Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics
Welcome To, Welcome Back!
Welcome! Things are gearing up for our 2017-18 Academic Year, and we are looking forward to seeing returning students and meeting new ones in the coming weeks.
Stanford Faculty Composer Search 2017
The Stanford Music Department is hiring an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in composition; applications welcome until October 1.
https://music.stanford.edu/news/tenure-track-composer-position-assistant...
Upcoming Events
COLLISION STORIES
Date:
Wed, 09/27/2017 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage
Event Type:
Concert 
Members: Jorge Bachmann, Bryan Day, Michael Gendreau, and Mason Jones.
Instruments may include: analog and digital synthesizers, guitar, bass, turntables, percussion, theremin, and handmade sound machines.
The four members of San Francisco's Collision Stories came together after having encountered each other over a number of years, crossing paths here and there as they wove their strands through the experimental, psychedelic, improvisational, electronics, and avant-garde scenes. Once they finally gathered and spent an evening engrossed in collective sound-making it was evident that their diverse backgrounds coalesced into something unique and intriguing.
FREE
Open to the Public
Transitions 2017
Date:
Wed, 10/04/2017 - 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Date:
Thu, 10/05/2017 - 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage
Event Type:
Concert 
FREE
Open to the Public
Jenny Q Chai
Date:
Thu, 11/02/2017 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage
Event Type:
Concert 
FREE
Open to the Public
CCRMA's Online Classes
CCRMA currently offers several online courses:
Chris Chafe "ONLINE JAMMING AND CONCERT TECHNOLOGY"
Perry Cook and Julius Smith "PHYSICS-BASED SOUND SYNTHESIS FOR GAMES AND INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS"
Jay LeBoeuf "CAREERS IN MEDIA TECHNOLOGY"
Xavier Serra and Julius Smith "AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR MUSIC APPLICATIONS"
Matt Wright (with David Zicarelli) "PROGRAMMING MAX: STRUCTURING INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE FOR DIGITAL ARTS"
Chris Chafe "ONLINE JAMMING AND CONCERT TECHNOLOGY"
Perry Cook and Julius Smith "PHYSICS-BASED SOUND SYNTHESIS FOR GAMES AND INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS"
Jay LeBoeuf "CAREERS IN MEDIA TECHNOLOGY"
Xavier Serra and Julius Smith "AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR MUSIC APPLICATIONS"
Matt Wright (with David Zicarelli) "PROGRAMMING MAX: STRUCTURING INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE FOR DIGITAL ARTS"
Recent Events
Stanford Laptop orchestra at Bing Concert Hall
Date:
Sat, 06/03/2017 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St. (at Museum Way) Stanford, CA 94035
Event Type:
Concert 
You are cordially invited to an evening of music for the full ensemble of humans, laptops, hemispherical speaker arrays, audio and video feedback networks, mobile phones, and now with more gametraks than ever!
FREE tickets can be picked up at Bing starting from one hour before curtain.
For details, visit: http://slork.stanford.edu/events/2017/spring/
https://live.stanford.edu/calendar/june-2017/slork-stanford-laptop-orchestra
FREE
Open to the Public
Steven Feld: Voices of the Rainforest
Date:
Wed, 05/31/2017 - 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Location:
CCRMA Classroom (and Listening Room)
Event Type:
Guest Colloquium 
FREE
Open to the Public
Reading Lee Todd Lacks
Date:
Tue, 05/30/2017 - 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage
Event Type:
Concert 
Reading Lee Todd Lacks is an interdisciplinary performance for 35 blindfolded audience members.
FREE
Open to the Public
Music <541> presents line upon line
Date:
Sun, 05/28/2017 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage
Event Type:
Concert 
line upon line will perform a program of new works for percussion trio by Stanford composers Constantin Basica, Julie Herndon, Chris Lortie, Jessie Marino, Charlie Sdraulig, Davor Branimir Vincze
FREE
Open to the Public
Recent News
Jonathan Berger's "My Lai" In the News
All kinds of new buzz in being generated by our own Jonathan Berger's latest opera My Lai. Congratulations, Jonathan and the Kronos Quartet!
"In My Lai, a monodrama for tenor, string quartet, and Vietnamese instruments, composer Jonathan Berger had countless tragic elements at his disposal... In this immersive performance, we had the sense that, rather than defaulting to the story's obvious tragic details, Berger illuminate a single, more subtle element - the outraged bewilderment we often feel in the face of unimaginable horror."
"In My Lai, a monodrama for tenor, string quartet, and Vietnamese instruments, composer Jonathan Berger had countless tragic elements at his disposal... In this immersive performance, we had the sense that, rather than defaulting to the story's obvious tragic details, Berger illuminate a single, more subtle element - the outraged bewilderment we often feel in the face of unimaginable horror."
Issue 21 of the Csound Journal Released
Issue 21 (Fall 2015) of the Csound Journal has been released! The journal can be read online here:
http://csoundjournal.com/issue21/index.html
This issue of the Csound Journal features an article written by MST student Paul Batchelor, which can be found here:
http://csoundjournal.com/issue21/chuck_sound.html
http://csoundjournal.com/issue21/index.html
This issue of the Csound Journal features an article written by MST student Paul Batchelor, which can be found here:
http://csoundjournal.com/issue21/chuck_sound.html
John Chowning Interview on RWM
#212 John Chowning 25.08.2015 (35' 26'')
Sonifying the world: How life's data becomes music
When Chris Chafe translates data into music, listeners sway to the beat of seizing brains, economic swings and smog.
"Unlike sex or hunger, music doesn’t seem absolutely necessary to everyday survival – yet our musical self was forged deep in human history, in the crucible of evolution by the adaptive pressure of the natural world. That’s an insight that has inspired Chris Chafe, Director of Stanford University’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (or CCRMA, stylishly pronounced karma).
"Unlike sex or hunger, music doesn’t seem absolutely necessary to everyday survival – yet our musical self was forged deep in human history, in the crucible of evolution by the adaptive pressure of the natural world. That’s an insight that has inspired Chris Chafe, Director of Stanford University’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (or CCRMA, stylishly pronounced karma).
Twist the Gears of a Massive VR Music Engine with Carillon
Really nice article about a new VR instrument created by Rob Hamilton and Chris Platz. Enjoy!
