Guest Lectures
Occasionally, courses offered at CCRMA will bring in a guest lecturer. Often times, those lectures are open, not only to CCRMA students, staff, faculty and researchers, but also to the public. Such events are listed below.
Recent Guest Lectures
Trevor Gore - Designing Contemporary Acoustic Guitars
Date:Wed, 05/18/2011 - 10:00am - 11:30amLocation:CCRMA Classroom, The Knoll 2nd floor, Rm 217Event Type:Guest LectureWhile opinions differ as to what forms a “perfect” acoustic guitar, one that is loud, has an even gradation of tone and timbre across all the frets and plays in tune to the evenly tempered scale is quite rare, and will be perceived as having a rather alluring sound. This lecture examines how a “perfect” guitar might be designed, starting with string vibrations and the forces they exert on the soundboard and the way the soundboard consequently behaves to radiate sound.
FREEOpen to the PublicPeter Nyboer - Live Video Performance with Livid Instruments
Date:Mon, 05/09/2011 - 5:15pm - 7:05pmLocation:CCMRA StageEvent Type:Guest LectureFREEOpen to the PublicThe Eigenharp, Continuum and LinnStrument: Hands-on with three new musical instruments for the post-mechanical age
Date:Thu, 05/05/2011 - 7:00pm - 9:00pmLocation:Knoll StageEvent Type:Guest LectureThe Eigenharp will be demonstrated by Eigenlabs developer Geert Bevin and the Continuum will be demonstrated by bay area pianist Ed Goldfarb.FREEOpen to the PublicAlfonso Pérez Carrillo - Special Seminar - Enhancing Spectral Synthesis Techniques with Performance Gestures using the Violin as a Case Study
Date:Wed, 01/19/2011 - 5:15pmLocation:Seminar RoomEvent Type:Guest LectureFREEOpen to the PublicHistory of YAMAHA keyboard instruments / Organ, Piano, Electone, Synthesizer
Date:Wed, 11/03/2010 - 5:30pm - 6:30pmLocation:CCRMA Classroom [Knoll 217]Event Type:Guest LectureToshifumi Kunimoto, General Manager, Corporate Research & Development Center, YAMAHA Corp.
FREEOpen to the PublicJörn Loviscach
Date:Wed, 11/03/2010 - 11:15am - 12:00pmLocation:CCRMA ClassroomEvent Type:Guest LectureProfessor Jörn Loviscach of technical mathematics and computer engineering at Fachhochschule Bielefeld will hold a guest lecture on Audio and Music Computing, also relating to Tangible Computing. Come join us!
By the way, Jörn has an incredible list of research ideas that can be found at http://www.j3l7h.de/ideas.html
He could even fund your travel to a conference if you work on one of them!
Open to the PublicClaude Cadoz Presentation
Date:Sun, 08/01/2010 - 12:00pmLocation:4235 McKellar Lane, Palo AltoEvent Type:Guest LectureFreeOpen to the PublicMixing Seminar: Ivan Neville's Dumstaphunk
Date:Wed, 06/09/2010 - 8:30pmLocation:CCRMA Stage - The Knoll (3rd Floor)Event Type:Guest LectureFREEOpen to the PublicFrieder Weiss: Interactive Dance (cancelled)
Date:Wed, 05/12/2010 - 1:15pmLocation:Knoll ClassroomEvent Type:Guest Lecture
Chunky Moves: Mortal Engine
http://frieder-weiss.deFREEOpen to the PublicRadical Computer Music
Date:Fri, 05/07/2010 - 3:15pmLocation:CCRMA ClassroomEvent Type:Guest LectureFREEOpen to the Public