Center for Electronic and Computer Music

05/13/2024

Join me in congratulating CECMers Chi Iris Wang, Xinyuan Deng, Corey Chang, Huan Sun, and Shuyu Lin, who are presenting their electronic music to faculty and students this week at Zhejiang Conservatory in Hangzhou, China. Prof. Wang is in residency there all week. (Click photo to see the whole poster.)

-John Gibson

03/28/2024

Here is a feature about our center, released just before the AlgoRhythms pop-up AI summit happening this weekend at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.

Entrepreneurs of the Month: John Gibson, Chi Wang, and the Center for Electronic and Computer Music Posted on March 27, 2024 by abarker With the focus on music and technology this week in the runup to the AlgoRhythms popup summit, we are thrilled to talk with Professor John Gibson, director of the J...

03/26/2024

CECM's own Anne Liao presenting her work at the Ircam Forum last week.

03/04/2024

IU at the Electronic Music Midwest Festival: Xinyuan Deng, Minho Kang, Anne Liao, Yoonjae Choi, Chi Wang, Yao Hsiao, John Gibson, Mark Phillips (DM '86), and Eddie Ludema (DM '16). We had a great time at this fun and well-run festival!

02/24/2024

It was so great to welcome Felipe Tovar-Henao back to the CECM! We learned so much from his forum talk and hands-on instruction in computer-assisted composition using the bach Max package.

02/16/2024

Please join me in congratulating our composition graduate students Huan Sun and Yao Hsiao. They are two of the four national finalists for the Sweetwater/SEAMUS commissioning awards this year!

-John Gibson

02/08/2024

We're honored to have Pamela Z as our guest this week and grateful she could visit the CECM to share her ideas and stories about electronic music composition and performance. We were inspired! Looking forward to her performances tonight at the IU New Music Ensemble concert.

11/22/2023

We offer a master's degree in Computer Music Composition. Our center's focus is on composition for instruments and live electronics, data-driven instruments, multichannel audio, and audiovisual media. We encourage you to explore all of these and more, through a series of courses, intensive independent work, and multi-disciplinary collaborations. Our school provides a rich, active musical environment, where you can avail yourself of the talents of over 1000 performance majors. Visit: cecm.indiana.edu.

11/19/2023

Yuanyuan Kay He, from the University of Arizona, was at the CECM on Thursday to show us her recent audiovisual collaborative projects and discuss her background and approach with students. Amazing work! And very useful insights for us on how we might manage our own projects.

11/11/2023

Ted Coffey (University of Virginia) visited the CECM on Thursday to talk about his approach to sound-making and composition for fixed media. He also shared insights from his collaborations with the Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Dance Company. Fascinating and inspiring!

11/09/2023

CECM Faculty News: Chi Wang and John Gibson placed in the Prix CIME 2023 international Electroacoustic Music Competition.

11/06/2023

CECM hosted Ted Moore last week for an inspiring talk on applications of data mining and machine learning in his creative work and a day of meetings with individual students. He showed examples from his pieces, quartet and saccades.

11/05/2023

Three generations of CECMers at SPLICE Festival in Boston: Anne Liao (MM Computer Music candidate), Sam Wells (Asst. Prof. at Temple Univ.), Michele Darling (Chair, Electronic Production and Design at Berklee).

11/01/2023

Congrats to CECM's Anne Liao, Shuyu Lin, and Chi Wang for performing their pieces at Musicacoustica 2023 in Hangzhou, China last week!

10/02/2023

George Lewis spoke to a CECM class last week while visiting for the US premiere of his piece, The Deformation of Mastery, by the IU New Music Ensemble. Amazing composer and a wonderful guest!

10/21/2022

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music offers a master's degree in Computer Music Composition. As a student in our program, you will work in the Center for Electronic and Computer Music and receive close attention from faculty members Chi Wang and John Gibson.

Our center's focus is on composition for instruments and live electronics, data-driven instruments, multichannel audio, and audiovisual media. We encourage you to explore all of these and more, through a series of courses, intensive independent work, and multi-disciplinary collaborations. Our school provides a rich, active musical environment, where you can avail yourself of the talents of over 1000 performance majors.

The Jacobs School has an exceptional scholarship and financial aid program, with over 75% of our students receiving merit-based aid.

