Sound Studies/Acoustic Communication Master’s Program Sound Studies :: Berlin University of the Arts.

Sound studies explore and form the acoustic dimensions of culture by using interdisciplinary methods. While applying a broader scale of theories and practices originating in art, cultural and social sciences, or design, sound studies aim at equally comprehensive and profound investigations of sonic phenomena, which then can be realized in diverse forms: as texts, as interventions, as works of art or as commercial projects. To cover all aspects, Sound Studies / Acoustic Communication at the Berlin University of the Arts are structured in four different fields: anthropology and ecology of sounds, experimental sound art and sound design, digital audio design, and acoustic conceptualization / brand communication. Continue reading

Getting & Dealing With Reviews - a Music Panel :: October 27, 2009; 7:30 p.m. :: Wagner College, Spiro Hall Room 2, Staten Island, NY.

Getting & Dealing with Reviews will help musicians in their quest to getting their music reviewed once they’ve released it. We will explore what Music writers look for, how they go about reviewing music, and how they find or pick the music they want to write about. We’ll also discuss ways to deal with the dreaded bad review, and what to do differently for the next time. Continue reading

The Boston Area Definitive Audio Student Summit :: September 26, 2009; 9:00 am - 4:30 pm :: The New England Institute of Art, 10 Brookline Place West, Brookline, MA.

This is the third year this AES regional student summit has been hosted by the New England Institute of Art. Audio students, educators and enthusiasts have been invited for a full day of workshops, tutorials, studio and software demos. Some popular studio demonstrations will be limited in size. To ensure your inclusion, arrive as early as possible. Really cool T-shirts will be given to the first 200 attendees.
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Playable Media: A New Research Focus at UC Santa Cruz Digital Arts and New Media (DANM) MFA Program; under the direction of Noah Wardrip-Fruin :: Applications Due February 15 for Fall 2009 Admission.

UC Santa Cruz is pleased to announce an MFA for artists working with computer games, software toys, interactive fictions, rhetorical simulations, and related playable forms. The university’s Digital Arts and New Media (DANM) MFA program has added Playable Media as a research focus for its collaborative faculty-student projects. Applications to the DANM MFA program for Fall 2009 are being accepted through February 15, and are encouraged from the broad diversity of artists who create work that invites and structures play. Continue reading

Surround Sound Master Class by Paul Geluso :: December 10 and 17, 2008; 6:30-9:30 pm :: Harvestworks, 596 Broadway #602, NYC.

For many years, artists had to bring their own equipment when they wanted to present multichannel sound works. Even a simple 4-channel (”quad”) installation required you to patch two stereo systems together, and you had to play your material from a computer to make sure the audio is in sync. With the advent of 5.1 Surround Sound, to be distributed on DVD, this changed profoundly. If your artistic project could work within the Surround Sound environment, you could just author a DVD with your surround audio or video piece, and ship it off to the gallery or presentation space to make it work. Continue reading

NYS ARTS introduces our latest professional training Webinar Series BOOTSTRAP YOUR MUSIC to help musicians, composers and performers achieve success in the marketplace.

NYS ARTS BOOTSTRAP YOUR MUSIC is a series of online seminars {webinars} offered in real time, comprised of three courses with three different instructors. The first course has three sessions during the month of June. You can sign up for each session individually at $10, or for all three at a discounted rate of $25. Register today. Space is limited.

Once you sign up we will give you the web address and log in information so you can participate fully. High speed internet access is required. A Blog is up throughout the series to help you share and get information, find resources and post questions. Continue reading

Common Music Notation in Max/Msp with MaxScore with Nick Didkovsky and Georg Hajdu :: April 16, 6:30 - 9:30 pm :: Class Cost: $50 :: HARVESTWORKS Digital Media Arts Center, 596 Broadway, Suite 602 (at Houston St), New York, NY. For details, or to register go here.

MaxScore currently exports to MusicXML so you can load your scores into Finale and Sibelius. MaxScore also exports to the GNU LilyPond automated engraving system. MaxScore was programmed in Java Music Specification Language by Nick Didkovsky (but requires no Java programming to operate). MaxScore was commissioned by “Bipolar - German-Hungarian Cultural Projects.” Bipolar is an initiative of the Federal Cultural Foundation of Germany. Continue reading

Harvestworks is offering a full-week, 40hr crash course, March 17-21, in the basics of Max/MSP and Jitter, run by veteran Max programmer Dafna Naphtali, Harvestworks engineer and teacher Zachary Seldess, and Harvestworks’ Deputy Director Hans Tammen. The course is designed for beginners who want to get a head start with this software package. The course may be especially appealing to artists living outside of New York City who don’t have the opportunity to learn Max in their own hometown and who would enjoy a week in New York City. Continue reading