2022-23 Assistantships Composition + EMDM
Composition + EMDM @ LSU
The LSU Composition and Experimental Music & Digital Media programs are looking for qualified candidates to fill 3 graduate assistantships for the upcoming 2022-23 academic year.
We will hold an informational meeting over zoom at 5CST on Thursday, December 2nd for anyone looking to find out more and ask questions regarding the programs, assistantships, or application process.
https://lsu.zoom.us/j/99873911786?pwd=OXdmOWVxVHl6QUp6NlNyYzZPcFRvZz09
Meeting ID: 998 7391 1786 Passcode: EMDM
Composition Assistantship
- Teaching experience
- manage the composer’s forum
- work with the Constantinides New Music Ensemble
This position is a multi-year full time assistantship of 20 hours/week including salary and tuition remission.
EMDM Studio Assistantship
- Teaching of an undergraduate course such as MUS 2745 Introduction to Computer Music and MUS 2700 Introduction to Music Technology
- Assist with studio maintenance and concert preparations
- Research projects in the area of Experimental Music and Digital Media (EMDM)
This position is a multi-year full time assistantship of 20 hours/week including salary and tuition remission.
Digital Design & Emergent Media Graduate Externship
The Experimental Music & Digital Media program (EMDM), in collaboration with the Cultural Computing research area at the CCT have developed a future-relevant high school curriculum in preparation for careers that involve digital media design and production – some of the most ubiquitous skills necessary for employment in the 21st century. To further this program, we are excited to offer a graduate assistantship in Digital Design & Emergent Media.
- Teaching up to 2 courses at a nearby high school and assisting in curriculum update/revision. Courses include Programming Digital Media, Coding for the Web, Digital Storytelling, and Sound Design
- Work with a team of faculty, students and teachers for training DDEM High School teachers over the summer
- Development of software/hardware modules, frameworks, and teaching materials
The DDEM externship position is a full time assistantship of 20hours/week where the teaching responsibilities reside at a local High School.
Apply
To apply, visit https://www.lsu.edu/cmda/music/admissions/graduate/index.php
Applications should be submitted to LSU’s Graduate School. Review of Applicants and Interviews will begin January 18th.
Integrated Pursuit of New Music
The LSU Composition and Experimental Music & Digital Media programs have become highly integrated and provide training, practice, technology and opportunity to produce new and groundbreaking music. Stunning facilities complement academic courses encouraging you to refine your 21st century musical practice whether that be fully acoustic, electronic, acousmatic, or not named yet. Along with high quality traditional musicians and ensembles, the Constantinides New Music Ensemble, the Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana, and Cinema for the Ears and High Voltage concerts provide ample performance and recording opportunities.
Highlights of the programs include:
- High level of student success: composition mentorship program, summer festivals, performances, publications, and job success in the field
- Facilities!
- 92 speaker Digital Media Center Theatre
- rapid prototyping Fab Lab and MILL (Media Interaction Lab & Library)
- Immersive Sound Studio & Digital Media Lab
- a new Virtual Production Studio including LED wall
- collaborations with Digital Art, Dance, Physical Theater, and Cultural Computing at the Center for Computation & Technology
- weekly Composition Forums and EMDM seminars
- hosting of high profile new music practitioners, festivals and international conferences. Spring 2022 includes:
- an upcoming concert of LSU Composers at Carnegie Hall
- visiting artist Pamela Z for the EMDM Goes to 11 series of events
- artist residency with the Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo
For more information please visit: LSU School of Music | EMDM @ LSU | Composition on Facebook | EMDM on Facebook
If you are unable to make the online info meeting above, we encourage you to contact any of our faculty: Dr. Jesse Allison (EMDM/DDEM) | Dr. Edgar Berdahl (EMDM) | Dr. Mara Gibson (Composition) | Dr. Stephen David Beck (Composition/EMDM)
LOLs: n-Dimensional Concert
Thanks for coming. To see the LiveStream check out the EMDM channel on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lsuemdm
An attempt at visualizing the Fourth Dimension: Take a point, stretch it into a line, curl it into a circle, twist it into a sphere, and punch through the sphere. – Albert Einstein
Image from Visualizing Mathematics with 3D Printing by Henry Segerman https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:202774
Cinema for the Ears 2021
Cinema for the Ears is our annual concert of electronic and computer music composed for fixed media and presented in a multi-channel format. This year, we will be in person, presenting the concert on a 10.1 channel surround sound environment installed at the LSU Greek Theatre.
