Fall 2024 Lineup of classes in Electronic and Experimental Music
In case you are wondering what to sign up for…
Unique things this upcoming semester:
- Perform through live coding and acoustic instruments through the MUS 4270 EMDM Ensemble
- Signal Processing and interactivity in MaxMSP via MUS 4745 Computer Music
- An exciting collaboration with EMDM, DMAE and Digital Art to explore Extended Reality Performance! MUS 7746 – EMDM Seminar in XR Performance
- MUS 2745 Intro to Computer Music
- Applied Electroacoustic Music in MUS 3153 & 7053
The Fall 2024 lineup of music & technology classes from EMDM
MUS 7746 – Research Seminar in EMDM: XR Performance
Taught by: Dr. Allison & Derick Ostrenko
Paired with ART 4240 Special Topics: XR Performance
Performance and live events such as concerts, opening ceremonies, theatrical productions, and other spectacles are using light, sound, and technology to extend reality in rapidly evolving ways. This course engages the intersection of electronic music, visualization, performer, and audience. We will focus on creating real-time music, sound, and performance that respond and interact with graphics, lighting, and illusion on a large LED wall in LSU’s new XR Studio environment. Experimental and traditional tools for content creation will be explored as a part of the production pipeline such as Max (Jitter), Unreal Engine, Notch, and TouchDesigner. Other strategies for interaction and reaction such as motion capture, sensors, and computer vision will be covered. The course is project based and will entail a series of lessons that pave the way for original XR performances that combine physical sets with digital graphics.
Open to students with some coding background (MUS 4745 suggested) and Performers who want to explore technology in their performance practice.
Fall 2024 T/Th 12:00-1:30
MUS 2745 – Intro to Computer Music
Taught by: Fiona Xue Ju
- DAWs, Recording/Editing, composing, sound design
- Culminates in a concert of works at the Really, Really New Music Marathon.
Open to all levels of Music students including Digital Media Minor students
Fall 2024 MWF 930-1030
MUS 4745 – Computer Music
Taught by: Dr. Trapani
- Using computers to create music from scratch
- Audio programming in Max
- Sound Synthesis
- Audio Processors
- Computer Music Composition
- Computer Interactivity and Performance
Open to all levels including Digital Media Minor students (2745 or 2700 recommended)
Fall 2024 T/Th 9:00-10:20
MUS 4270 – EMDM Ensemble – Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana
Taught by: Dr. Allison & Kerem Ergener
- Exploring Performance with technology
- Live Coding
- Improvisation
- Paired performing with Electronic & Acoustic instruments
- Performance at the DMC!
Open to all levels of music students including Digital Media Minor students
Fall 2024 – T 3:00-550
MUS 3152/7053 – Applied Electroacoustic Music
Taught by: Dr. Allison & Dr. Trapani
- define and compose works incorporating -or creating- technology. (Essentially composition on electricity)
- Pre-requisite of MUS 2745 (or by permission of instructor)
- Culminates in a performance of the work you created at the Really, Really New Music Marathon.
Open to EMDM and Composition students and others by approval
Fall 2024 – Fr 3:00-4:20 + by appointment
If you have any questions about the courses or requirements, please contact Dr. Allison at jtallison@lsu.edu
Water Dust
Water Dust w/ guest artist Patrick Chin Ting Chan
We are delighted to announce an upcoming concert featuring the work of Patrick Chin Ting Chan, fellow students from the Experimental Music & Digital Media (EMDM) program, along with dancers. The event is free and open to the public and will take place on March 8, 2024, at 7:30 pm in the Digital Media Center at Louisiana State University.
Water Dust is a concert-length piece composed by Patrick Chin Ting Chan, exploring the symbolic and aesthetic aspects of water and dust. Inspired by the contrast and connection between these elements, the piece embodies dualities such as purity and impurity, change and stagnation, emotion and reason. It pushes the boundaries between art and science, nature and culture, order and chaos, inviting the audience to immerse themselves in a fluid and organic world of sound and vision.
The work comprises 17 short videos. The graphics and sounds evoke imagery of water droplets, dust particles, and other microscopic phenomena, featuring abstract and distorted geometric patterns or waves in motion, employing two primary color groups: blue and brown. Accompanying the videos, a group of performers will improvise during or between the segments, responding to and reflecting on the audiovisuals to interpret the duality of these contrasts. The performers are encouraged to integrate into the collective sound of the audio materials.
Featured performers include:
Patrick Chin Ting Chan
Fiona X Ju
Ka Hei Cheng
Dominick L Licciardi
Irina Kruchinina
Drew Farrar
Dylan Burchett (Concert Technician)
For more information, please visit the website: http://www.chintingchan.com/water-dust1.html