ICST summerschool and Classes 2008/2009


The Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology at the Zurich University of the Arts is offering for the third time a summerschool with classes in MaxMSP Jitter/ SuperCollider and other digital media related topics. These are adressed specifically at practising artists who are not enrolled in a curriculum at ZHdK.



The Classes are free of charge for students of the ETH, University of Zurich and ZHdk. For students of the ZHdK each class is valued with 1.5 ECST points. Tuition for non-students: 400.00 CHF. Pleae sign up early since the avalaible places are limited. Instructions for payment/transfer are communicated with the acknowledgement of your registration.

Summerschool takes place at Mediacampus, ZHdK, Baslerstrasse 30, Entrance 7 (Buildinge F, 2. Etage), from 1. to 5. September, and from 8. to 12. September 2008 starting at 10:00 to 17:00. The specific dates and times of each class is given in the information below.

Classes will be taught in German but all teachers speak English.

To sign up visit the following page:
http://www.icst.net/index.php?show=122

Deadline for registration is 25. June 2008



Das Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste bietet wiederum Sommerkurse und Kurse für das Wintersemester 2008/2009 an. Interessentinnen und Interessenten können sich ab sofort online hier für die kurse anmelden:

http://www.icst.net/index.php?show=122

Anmeldefrist für alle Kurse: 25. Juni 2008

Bay Area Computer Music Technology Group Presentations @ Digidesign

Bay Area Computer Music Technology Group (BArCMuT)
7pm Thursday June 12th 2008 @ Digidesign
2001 Junipero Serra Blvd, Daly City , CA 94014
RSVP Here: http://electronicmusic.meetup.com/152/calendar/6921840/

Thank you to Digidesign for hosting our June meetup! Please note that you must RSVP to be admitted to the event at Digidesign: http://electronicmusic.meetup.com/152/calendar/6921840/

The presenters this month will be:
* Digidesign project manager and electronic music composer Bobby Lombardi (http://www.digidesign.com) will present on topics in Plug-In design. A video on his recent project, the guitar amp modeling plugin Eleven, can be seen here in the “Behind Eleven” video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAzyRm0zm_U&feature=user

* Rubyist Giles Bowket will present on “Archaeopteryx: A Ruby MIDI Generator”. A talk that he gave on this evolving project at the ruby conference GoRuCo is posted here: http://goruco2008.confreaks.com/02_bowkett.html

* CNMAT Researcher Andrew Schmeder will present on the micro-OSC project. Micro-osc is Open Sound Control (OSC) running natively on a $25 PIC18F microcontroller board. The firmware itself is scheduled to be released in June. Andy will bring instruments and sensors built on the platform and will also give a quick review the OSC format. More about OSC: http://opensoundcontrol.org/introduction-osc

* Lightning talks from 7 – 7:30pm. Adam Murray on Max & jRuby, Ge Wang on the formation of the Laptop Orchestra of the Left, and you? If you would like to give a 5 minute lightning talk on a project you are working on, let me (Noah Thorp) know in advance or at the event.

Please RSVP as there will be sign in at the front desk: http://electronicmusic.meetup.com/152/calendar/6921840/

Note, this one is on the second Thursday of the month (June 12th) rather than our usual first Thursday of the month. Also, we are starting at 7pm rather than 7:30 to make room for lightning talks and these excellent presenters. Snacks will be provided.

All the best,
Noah Thorp
Bay Area Computer Music Technology Group (BArCMuT)
Organizer


Hume scholarships at the NUIM Music Dept.

Just a reminder that if anyone in this list is
interested or knows anyone interested in working on
a doctorate in the areas of synthesis/musical signal
processing/computer music languages/electroacoustic music
with us at the Music Technology Lab, NUIM, the university has a
scholarship scheme which is now open (deadline 11/06/08).

http://graduatestudies.nuim.ie/prospective/JohnHume.shtml

Please feel free in contacting me privately if you
have any queries.

Regards
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Dr Victor Lazzarini
Senior Lecturer in Music
Director, Music Technology Laboratory
NUI Maynooth Ireland