For more about electronic music at the Jacobs School, visit our website: https://cecm.indiana.edu.

Details about the masters degree and application procedure can be found here: https://cecm.indiana.edu/degrees.

Degrees

10/06/2022

CECM faculty Chi Iris Wang and John Gibson presented their work last weekend at the NYU / Ircam Forum in New York City. The picture shows Chi performing her award-winning piece, Action-Reaction, and John giving a talk about his resynthesis software. He also presented his new fixed-media piece, In Summer Rain.

09/14/2022

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09/13/2022

Congratulations to CECM faculty member, Chi Iris Wang for receiving the Award of Distinction in the Live Performance / Sound Art category of the Matera Intermedia Festival competition for her work, Action-Reaction!

https://www.mainfest.it/awards22/

MA/IN festival

-John Gibson

L’edizione 2022 ha ricevuto proposte da 52 paesi, per un totale di 388 lavori nelle 4 categorie. La giuria – composta da Annette Vande Gorne, Horacio Vaggione, Sarah Nemtsov, Anna Korsun, Fabio Cifariello Ciardi, Flavia Mazzanti, Daniele Ghisi, Gregory Charette, Marco Donnarumma, L...

08/22/2022

08/17/2022

Here’s a plug for Center for Electronic & Computer Music students whose works were performed at festivals this summer!

May:
Electronic Music Midwest (Lewis University)
Shuyu Lin (DM Composition): “Feather Mallet” (for live electronics)

June:
New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival
Yi-De Chen (DM Composition): “The Deep Ocean” (for piano and electronics)
Xinglan Deng (BM Composition): “Prisoner of Time” (for fixed-media)
Anne Liao (MM Composition and Music Theory): “Water, Bowls and Rocks” (for live electronics)
Shuyu Lin: “Who are you, a composer, conductor or singer?” (for live electronics)

July:
International Computer Music Conference (Limerick, Ireland)
Shuyu Lin: “Who are you, a composer, conductor or singer?”
Walker Smith (BM Composition): “The Sound of Molecules.” (electronic music/science presentation)

Learn about the CECM here:

CECM landing page

05/14/2022

My department at the University of Pittsburgh is searching for a full-time faculty position in Music Technology with an interest in theory starting in late August. It’s a full-time one-year position and the plan is to have another search (since we got the approval too late this year) next year for a renewable Lecturer position. Please forward this to anyone you think might be interested in joining our wonderful department in beautiful Pittsburgh! The deadline is very soon (June 1). Feel free to let me know of any questions—thank you!

Best,
Amy
Dr. Amy Williams (she/her/hers)
Associate Professor of Music (Composition/Theory)
Director of Graduate Admissions
University of Pittsburgh Department of Music
110 Music Building
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Office: 412-624-4120
[email protected]

https://cfopitt.taleo.net/careersection/pitt_faculty_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=22003938&tz=GMT-04%3A00&tzname=America%2FNew_York

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

02/25/2022

https://jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/11753

The Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor in Technology in Music and Related Arts (TIMARA) for the 2022-23 academic year (July 1, 2022-June 30, 2023). The department welcomes applicants specializing in a wide range of creative practices wher...

01/06/2022

Job Posting

The College of Arts, Media and Design at Northeastern University announces a college-wide, cross-departmental cluster of open-rank (tenured or tenure-track) appointments at the nexus of Artificial Intelligence, Design, and the Arts (Music, Design, and Creativity Studies).

Music Technology and AI: possibilities include applied sound and visual design (e.g., data sonification); musical information retrieval; expanding accessibility of advanced creative technologies across diverse communities; applying critical creative practice to ethics, race and social justice; other innovative modes of communication through music/design and AI; and creative coding.

https://careers.hrm.northeastern.edu/en-us/job/508496/open-rank-professor-humanics-in-ai

Job Search You will be prompted to create an account when you apply for a position. Already have an account? Log in here. Search for jobs Position Type Faculty Full-time (Tenure/Tenure Track) 1 Locations Boston Main Campus 1 Categories Colleges College of Arts, Media and Design 1 Open Rank Professor...

11/25/2021

Manchester New Music Festival – North Manchester, Indiana - Call for Works

The Manchester University (N. Manchester, Indiana) Department of Music is pleased to announce a call for submissions for the 3rd Manchester New Music Festival.

