Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics
Upcoming Events
Chris Brown & Thea Farhadian | Solos and Duo Performance
Date:
Wed, 01/15/2025 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage / CCRMA LIVE
Event Type:
Concert 
CCRMA presents a live performance by Chris Brown and Thea Farhadian.
FREE and Open to the Public | In Person + Livestream
FREE and Open to the Public | In Person + Livestream
Jill Kries - How the brain encodes speech and language with aging and aphasia
Date:
Fri, 01/17/2025 - 10:30am - 12:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Seminar Room
Event Type:
Hearing Seminar 
FREE
Open to the Public
Recent Events
Jin Woo Lee on "Differentiable Physical Modeling for Sound Synthesis: From Design to Inverse Problems"
Date:
Fri, 10/04/2024 - 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Classroom [Knoll 217] (ZOOM Link Below)
Event Type:
DSP Seminar 
Abstract:
Open to the Public
Audiovisual Performance | Final Projects | Arts Intensive 2024
Date:
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage / CCRMA LIVE
Event Type:
Concert 
In the span of 2.5 weeks, students in this audiovisual performance class worked intensely on several projects. They explored relationships between sound and moving image, programming and physical interaction with audio and video material, remixing audiovisual compositions, and performing with their digital doppelgängers. We are very excited to present their final projects in this live audiovisual concert.
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Past Live Streamed Events
Recent News
Palette of sound: Triple CCRMAlite’s excursion through time
The Triple CCRMAlite performance this past Sunday at Bing Concert Hall was a celebration of three important dates for the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA): the 40th anniversary of CCRMA, the 50th anniversary of the first computer program for music on campus, and the 80th birthday of CCRMA founder John Chowning Ph.D. ’66. The program featured a science fair of student research in the lobby, as well as a concert showcasing works from Chowning, French composer Jean-Claude Risset, and former CCRMA Research Associate Bill Schottstaedt.
Read more here...
Read more here...
The creativity of 'karma'
Palo Alto Weekly writer Nick Veronin takes a look at recent work being done at CCRMA and profiles the upcoming "Designing Musical Games::Gaming Musical Design", "New Music Controllers" and "3D Printing for Acoustics" Summer Workshops.
Read more here...
Review: Auditory Hallucinations, Composed
Congratulations to Jonathan Berger for more great reviews of his "Visitations!"
How Music Hijacks Our Perception of Time
Very interesting article by Dr. Jonathan Berger! "One evening, some 40 years ago, I got lost in time. I was at a performance of Schubert’s String Quintet in C major. During the second movement I had the unnerving feeling that time was literally grinding to a halt. The sensation was powerful, visceral, overwhelming. It was a life-changing moment, or, as it felt at the time, a life-changing eon.
It has been my goal ever since to compose music that usurps the perceived flow of time and commandeers the sense of how time passes. Although I’ve learned to manipulate subjective time, I still stand in awe of Schubert’s unparalleled power.
Holly Herndon's New Single Named Best New Track on Pitchfork
Congratulations to our own Holly Herndon, once again in the news!
"In reviewing electronic music composer Holly Herndon’s breakout debut, 2012's Movement, we noted her penchant for "Bending one person's voice into phantasmagorias", which continues on her newest, breath-halting single, “Chorus”." Read more, and watch video here...
