CNMAT welcomes musicians from the National Gugak Center in Seoul, along with the Del Sol String Quartet, for a festival that blends traditional Korean instrumentalists with emerging technologies. Don’t miss these concerts of new works shaped by deep intercultural dialogue and inspired by the enduring legacy of traditional Korean music.
The College of Letters & Science at UC Berkeley recently reported on CNMAT. Read the article here.
https://ls.berkeley.edu/news/music-professors-campion-and-cella-steer-cnmat-through-ai-era
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What: A full-day event with talks on the latest research in audio generation, sound design, and AI-assisted composition.
The Voices of Silicon Valley in collaboration with the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT) has released performances of the American premiere of Gerard Grisey's "Les Chants de l'amour" ("Songs of Love"). The recording of the first of two US performances of this work was on March 9, 2025, at Wu Hall at the UC Berkeley Department of Music.
CNMAT welcomes composer Olivier Pasquet for a special visit and presentation in the main room at CNMAT for Thursday, June 19, from 11:30-12:30. Free and open to the pubic.
The 2025 International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) has concluded in Boston, MA hosted by Northeastern University, New England Conservatory, Berklee College of Music, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Emerson College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This year's conference was dedicated to the memory of David Wessel, ICMC's founder and CNMAT's director from 1987-2014. The conference was hosted and chaired by CNMAT alum Anthony DeRitis (Prof. Music, Northeastern University).
CNMAT is thrilled to have been part of the design and implementation of the newly inaugurated Wu Performance Hall in the Department of Music at Morrison Hall. With the support of Meyer Sound, Wu Hall is an ideal space for CNMAT's future concerts in the Department of Music. This project was made possible with several donors including the generous support of Laurie Wu McClain and Chuck McClain (pictured, lower right, with CNMAT Co-Director Edmund Campion.)
Composer and CNMAT alum, John MacCallum, remembers his last gig with David Wessel:
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of David Wessel's passing, CNMAT's ex-officio Associate Director, Richard Andrews, shares his reflections:
I had the distinct privilege of working with David Wessel from September 9, 1996 until his untimely passing on October 13, 2014. I started as an administrator and eventually became CNMAT’s Associate Director as well as Executive Director of the Eco Ensemble. I retired from CNMAT in June of 2021.
CNMAT extends its heartfelt thoughts to all who knew, revered, and loved CNMAT Director and Professor David Wessel (October 6, 1942–October 13, 2014) as we mark the 10th anniversary of his passing. David’s legacy resonates deeply across the UC Berkeley campus, particularly at CNMAT and in the Department of Music.
Carmine-Emanuele Cella, Co-Director and Lead Researcher at CNMAT, is an internationally acclaimed composer with advanced studies in mathematics. For many years he has worked on the poetical relationships between the structured world of mathematics and the chaotic world of artistic expression, using music as a medium. His music is not based on melodies, chords or rhythms but is more about writing the sound itself.
Under Carmine Cella, CNMAT students Alois Cerbu and Luke Dzwonczyk published three papers this summer at both the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) in Seoul, Korea and the Digital Audio Effects Conference (DAFx) in Surrey, UK.
Reprogrammable Effects Pedals on the Daisy Seed Platform Alois Cerbu, Carmine Cella ICMC 2024, Seoul, Korea
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Cerbu and Dzwonczyk publish papers with Cella
