Disklavier Workshop Concert | Final Presentation

The participants of the Disklavier Workshop present their works for Disklavier on World Piano Day! This short concert will feature original compositional experiments and past works created for Disklavier and other interactive technologies. The Disklavier Workshop consisted of three days (27-29 March, 2023) of presentations, demos/tutorials, tours, and time to design experiences and short compositions for Disklavier. It covered different types of MIDI generation, interactive controllers and playback methods. This workshop was run by Emily Graber and Julie Zhu.

Emily Graber is a researcher and musician and current Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at IRCAM in Paris. Her project, EAR Stretch, focuses on music embodiment and interactive listener experiences using MIDI controllers with Disklavier. Emily previously studied violin performance and physics at the University of Michigan, then received her PhD at Stanford University’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics.

Julie Zhu is a DMA candidate in music composition at Stanford University. Her compositional work may be described as intermedia frames, with an emphasis on performance and serendipity. Julie previously studied mathematics and visual art at Yale University, carillon performance at the Royal Carillon School ‘Jef Denyn’ in Belgium, combined media at Hunter College, and computer music through the Cursus at IRCAM.

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 101028532.