Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics
Summer Workshops 2018 Announced!
Summer 2018 just got a whole lot cooler: our amazing lineup of computer music workshops has been announced! Check out the schedule here
There will be opportunities for financial assistance for some workshops - more to come on that.
Upcoming Events
Helen Newby
Date:
Thu, 05/31/2018 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage
Event Type:
Concert 
FREE
Open to the Public
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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
Varun Nair: Audio at Facebook
Date:
Mon, 03/05/2018 - 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Location:
CCRMA Classroom
Event Type:
Guest Colloquium 
Varun Nair's Bio:
Varun's spent over a decade in the audio industry and has worked on hundreds of projects across television, film, games and interactivity. He co-founded Two Big Ears, where he led development of spatial audio technologies and tools. Two Big Ears was acquired by Facebook, where he is now the engineering manager of the audio team.
FREE
Open to the Public
Jonathan Berger- Vân-Ánh Võ - Kronos Quartet - Rinde Eckert - My Lai
Date:
Sun, 03/04/2018 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Location:
Zellerbach Hall - Berkeley
Event Type:
Concert 
$38-68: available from: https://calperformances.org/performances/2017-18/new-music/kronos-quartet-rinde-eckert-van-anh-vo-my-lai.php
Open to the Public
Mari Kimura
Date:
Fri, 03/02/2018 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage
Event Type:
Concert 
FREE
Open to the Public
CCRMA Open House Keynote with Yann Orlarey - Faust: the Roots of Evil
Date:
Fri, 03/02/2018 - 1:30pm - 2:20pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage
Event Type:
Guest Lecture 
From Yann -
FREE
Open to the Public
Recent News
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!
Behind the Scenes at the Stanford Laptop Orchestra
Really nice article about our very own SLOrk!
THX and Dr. James A. Moorer in the NYTimes
Dr. James A. Moorer updates the THX sound from 30-70 voices, to futher adapt to the advancing spatialization capabilites of theaters.
Read the full article here!
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/as-thx-gets-a-new-trailer-an-interview-with-its-composer/?hpw&rref=movies&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well
Read the full article here!
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/as-thx-gets-a-new-trailer-an-interview-with-its-composer/?hpw&rref=movies&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well
How a University Launched the Electronic Music Revolution
Article about CCRMA and Andrew Nelson's book featured recently on MetroNews:
Stanford and the Computer Music Revolution