The concert will feature music by Kathleen Winn, Keri Devilynn, Austin Franklin, John Chowning, Edgar Berdahl, Jesse Allison and Stephen David Beck.
Bring your mask and join us for this unique socially-distanced electroacoustic performance.
530PM
Thursday, September 23rd
LSU Greek Theater
(Next to the Music & Dramatic Arts building)
If rain is threatening, we will hold the concert in the Digital Media Center Theatre. Giving everyone some time to get across campus, the concert would then begin at 6PM. Look for announcement here or on the Facebook page.
Dr. Beck in front of the 27.2 channel iCAST Sound Diffusion System
For more on Immersive Sound work at LSU, please visit our page on Spatialization and the ICAST system.
Spring 2021 Really, Really New Music Marathon
This has been a difficult year, but LSU students have pulled together an amazing variety of work for our second, fully online Really, Really New Music Marathon. Four full concerts of music created just this semester!
LSU Composition and Experimental Music present…
2021 Really, Really New Music Marathon
3PM — Part One:
4:30PM — Part Two:
6PM — Part Three:
7:30PM — Part Four:
Congratulations everyone. Excellent show!
2021-04-26 Really, Really New Music Marathon Program
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Fall 2021 lineup of EMDM classes in music & technology
In case you are wondering what to sign up for…
Unique things this semester:
- If you are an EMDM undergrad, please consider MUS 4901 Basic Techniques of Audio Recording. It is not offered every year, so now Is your chance.
- Dr. Beck teaching CSound in MUS 4745!
- Dr. Berdahl with a research class on a new topic: Human Centered Computing for Music
The Fall 2021 lineup of music & technology classes from EMDM
MUS 4901 – Basic Techniques of Audio Recording
Taught by: Bill Kelley & Dr. Jesse Allison
- This class will take you all the way from sound to Soundcloud, covering:
- Basic properties of audio and various forms of sound energy including basic acoustics
- Characteristics of waveforms explored through analog synthesis
- Analysis of complete audio systems for recording and sound reinforcement, studio setup and management
- Live sound recording, studio recording, mic techniques
- Digital Audio Workstations, tracking, editing, mixing and mastering and much more.
Open to all levels including Digital Media Minor students
Fall 2021 T/Th 12:00-1:20
MUS 2745 – Intro to Computer Music
Taught by: Austin Franklin & Dylan Burchett
- DAWs, Recording/Editing, composing, sound design
- Culminates in a concert of works at the Really, Really New Music Marathon.
Open to all levels including Digital Media Minor students
Fall 2021 MWF 930-1030
MUS 4745 – Computer Music
Taught by: Dr. Stephen David Beck
- Using computers to create music from scratch
- Audio programming in CSound
- Sound Synthesis
- Audio Processors
- Computer Music Composition
Open to all levels including Digital Media Minor students
Fall 2021 T/Th 9:00-10:20
MUS 3152/7053 – Applied Electroacoustic Music
Taught by: Dr. Allison & Dr. Berdahl
- 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 technology you created at the Really, Really New Music Marathon.
