ICIA 2012 Summer Institute in Italy
Computer Music Instruction
Citta di Castello
/ Rome
Citta di Castello
Scuola Communale di Musica Giacomo Puccini
July 2 through 10, 2012.
Two courses will be offered, taught by Carlos Delgado and Riccardo Santoboni.
Introduction
to Interactive Audio-visual Arts with Max: A beginner's tutorial for musicians,
video artists, and dancers
This nine-day, hands-on course assumes
no prior knowledge of the Max programming environment.
It will introduce students to the fundamentals of MIDI, audio, and video data
processing with a special focus on the development of applications that respond
in real time to human input. Student will develop Max patches that allow for
control of video
Topics covered will include
fundamentals of the Max programming environment (objects, inlets and outlets,
data types, arguments, execution order); handling MIDI, audio, and video data;
analysis of MIDI data (obtaining pitch, velocity, duration, delta time,
intervals, pitch class, range, etc.); making automated decisions; introduction
to algorithmic composition (generating MIDI, audio, and video data); basic
video processing (brightness, color, saturation, zoom, rotation, etc.); graphic
user interface (GUI) design.
For questions about this course please
contact Carlos Delgado.
Microcontrollers
and Sensors in Computer Music Interactions
(Riccardo Santoboni)
The course will focus on techniques for
controlling sound parameters by means of external signals. Arduino
hardware and processing software will be used to control CSound
as well as MaxMsp. The course is designed for
students with no previous experience in electronics or programming (but with
some familiarity with the use of computers in music). The levels of the
in-class projects will be adjusted to the skill levels of the participants. Arduino hardware ("Diecimila"
and Arduino Bluetooth) will be provided.
For questions about this course please
contact Riccardo Santoboni.
About
the hardware:
Students must bring their laptop
computers (Mac or PC) with Max installed. There are several options available,
listed below from most to least (i.e., free)
expensive:
About
the software:
-
Students may purchase Max from Cycling 74 (http://cycling74.com/)
-
Students with a valid student ID may purchase Max from Cycling 74 at a
student-discount (http://cycling74.com/shop/discounts/).
-
Students may purchase an inexpensive, 12-month authorization from Cycling 74
(http://cycling74.com/shop/discounts/)
-
Students may download the free 30 day, fully
functional trial version of Max from Cycling 74. In this case, students should
download and install Max shortly before traveling to Italy, because the trial version
will only work for 30 days.
-
Csound can be downloaded for free at:
http://www.csounds.com/
Cost:
Total cost for both courses: $300
(Please note: by registering for these
courses you will also be able to
participate in the intensive, two-day seminar "Designing
Interactive Music and Multimedia Systems" offered free of charge in Rome
on July 12/13, and described below).
Rome
University of Rome, Tor Vergata
July 12 and 13, 2012
Designing Interactive
Music and Multimedia Systems (see this and other free ICIA and IAEF seminars at Tor Vergata)
This two-day, hands-on seminar is for
students who are already familiar with the Max programming language. It will
focus on using techniques drawn from the fields of music theory, artificial
intelligence, and computer
vision
to design systems that respond in real time to human input. Topics covered will
include data mapping, Markov Chains, and Gestural Control. Interested students
are encouraged to bring their laptops and to download the free cv.jit computer vision library developed by Jean-Marc
Pelletier.
For questions about this course please
contact Carlos Delgado.
About
the hardware:
Students must bring their laptop
computers (Mac or PC) with Max installed. There are several options available,
listed below from most to least (i.e., free) expensive:
About
the software:
-
Students may purchase Max from Cycling 74 (http://cycling74.com/)
-
Students with a valid student ID may purchase Max from Cycling 74 at a
student-discount (http://cycling74.com/shop/discounts/).
-
Students may purchase an inexpensive, 12-month authorization from Cycling 74
(http://cycling74.com/shop/discounts/)
-
Students may download the free 30 day, fully
functional trial version of Max from Cycling 74. In this case, students should
download and install Max shortly before traveling to Italy, because the trial
version will only work for 30 days.
-
Once you have installed Max you may download Jean-Marc Pelletier's free cv.jit computer vision library of Max externals at: http://jmpelletier.com/cvjit/
About
the instructors:
Riccardo Santoboni is a very well-known Italian composer, conductor, and educator. He is the director and principal conductor of the NABLA Ensemble. He is also professor of computer music at the Conservatorio di Musica Santa Cecilia. For more information on Riccardo Santoboni's activities please visit his webpage.
Carlos Delgado's music has been heard
in concerts, festivals, and radio broadcasts in Argentina, Australia, England,
France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Romania, Spain, Venezuela, and the
United States. A composer who specializes in electroacoustic chamber music and
multimedia, his works have been presented at venues such as Merkin
Recital Hall in New York; the 11th Biennial Symposium on Arts and Technology:
New Creativity at the Ammerman Center Auditorium,
Connecticut; St. Giles Cripplegate / Barbican, in
London, England; the Rencontre Internationale
de Science & Cinema (RISC) in Marseille, France; the Strada
Facendo Festival, in Pisa, Italy; the International
Contemporary Music Week and the International Society for Contemporary Music's
World Music Days in Bucharest, Romania; the BKA Theater in Berlin, Germany, and
the Black Sea Symphony in Constanta, Romania. In October of 2011 he
participated in the international festival of electro-acoustic music EMUFest 2011 held at the St. CeciliaConservatory
in Rome, Italy.
A winner of the 1996 Society of
Composers CD Series Award, several of his works have been recorded by
world-class artists such as Emil Sein, Corrado Canonici, Roger Heaton,
and Beate-Gabriela Schmitt, and are available on the
CRI (New World Records), Living Artist, Capstone Records, and Sonoton ProViva labels.
He was first exposed to Max programming
during his graduate studies at New York University in 1997, and has since
furthered his knowledge through seminars and courses at Harvestworks
(New York City), CNMAT (Berkeley, California), and IRCAM (Paris).
His research interests range from
gestural control to musical applications of artificial intelligence techniques
and the design of interactive music systems. He is the author of several software
programs, including Lev, a gestural
control instrument for music and video performance, and Simone, an interactive live performance program. He has performed
on Lev at Symphony Space in New York
City; the Ennio Morricone
Auditorium in Rome, Italy; the Titu Maiorescu Romanian Cultural Institute in Berlin, Germany;
the Musica Senza Frontiere Festival, in Perugia, Italy; and many others.