Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics
COVID Policies
See CCRMA's COVID policies for 2022.
CCRMA WAVE (Wall for AudioVisual Expression) presents
Upcoming Events
Cruel Diagonals
Date:
Thu, 05/26/2022 - 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage / CCRMA LIVE
Event Type:
Concert 
Free and Open to the Public | Registration | Livestream
Vaim Sarv
Date:
Sun, 06/05/2022 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Secret location. Details released two weeks prior via email.
Event Type:
Concert 
Free and Open to the Public | Registration
Fernando Lopez-Lezcano: The Love Songs of Flying Dinosaurs
Date:
Thu, 06/09/2022 - 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage / CCRMA LIVE
Event Type:
Concert 
Free and Open to the Public | Registration | Livestream
Madame Gandhi | Joudi Nox | Elena Sword
Date:
Fri, 06/10/2022 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Courtyard / CCRMA LIVE
Event Type:
Concert 
Free and Open to the Public | Registration | Livestream
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
Quarantine Sessions #91 | Guests: Fred Malouf, Nolan Miranda, Dirk Roosenburg
Date:
Sun, 04/24/2022 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location:
CCRMA LIVE / CCRMA Stage
Event Type:
Concert 
FREE
Open to the Public
CCRMAlite Spring Concerts
Date:
Thu, 04/21/2022 - 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Date:
Fri, 04/22/2022 - 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage / CCRMA LIVE
Event Type:
Concert 
Free and Open to the Public | Concert 1 | Concert 2 | Livestream
Marcin Pietruszewski + Douglas McCausland
Date:
Mon, 04/18/2022 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage / CCRMA LIVE
Event Type:
Concert 
Free and Open to the Public | Registration | Livestream
Quarantine Sessions #90 | Guest: Fred Malouf
Date:
Sun, 04/17/2022 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location:
CCRMA LIVE
Event Type:
Concert 
A Distributed Electroacoustic Network Improvisation | Livestream
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).
