This photo is a cool memory of the outstanding concert that Jenny Q Chai  gave at CNMAT in 2019.

CNMAT, in lockdown now for almost two months, is missing our friends and gatherings.

We look forward to announcing new streaming concerts and events at CNMAT for Fall 2020. Stay tuned!!

In the photo, from left to right:

Music/CNMAT Professor Carmine E. Cella

CNMAT affiliated artist, Jenny Q Chai

Professor and Chair of the Department of Music, Cindy Cox

Professor and Director of CNMAT, Edmund Campion.

CNMAT-affiliated artist Claudia Hart received an award from the Esports Digital Art Prizes for 2019.  Her acceptance of the award included the creative reuse of ZOOM's virtual background feature.  The acceptance video went viral and points to a playful emerging art practice in the time of crisis -- something Hart calls ON ZOOMOLOGY.

As part of its upcoming 50th Anniversary Season, SFCMP will collaborate with CNMAT to feature SOUND ENCOUNTERS, a concert of sound art in an installation-style setting.  SFCMP percussionist Willian Winant will perform James Tenney's Koan: Having Never Written a Note for Percussion followed by performances and pieces from emerging sound artists and composers Maija Hynninen, Jon Kulpa, and Jon Yu.  SOUND ENCOUNTERS is scheduled to take place at the Root Division in San Francisco as follows:

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.

We are glad to announce the latest release (0.6) of the Orchidea software for computer-assisted orchestration.