Hi Chuck and David
you're right at least one of us is on the list ;) I just graduated a month ago from the MA/MST program at CCRMA - I'd be happy to discuss one on one with ya
I know another person from my class is very active on the linux lists - Kjetil - he probably sees this too
And yeah, PD is pretty important in the program - not just for 250 (HCI) but also for the 220 series which is key in the program
-- Aaron
On Mon, 2006-07-17 at 17:37 -0400, David Merrill wrote:
Hi Chuck -
You should check out the CCRMA program at Stanford. I was a graduate student in computer science student, but I spent a lot of time with the CCRMA community, and I took much of the coursework that a masters student in their 1-year "Music, Science, and Technology" would take. MST students are formally in the music department, but get a good dose of synthesis techniques, algorithmic composition, and signal processing - along with elective options where they can explore controller-building and human-computer interaction, perceptual audio coding, acoustics, and other topics. I think there's a course on music cognition, and the symbolic systems program also at Stanford features some connections between music and psychology/perception.
here is the description of the 1-year masters program at CCRMA: http://ccrma.stanford.edu/info/mst-info.html
I think that you could connect these technical topics very tightly to musical studies, and the degree to which that's done varies from student to student, based on interest. One year feels like a short amount of time to absorb all of this technique and do creative work with it (this observation is based on conversations with students in the program), but Stanford is on the quarter system - so you get three rounds of courses rather than 2 that you'd have with semesters.. The facilities are good, some of the pioneers of computer music/sound are there (and others come through to visit fairly regularly), and the community is dynamic and stimulating. Let me know if you want any other info - and there are undoubtedly other CCRMA students/grads on this list, since PD is a tool of choice in the music controllers class. http://ccrma.stanford.edu/courses/250a/
cheers, -David Merrill
Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
Hi. I am entering senior year as a composition major, at Univ Arts in Philly. I'm interested in going to grad school for computer music, and I want a little more of a challenge. I like freedom to pursue lots of things, but at my current school that has meant pursuing things the faculty can't really help me with. Ideally, I want a good mix of computer and musical studies. I am interested in learning all I can about computers, but I don't want to abandon "traditional" things like melody and themes. I've tried to learn C in the past, but I can't justify spending lots of time on it while studying here. It's mostly live performances, and mostly jazz, here.
I've checked out some stuff about UCSD, and their including of music cognition as an actual field of study is great, it's my other favorite subject. Not so big on algorithmic composition, but I'd be curious. Does anyone have any recommendations for other places I should check out? I'm willing to relocate, considering I would probably have to.
Thanks. -Chuckk