of sound artists and instrument builders Laetitia Sonami and Viola Yip, the concert will feature both artists performing a collaborative work as well as two solo works.
Monday, March 14, 2022, 8:00pm to 9:30pm
CNMAT
1750 Arch Street
Berkeley, CA 94709
This Event is Free and Open to the Public (limited seating)
CNMAT is pleased to welcome international composer and researcher Marlon Schumacher for a spring research residency. Marlon will be working in collaboration with Professor Carmine Cella and on his own independent research initiatives.
Marlon Schumacher is full professor for Music Informatics at the Institute for Music Informatics and Musicology (IMWI) of the Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Alessandro Frullani will be in residence this spring at CNMAT. Alessandro recently finished his masters degree in mechanical engineering. He will be working under the direction of Professor Carmine Cella on the research and development of musical instrument augmentation.
Alessandro specializes in vibration mechanics, acoustics, and psychoacoustics. His master’s thesis featured his work on binaural recording.
The CNMAT Users Group (CUG) will present an improvisation concert for electronics, vocals, violin, percussion, and visuals on February 26, 2022 at 9pm. The concert will bring together acoustic instruments and electronics with live visuals. Please join us for this free event!
Andrew Blanton: Visuals, percussion, electronics
Eda Er: Electronics, vocals
Hallie Smith: Electronics, violin
Graduate students from the UC Berkeley composition program will present new works featuring string quartet, soprano, and electronics on February 18, 2022.
Luke Dzwonczyk: “A Release from the Covering of Clay” for voice and electronics
Andrew Harlan: “HYPHA” for electronics
Eda Er: “Blah Blah Blah” for string quartet
Jeremy Wexler: “Choose your identity provider” for electronics
George Papajohn: “Duetto” and “Trope” for string quartet
Performed by the Eco Ensemble:
Amy Foote
Jooyeon Kong
Ilana Thomas
Ellen Rose
Leighton Fong
Splinter Reeds will be in residence at CNMAT this spring with a concert on March 18, 2002 in Hertz Hall featuring works from Hallie Smith, Andrew Harlan, Jon Yu, and James Stone.
On December 19, 2021, and as part of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players 2021-22 season’s in the COMMUNITY offerings, SFCMP presented works hailing from UC Berkeley’s Center for New Music and Audio Technologies.
As part of the CNMAT/CNSMD Lyon exchange, Percussionist Jean Geoffroy will present a lecture at CNMAT on Thursday, December 9th, 2021, from 3-5pm on the Light Wall system (https://www.lisilog.com/en/lws-2/).
On Thursday, December 2, 2021. Carmine Cella will speak at BAMPFA on his research and creative work in the context of new sounds.
