[PD] OT: Computer music grad school
David Merrill
dmerrill at media.mit.edu
Mon Jul 17 23:48:15 CEST 2006
p.s. a follow-up on my recent reply - you can also do a PhD at CCRMA, if
you want to go deeper and have more time to spend...
http://ccrma.stanford.edu/info/phd-info.html
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
>
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