Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics
CCRMA Summer Workshops
Summer 2023 Workshops: we are excited to offer workshops at CCRMA this year! There are a wide variety of offerings, some in person, some on line, and some hybrid. Have a look! More will be announced as they're organized, so check back with us frequently!
[Check out the schedule] [Register for workshops]
There will be opportunities for financial assistance for some workshops - check specific pages for more details.
COVID Policies
See CCRMA's COVID policies for 2023.
CCRMA WAVE (Wall for AudioVisual Expression) presents
Upcoming Events
Joudi Nox: Wine & Cry

CCRMA's Online Classes
CCRMA currently offers several online courses to the general public:
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
Iran Sanadzadeh: Ocean, Again

Pre-show talk with the artist at 6pm
The Terpsichora Floors: Design and Performance from Interface to Instrument
Antje Ihlefeld - Predicting spatial audio quality for AR/VR

Mike Mulshine & Friends

JUCE, the Universe and Everything

The latter part of this talk will be drawn from the following discussion points selected based on audience input:
Recent News
Jonathan Berger's "My Lai" In the News
"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
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
Sonifying the world: How life's data becomes music
"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).