50 years of computer music
This might be of interest to CHI attendees. If computer music isn't your thing (and it isn't really mine!), then the computer history museum is still worth a visit.
Chris
Subject: CCRMA & CHM Present: A Celebration of Max Mathews and 50 Years
of Computer Music, April 29
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:29:29 -0700
From: Computer History Museum
To: historymuseum@mckinty.org
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"A Celebration of Max Mathews and 50 years of Computer Music"*
Fifty years ago, in 1957, at Bell Telephone Laboratories, Max Mathews demonstrated that the digital computer can be used as a fantastic new musical instrument. He created a revolutionary software platform destined to form the basis of all contemporary digital musical systems.
His audacious ideas were driven by the belief that any sound that the human ear can hear can be produced by a computer. Mathews' mastery of this new instrument revealed new musical horizons and sparked a burgeoning curiosity into the very nature of sound. His comprehension and elaboration made five decades of art and research possible, laying the groundwork for generations of electronic musicians to synthesize, record, and play music.
Today at Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics
(CCRMA) as a Professor Emeritus he continues not only to educate students and colleagues, but also to guide and inspire with his constant inventiveness and pure musical pleasure.
Join us in honoring Max for an afternoon of sound, celebration and discovery of his ideas, works, music, and writings.
*Where* Computer History Museum
Hahn Auditorium
1401 N. Shoreline Blvd.
Mountain View, CA 94043
Directions
*When*
SUNDAY, April 29, 2007
*4 pm Pre-concert talk*
Jon Appleton, John Chowning, Evelyne Gayou, Max Mathews, Jean-Claude Risset
*5 pm "Influences: A tribute Concert"*
Jon Appleton, Gerald Bennett, Chris Chafe, Evelyne Gayou, Max Mathews,
Dexter Morrill, Jean-Claude Risset
*6 pm Reception *
*Registration*
Free.
To register or for more information on the event, please visit the
Museum's website at http://www.computerhistory.org/max_guest_04292007
or Call (650) 810-1005.