[PD] OT: Computer music grad school

[Chuckk Hubbard]

Good point.
The only PhD's I know at my current school have been the ones
supporting me the most, but although they are curious, of course they
can't teach me computer music.  Alas, this was one of the only schools
in Philadelphia that was willing to admit a banjo player.
Actually, though, it's mostly music cognition that they tell me is
graduate level, and that my teachers don't want to learn.  To me it is
inseparable from composition.
I'll take your advice to heart in my search.  I'm checking out schools
whose names have come up on this list first.

-Chuckk

On 9/11/06, Kyle Klipowicz <kyleklip at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Chuck~
>
> In my (recently finished) undergraduate experience, I learned that
> PhD's are very particular about the research that they proctor.  They
> are unlikely to be interested in learning something new (like Pure
> Data) if it isn't in their narrowly defined research field.  They'd
> rather spend their precious research hours on something likely to
> guarantee tenure.
>
> So when I tried to find a research prof at my school to support my
> learning Pd, I wasn't satisfied.  Bottom line, if you want to learn
> something specific, investigate the staff at the institution of your
> choice.  If they are not already ears-deep in what you're dying to
> learn, it's a far cry that they will change their deeply-ingrained
> tendencies to accommodate you.
>
> ~Kyle
>
> On 9/11/06, Chuckk Hubbard <badmuthahubbard at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 9/11/06, Marius Schebella <marius.schebella at chello.at> wrote:
> > > I think for Austria it is EUR 726,72 per semester for students from non
> > > EU contries (with exceptions - for nationalities from poor countries it
> > > is free). things are changing slightly every year.
> >
> > Maybe I should wait a few years, when the US will be a poor country.
> >
> > > for art universities there is a restriction to a certain number of study
> > > places, which means you have to make an entrance examination. most
> > > students contact their major professor before.
> > > and your undergrad will probably not be accepted, because Austria has no
> > > real undergrad studies like B.A., you mostly finish with a magister
> > > (M.A. equiv.). this may also change in the future and is already now
> > > changing. all this is very different to GB and US, because there you can
> >
> > There must be some way.  I've been unbearably frustrated by my
> > teachers' unwillingness to pursue really challenging subjects, and
> > I've been told a bunch of times I'm pursuing graduate-level things.
> > Can it be that the best course of action for a very intelligent and
> > driven computer music student is to drop out of school and educate
> > himself online?  If not, I must find a program that will accept me.
> > It would be irrational to continue an expensive education in "the
> > basics" when I've been dying for more advanced studies for years.
> > A thousand unchallenging things with short deadlines are not the same
> > as a few challenging things...
> >
> >
> > -Chuckk
> >
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