Max Computer Music Workshop - applications open till 01/20/2020

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Christopher Dobrian

Max Computer Music Workshop at the Charlotte New Music Festival
June 15-27, 2020

Application Deadline: January 20, 2020
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The Max Computer Music Workshop (MCMW, led by Christopher Dobrian and Charles Nichols) is an intermediate to advanced one- to two-week immersive workshop, focused on programming and composing computer music in the Max visual programming environment. Participants will learn techniques for programming interactive computer music, culminating in a public recorded performance of works created during the workshop, performed by guest musicians.

About the Max Computer Music Workshop:Guest Instructors: Christopher Dobrian & Charles Nichols

Week 1: "Max Programming Fundamentals"
Led by Christopher Dobrian
May be taken as a standalone crash-immersion course, getting you adept with basic and intermediate interactive Max programming techniques. Most days will incorporate the creation of small practical études.

Week 2: "Computer Music Programming and Composition"
Led by Christopher Dobrian and Charles Nichols
Week 2 is a continuation of week 1. You will focus on further development of your own Max programming skills and create a piece for performance in the Max Computer Music Concert on the last day of the workshop.

Dobrian and Nichols will present a range of computer music topics, including:

  • Digital audio—input/output, synthesis, recording, looping, processing, and spatialization

  • MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) data for musical control

  • OSC (Open Sound Control) data for communication between devices

  • Event timing, ordering, and sequencing

  • Program structure and user interface design

  • Composition of algorithmic interactive computer music.

More info & to apply online www.charlottenewmusic.org

Guest artists also present at the Charlotte New Music Festival:
Guest Ensembles
Beo String Quartet (Pittsburgh)
Hypercube (NY)
Loadbang (NY)
Transient Canvas (Boston)
Duo Zonda (flutes - Orlando Cela & Wei Zhao, Boston)
SpacePants
Guest Composers:
John Allemeier
Christopher Dobrian
Kirsten Broberg
Lansing McLoskey
Charles Nichols
Alejandro Rutty
Kotoka Suzuki
Others TBA