Dear Colleague, The ninth Workshop in Algorithmic Computer Music (WACM) will take place from June 20 through July 3, 2011 at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). The workshop will be held at UCSC's Digital Arts Research Center, which features state of the art facilities as well as sweeping vistas of the Monterey Bay. David Cope, Paul Nauert, and Peter Elsea will be among those on hand to teach and advise workshop attendees. Participants will take classes on the basic techniques of algorithmic composition, algorithmic music analysis, and learning and using the computer programming language Lisp. Participants will study Markov-based rules techniques, genetic algorithms, and software modeled on the Experiments in Musical Intelligence program. Many compositional approaches will be discussed in detail including rules-based techniques, data-driven models, fuzzy logic, mathematical modeling, and sonification. Music analysis software and techniques will also be covered in depth. Software programs such as Max and Open Music will also be presented and used.
The workshop is limited to 15 participants to ensure an excellent student/teacher ratio. Each participant will receive a class reference manual, class software in source code, and other printed and software tools and guides relevant to the workshop's goals. The workshop includes eight daily hours of individual computer time (with an advisor close at hand). Each week will culminate in performances of participant works and presentations of analysis and composition software. By the workshop's end, each participant will have gained facility with Lisp, have written compositional and analytical software programs, and be presented with a CD of the workshop's accomplishments. Prospective students must have an ability to read music and understand basic music theory as well as have at least a basic facility with computers (text editing, etc.). Students need not be active musicians or programmers. Room and board is available on campus if desired. 5 quarter units of credit is available. see: http://arts.ucsc.edu/WACM [email protected] http://arts.ucsc.edu/faculty/cope WACM - Workshop in Algorithmic Computer Music http://arts.ucsc.edu/WACM _______________________________________________ Cmdist mailing list [email protected] http://ccrma-mail.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/cmdist
