[PD] OT: Computer music grad school

[Aaron J. Trumm]

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
> >
> 
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