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The New Sound of New Music: Contemporary Composition and Modern Record Production Practices, two part lecture series with Murat Çolak
Date:Thu, 10/31/2024 - 6:00pm - 8:00pmDate:Thu, 11/07/2024 - 2:00pm - 4:00pmLocation:CCRMA classroomEvent Type:Guest LectureMurat Colak is a Turkish-American composer, mastering engineer, mixer, record producer, and educator based in New York City. He’s known for his work in contemporary classical and experimental music, with records on acclaimed labels like KAIROS, Edition Wandelweiser, NEOS, New Focus, Jazzland, Innova, Carrier, and Da Vinci Classics among others.During his residency at Stanford University's CCRMA, Dr. Colak will present two public lectures. The first will introduce his creative journey, offering insights into his compositional approach and how it intersects with his approach to sound engineering, especially in crafting acoustics for contemporary concert music..FreeOpen to the PublicNat Condit-Schultz on Tempo, Tactus, Rhythm, Flow: Computational Hip Hop Musicology in Theory and Practice
Date:Fri, 11/15/2024 - 10:30am - 12:00pmLocation:CCRMA Seminar RoomEvent Type:Hearing SeminarComputational musicology is not just for classical music. In this talk, I will review a variety of computational investigations of hip hop based on my dataset, the Musical Corpus of Flow (MCFlow). Using MCFlow, we can characterize the "norms" of rap flow and investigate how they have changed historically, including changes in tempo and the density of rhyme over time. I will also discuss the methodological challenges of computational musicology in general, and hip-hop/pop musicology specifically, and demonstrate tools and methods I have developed.FREEOpen to the PublicConcepts and Control: Understanding Creativity in Deep Music Generation
Date:Fri, 11/15/2024 - 2:30pm - 3:30pmLocation:CCRMA Classroom [Knoll 217] (ZOOM Link Below)Event Type:DSP SeminarAbstract: Recently, generative AI has achieved impressive results in music generation. Yet, the challenge remains: how can these models be meaningfully applied in real-world music creation, for both professional and amateur musicians? We argue that what’s missing is an interpretable generative architecture—one that captures music concepts and their relations, which can be so finely nuanced that they defy straightforward description. In this talk, I will explore various approaches to creating such an architecture, demonstrating how it enhances control and interaction in music generation.
FREEOpen to the PublicForeign/Domestic
Date:Thu, 11/21/2024 - 7:30pm - 9:30pmLocation:CCRMA Stage / CCRMA LIVEEvent Type:ConcertCCRMA presents a live performance by Foreign/Domestic.FREE and Open to the Public | In Person + Livestream