The festival will take place on the Manchester University campus in North Manchester, Indiana on May 6-7, 2022. This year’s featured performer will be cellist, Nick Photinos.

Composers may submit work in the following categories:
- Works for featured performer, Nick Photinos: solo cello, cello and piano, cello with electronics (live or fixed media) - Nick is especially interested in works for cello and fixed media.
- Instrumental solo or chamber works for which the composer can provide performers
- Electroacoustic compositions (with or without video)
- Paper sessions/presentations

Submission Details:
- Composers may submit up to two works for consideration.
- Electroacoustic compositions are also encouraged (although limited to 4-channel playback).
- Preference will be given to works less than 10 minutes in duration. Works that are a little bit longer will be considered, but preference will be given to shorter compositions (due to limited programming space).
- Composers of selected works will be expected to attend the festival.
- Papers/presentation proposals on any topics related to contemporary music are also encouraged.
- We are unfortunately unable to provide performers (except for works for solo cello, cello and piano or cello with electronics)
- There is no submission or registration fee.

Send submissions via email to [email protected]. Files larger than 10 MB should be sent using a file-sharing service such as Dropbox.com. Please include the following…
- Score (PDF)
- Duration of the work
- MP3 or link to audio file (if available)
- Program Notes
- Composer Bio

Submission Deadline: January 1, 2022

The Manchester New Music Festival is made possible by the Joyce and Wil Nolen Music Fund.

The first and second Manchester New Music Festivals were held in 2013 and 2015. After a hiatus, we are excited to bring the festival back and plan to continue hosting this event on a regular basis moving forward.

10/15/2021

We are ready for the next session of The Great Inventions that Changed the World. This month the panelists from Indiana University, UNAM Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Sorbonne Université will discuss about the Music in all its forms through the ages. 🙌🎼

Center for Electronic and Computer Music | Facultad de Música - UNAM | Suicrea | IReMus - Institut de recherche en musicologie

Register here: https://go.iu.edu/46RG

09/02/2021

The SEAMUS 2022 National Conference submission portal is now open and can be accessed through the SEAMUS website here: https://seamusonline.org/2022-national-conference/ This page contains information about the conference as well as a link to the submission portal.

The submission portal will close at 11:59 PM PST on October 15th, 2021.

The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) 2022 National Conference will be held at Western Michigan University and virtually from March 30th through April 2nd, 2022. SEAMUS 2022 will showcase a broad spectrum of electro-acoustic modes and practices. We will present a s ...

09/02/2021

Announcing the 2022 ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission Competition

The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) is pleased to announce the 2022 ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Composer Commissioning Program. The purpose of this program is to promote student participation in SEAMUS activities, and to encourage young composers to pursue creative endeavors in electro-acoustic music.

The submission deadline is October 15th, 2021.

For more information about the commissioning program (prizes, eligibility, guidelines, etc.), or to submit a work, please visit the current submission site and follow the instructions: https://seamusonline.org/ascapseamus/ The submission portal link is located at the bottom of the page.

The program is administered by SEAMUS and funded by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)

Questions may be directed to eli [dot] fieldsteel [at] gmail [dot] com.

05/09/2021

Join us Thursday, May 13 at 8 pm EDT for our virtual Spring Concert! On IUMusicLive: iumusiclive.music.indiana.edu. Music by A-de Chen, Oliver Kwapis, Patrick Lenz, Anne Liao, Shuyu Lin, Joey Miller, Tim Reinholz, and Chi Iris Wang. Guest performers: Jane Larson, Yuseok Seol, and Mingyuan Yang. The program lasts a little over an hour.

04/26/2021

The Korea Electro-Acoustic Music Society announces a call for works for the Seoul International Computer Music Festival (SICMF) 2021 and a call for proposals for the 2021 KEAMS Annual Conference (KEAMSAC) and the journal Emille, to be held Oct. 15-17, 2021 at the Platform-L Contemporary Art Center in Seoul, Korea.

1. Seoul International Computer Music Festival (SICMF)
Website: http://computermusic.asia/
Submission Deadline: June 30, 2021, 6 pm (UTC+9)

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2. KEAMS Annual Conference (KEAMSAC) and the journal Emilie
Website: http://keams.org/emille/call.html
Submission Deadline: June 30, 2021