Open to EMDM and Composition students and others by approval
Fall 2021 Fr 3:00-4:20 + by appointment
MUS 7746 – Research Seminar in Experimental Music & Digital Media
Taught by: Dr. Edgar Berdahl
- Topic: Human-Centered Computing for Music, with the following components. Each student will
- learn about human-centered computing / HCI
- work with some kind of specific music technology
- learn about the IRB process and designs and runs a study with people evaluating the music technology
- contribute a related piece of music to the end-of-semester concert
Open to graduate students and those who have completed MUS 4745
Fall 2021 T/Th 10:30-11:50
If you have any questions about the courses or requirements, please contact Dr. Allison at jtallison@lsu.edu or Dr. Berdahl at edgarberdahl@lsu.edu
Cancelled – Cinema for the Ears – Greek Theatre!
Concert Cancelled Due to Weather
Unfortunately, the outdoor concert has had to be cancelled due to weather. Due to pandemic restrictions, suitable alternative spaces and dates were unable to be found. Cinema for the Ears will be back in early Fall 2021.
Cinema for the Ears is our annual concert of electronic and computer music composed for fixed media and presented in a multi-channel format. This year, we will be presenting the concert on an 8.1 channel surround sound environment installed at the LSU Greek Theatre.
The concert will feature music by Kathleen Winn, Keri Devilynn, Austin Franklin, John Chowning, Edgar Berdahl, Jesse Allison and Stephen David Beck.
Bring your mask and join us for this unique socially-distanced electroacoustic performance.
530PM
LSU Greek Theatre
(Next to the Music & Dramatic Arts building)
Dr. Beck in front of the 27.2 channel iCAST Sound Diffusion System
For more on Immersive Sound work at LSU, please visit our page on Spatialization and the ICAST system.
Check out the EMDM Courses for Spring 2021!
The upcoming semester is going to be a fun one if you are into Music Technology! Here are the various course offerings that entangle with EMDM in Spring of 2021.
Performance of the Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana
MUS 2700 – Intro to Music Technology [Dr. Berdahl]
- Introduction to contemporary technologies for music composition, performance, and publishing.
- Basic audio production using a DAW and portable recorders
- Basic video production including lighting, recording and editing.
- Basic web site design and deployment to position yourself at the start of your career.
MUS 2745 – Intro to Computer Music [GTAs Austin Franklin & Dylan Burchett]
- DAWs, Recording/Editing, composing, sound design
- Culminates in a concert of works at the Really, Really New Music Marathon.
MUS 3152/7053 – Applied Electroacoustic Music [Dr. Allison & Dr. Berdahl]
- 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 technology you created at the Really, Really New Music Marathon.
MUS 7746 – Research Seminar in Experimental Music & Digital Media [Dr. Allison]
- Topic: Music, Web and Net Art
- We explore interesting new tools, everyone develops a research project exploring creative uses of said tools, and produces a research paper for NIME, ICMC, WAC, TEI or other appropriate venue.
ART 4059 – Digital Media Capstone course [Dr. Berdahl (EMDM) and Gabriel DeSouza (Engineering)]
- Everyone in the capstone comes from different fields.
- They develop intermedia project proposals, split into groups and produce them by the end of the semester.
- The idea is that you capitalize on the strengths and abilities of everyone in your team and create a novel project…. much like the digital media industry.
CSC 2463 – Programming Digital Media [GTAs Tate Carson & Simron Thapa]
- Coding for graphics using P5.js
- Coding for audio using Tone.js & WebAudio
- Coding for physical computing using Arduino
- Combining all 3 approaches into a final interactive project that you can touch, see, and hear.
If you are interested, please talk to your advisor or direct questions to the instructor of the class.
Hope to see you this Spring!
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Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana – Concert of Telepresence
The LOLs will perform an entire concert live in your browser. This new telematic form of Net Art will meld live coding of audio and imagery, recorded video with live streams, glitch imagery and network delay, and turn your web browser into an instrument of sonic art.
