Friday October 25, 2024
1pm to 3:30 EDT on Zoom
FREE
https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/j/95922093634?pwd=EqA3qah2wDmGKpUdUrynolQeQbfbYY.1
In this lecture/workshop, Evanstein will introduce SCAMP, his Suite for Computer-Assisted Music in Python. In the first half, he will reflect on the last several years of his creative practice with SCAMP, which has included interactive compositions, data-driven collaborations with scientists, and popular animated YouTube videos. In the second half, he will offer an introduction to composing music in SCAMP, with attendees encouraged to follow along on their computers.
Bio:
Dr. Marc Evanstein is a composer and creative coder based in the Portland area. His compositions have been featured at festivals both domestically and internationally, such as the Seoul International Computer Music Festival, the International Computer Music Festival, the Atlantic Music Festival, and the Bowdoin International Music Festival, where he won the Composition Contest in 2015. Marc is also the creator of SCAMP (Suite for Computer-Assisted Music in Python), a software tool with which he teaches algorithmic composition and collaborates with scientific researchers, as well as the YouTube channel 'music.py,' which explores the confluence of music and creative coding.
Links:
- SCAMP Homepage
- "Searsville" (a data driven collaboration)
- Instructions for installing SCAMP
- Selected YouTube Videos:
* Circle Music Series
* The Rhythm of the Primes
* The Fibonacci Music Box
