Colloquium Series
The CCRMA Colloquium is a weekly gathering of CCRMA students, faculty, staff, and guests. It is an opportunity for members of the CCRMA community and invited speakers to share the work that they are doing in the field of Computer Music. The colloquium typically happens every Wednesday during the school year from 5:30 - 7:00pm and meets in the CCRMA Classroom, Knoll 217 unless otherwise noted.
The schedule for this year's CCRMA Colloquium can be found here: ccrma.stanford.edu/wiki/Colloquium
Colloquia and concerts are announced via a mailing list.
Recent Colloquia
On the road to massive-multichannel reverberation
Date:Tue, 10/06/2015 - 5:30pm - 7:00pmLocation:CCRMA Classroom [Knoll 217]Event Type:ColloquiumAbstract:
Massive-multichannel sound presentation approaches like Wave Field Synthesis and Higher-Order Ambisonics offer significantly more degrees of freedom for designing the sound field to be synthesized than conventional approaches like Stereophony or Surround Sound. While a significant number of achievements regarding the presentation of the direct sound of virtual sound sources are available, the presentation of reverberation has always been a stepchild. This talk gives an overview over current work on all components of reverberation, i.e. early reflections, late reverberation, and room modes. The talk targets a general audience.FREEOpen to the PublicApplication of Acoustics for Underwater ROVs
Date:Wed, 04/29/2015 - 5:15pm - 7:00pmLocation:CCRMA ClassroomEvent Type:Colloquium
Signaling and navigating in the underwater world presents challenges for traditional approaches such as radio waves and light. Both are readily absorbed in water. Light also tends to scatter and reflect over short distances. Sound waves are much more adaptable to use in this world. While they also present challenges – especially absorption and reflection – they can be used effectively over much greater distances in the order of kilometers.
FREEOpen to the PublicRobert Henke: Finding a New Audiovisual Language Using Lasers and Sound
Date:Wed, 04/01/2015 - 5:15pm - 7:00pmLocation:Knoll StageEvent Type:ColloquiumRobert Henke talks about his laser based performance project Lumière II which just premiered at Centre George Pompidou in Paris, and provides insight into the artistic and technical challenges of the project.
Artist Bio:
Robert Henke, born 1969 in Munich, Germany, builds and operates machines that create sounds, shapes and structures.FREEOpen to the PublicSETI Institute AIR Program
Date:Wed, 01/21/2015 - 6:00pm - 8:00pmLocation:SETI Institute, 189 Bernardo Ave., Ste. 100, Mountain ViewEvent Type:Colloquium
SETI Institute AIR Program / Stanford CCRMA / Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics
January 21, 2015 6-8 pm
The SETI Institute invites CCRMA faculty, students and alumni to a keynote presentation by SETI’s artists in residence. Please join Chris Chafe, Nette Worthey, SETI scientists Jill Tarter and Nathalie Cabrol, incoming AIRs Nina Waisman and Martin Wilner, NASA historian Glenn Bugos and friends for this informal gathering. Other attendees to be announced.Open to the PublicSETI Institute AIR Program / Stanford CCRMA / Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics
Date:Wed, 01/21/2015 - 6:00pm - 8:00pmLocation:189 Bernardo Ave, Suite 100, Mountain View, CA 94043Event Type:Colloquium
January 21, 2015 6-8 pmThe SETI Institute invites CCRMA faculty, students and alumni to a keynote presentation by SETI’s artists in residence. Please join Chris Chafe, Nette Worthey, SETI scientists Jill Tarter and Nathalie Cabrol, incoming AIRs Nina Waisman and Martin Wilner, NASA historian Glenn Bugos and friends for this informal gathering.Open to the PublicLuke Dahl PhD Thesis Defense: Timing of Discrete Musical Air-Gestures
Date:Tue, 11/18/2014 - 3:15pm - 4:15pmLocation:CCRMA StageEvent Type:Colloquium
Motion sensing technologies enable musical interfaces where a performer controls sound by moving their body ``in the air" without manipulating or contacting a physical object. These interfaces work well when the movement and sound are smooth and continuous, but it has proven difficult to design a system which triggers discrete sounds with precision that feels natural to the performer and allows for complex rhythmic performance.
FREEOpen to the PublicHongchan Choi: Collaborative Musicking on the Web - Thesis Defense
Date:Fri, 09/26/2014 - 2:30pm - 4:30pmLocation:CCRMA StageEvent Type:Colloquium
What if there is a music making platform that allows you to create, edit and share the music with others no matter where or when? What if the system is as easy as visiting a web page? What if there is “Google Doc” for music?
This dissertation probes the potential of collaborative musicking using the web browser and cloud computing, and introduces a novel software framework, the Web Audio API eXtension (WAAX), that facilitates and supports the development of web music applications as well as various collaborative music creation scenarios.
FREEOpen to the PublicDave Smith Instruments
Date:Wed, 06/04/2014 - 5:15pm - 7:00pmLocation:CCRMA Stage (The Knoll, Stanford Campus)Event Type:Colloquium
Dave Smith will discuss the interesting history of synths, moving from analog to digital to software and now back to analog.
Live Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmMi9mBdSMQ
Bio: Dave Smith founded Sequential Circuits in the mid-70s. In 1977, he designed the Prophet-5, the world's first microprocessor-based musical instrument. This revolutionary product was the world's first polyphonic and programmable synth, and set the standard for all synth designs that have followed. The Prophet instruments played a major part in the recordings of all popular music styles, and are still prized by musicians today.FREEOpen to the PublicCharles Gadeken and the students of ME289: Interactive Art and Performance Design
Date:Wed, 05/28/2014 - 5:15pm - 7:05pmLocation:CCRMA ClassroomEvent Type:Colloquium
Charles Gadeken has been working as a professional artist in the Bay Area for 20 years. His artistic practice seeks to realize the potential for unexpected magic and serendipity in everyday life. His art pulls inspiration from objects, structures and natural processes in the world around us, and transforms them into beautifully crafted sculptures that engage and surprise the viewer. His goal through this work is to instill a sense of play into the environment, taking the form of things we tend to overlook and remaking them as magical items that exist as a real life portal to our imagination.Open to the PublicNew Work of Rocco Di Pietro
Date:Wed, 05/21/2014 - 5:15pm - 7:00pmLocation:CCRMA Stage, The Knoll 3rd floorEvent Type:ColloquiumA presentation and update of the new work of Rocco Di Pietro since his last
SICA artist in residency 2009 and the performance of his "Finale" 2012 by TheStanford Symphony Orchestra.
Open to the Public
Upcoming Colloquia
Creative and Equitable Practices in Remote Music Education
Date:Wed, 05/12/2021 - 3:30pm - 5:30pmLocation:Zoom, link provided by RSVPEvent Type:ColloquiumCreative and Equitable Practices in Remote Music Education
Alex Chechile, CCRMA Postdoctoral Scholar*Open to K-12 Teachers*Creative and Equitable Practices in Remote Music Education
Date:Thu, 05/20/2021 - 3:30pm - 5:30pmLocation:Zoom, link provided by RSVPEvent Type:ColloquiumCreative and Equitable Practices in Remote Music Education
Alex Chechile, CCRMA Postdoctoral Scholar*Open to K-12 Teachers*