Monday, November 2 @ 7:30PM
Online – live.emdm.io
Secondary live stream available at twitch.tv/lsuemdm
Free and Open to the Public
With performances by:
Members of the LSU Chorale and LSU Tiger Glee Club
Trey Davis, conductor
LSU Physical Theater
Nick Erickson, director
and Members of the EMDM Ensemble
Please be aware that the full performance is IN-BROWSER. The live stream on twitch will document the performance, but please go to the website for the full participative experience…
Recommended Setup:
- Laptop Computer
- Google Chrome
- Large Display
- Good Speakers (or good headphones)
What is this really about?
When describing the computerization of society in 1978 Nora and Minc coined the term télématique to refer to the transfer of information in telecommunications. Today telematics is known for use in vehicles and gps systems, however with the expansion of IoT (Internet of Things) the concept has expanded to cover the multitudes. In music, Telematic performance commonly refers to live-streaming audio and video between locations – not just separating performers and audience, but multiple performers navigating the network delay musically. However, this may also take the form of communicating musical information such as notes, rhythms, recordings, and gestures. This organizing of sound collaboratively at a distance is the essence of telematic musical performance. The computerization of society has led to a computerization of culture, and the recent pandemic response has made us aware of how much we rely on this already.
The Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana is taking telematic performance to an experimental level and has created an entire live performance over the world wide web. This internet performance will bring your computer alive to be performed as an instrument. The Ensemble weaves live streaming with live coding, laptop performance with video performance, glitch art with artistic latency.
- Performance in browser
- 3D live streaming
- Network as musical delay line
- Mediated Live performance
- Performance of the browser… McLuhen, eat your heart out
The medium is the message and the message this Monday is sonic art.
Cinema for the Ears: Online Edition
September 21
7:30 PM
emdm.io
The Cinema for the Ears concert is typically held in the remarkable 92 speaker Digital Media Center Theatre. This 2020 version has adapted to the pandemic experience, exploring new territory by bringing immersive experimental music fully online. Video, binaural audio, and live streaming will present sonic art work along with composer thoughts, program notes and live browser experiences to experience the music in your own abode.
This is the first in a series of Fall Concerts by EMDM to transform the way we can put on concerts over the internet. This first concert is laying the groundwork with delivering a live concert through the web by integrating high quality audio and video, live interactions, and curated live streaming. As the fall moves into the Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana concert on Nov. 2nd @ 7:30, the ensemble will present teleperformances in ways that have never been tried, from live streaming multi-performer ambisonic works to full on web browser performances that are tailored towards delivery, in real time, over the network. We invite you to join us Sept. 21 for the first steps in this wild journey.
The Concert & Artist Q&A will be performed live at: emdm.io
Sonic Art Works by
Edgar Berdahl
Jesse Allison
Ka Hei Cheng
Chase Mitchusson
Austin Franklin
Scott Nelson
Robert Chedville
Music Copyright – All Rights Reserved
The School of Music, Center for Computation & Technology and LSU Libraries are pleased to host:
Laying down the beats, laying down the law:
Music & Media Copyright, Film Production, and Licensing
A presentation and Q&A with Gerald T. Olson and Darcee Olson that will answer questions for:
• Everyone who makes music and would like to make a living.
• Anyone who uses music in the production of their films, video games, dance productions, theatrical performances, youtube videos, podcasts, advertising, and more.
Tuesday, Nov. 26 @ 3PM
Digital Media Center Theatre
340 E. Parker Blvd.
More Info:
Gerald T. Olson, Jr. holds an MFA in film production and is currently teaching film production at Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Prior to teaching, he was a studio executive at HBO and New Line Cinema. He has produced and directed many films including Nightmare on Elm Street, Dumb and Dumber, House Party, and The Rundown. An active mentor, he has opened doors for current and former students to work on professional films.
Darcee Olson J.D., is Copyright and Scholarly Communications Policy Director at Middleton Library, Louisiana State University. She has 20 years experience in film and television, including Fox Television, Contracts Department, and the MPAA, International Copyright Division. Her legal studies included 3 terms at the Program in Comparative Media Law and Policy at Oxford University, focused on copyright law and policy. Prior to coming to LSU, she taught business and legal studies at an arts college in San Francisco.
