3rd Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music
3rd Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music

III Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music

Recife - Brazil

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The Symposium

The Third Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music was held on August 5, 6, and 7, 1996 in Recife, at the Federal University of Pernambuco, during the 16th Annual Congress of SBC (Brazilian Computer Society), this year hosted by the Department of Computer Science at UFPE from the 4th to 9th of August.

The symposium is organized by NUCOM, the Computer Music interest group of SBC. The objective of the symposium was to present ongoing research on computer systems for music, as well as to present new computer music compositions. The symposium was primarily aimed at promoting interchange among Brazilian researchers, practitioners and artists, and their counterparts worldwide. The first two symposium have established this meeting as a significant international event.

Objectives

The symposium was aimed at the scientific and academic computer music community, but was also of interest to researchers in other related areas. The objective of the symposium was to present the results of research and to stimulate the communication between researchers and artists dedicated to computer music. It also provides ad opportunity to exchange information with the international community regarding perspectives on research and the teaching of interdisciplinary subjects involving computer music.

Topics of Interest

  • Systems and Languages for Composition
  • Signal Processing and Sound Synthesis
  • Acoustics, Diffusion, Sonorization
  • Artificial Intelligence and Music
  • Application Programs: Compositions, MIDI, Education
  • Audio Hardware Design
  • Computer Aided Music Analysis
  • Psychoacoustics and Cognitive Modeling
  • Real-time Interactive Systems
  • Studio Reports
  • Computer Aided Musical Education
  • Location

    Department of Music (UFPE): Auditorium of CAC (August 7) and Theater of DM (August 8 and 9). Opening ceremony, concerts, panel discussions, lectures, demonstrations, tutorial 2.

    Room 23: Tutorial 1

    Rooms 2 and 7: Simultaneous meetings

    Room 3: Continuous listening room

    Room 25: Demonstrations

    Activities

  • 8 paper sessions: works selected by the program committee, coordinated by Geber Ramalho, grouped by topic. Total: 12 hours.
  • 2 tutorials: Osman Gioia (MIDI), Mikhail Malt (CAC). Total: 6 hours.
  • 3 lecture demonstrations: Roger Dannenberg, Jonatas Manzoli, Mikhail Malt. 1 hour each.
  • 2 panel discussions, 90 minutes each.
  • 2 concerts, with works selected by the music committee, coordinated by Didier Guigue. 2 hours total.
  • Ongoing events: listening room, demonstrations of experimental and non-commercial software.
  • Program

    August 4: 5:00 p.m., Opening of the Congress. Presentation by the Camerata Acoustic-Digital Experimental of the Department of Music of UFPe.

    August 5: 10:30 a.m., panel discussion on computer music in Brazil (Auditorium); 11:00, Lecture 1 (M. Malt) (Auditorium); 12:00, Lunch; 2:00 p.m., Communication session 1 and 2 (Salas 7 and 2): Artificial Intelligence and Musicology (1), Systems and Languages for Computer-Assisted Composition; 3:30 Coffee Break; 4:00, Communication Session: Interactive Realtime Systems; 6:00, Concert (Auditorium); 7:00, Social Event.

    August 6: 9:00 a.m., Tutorial 2 (O. Gioia, Room 23; Mikhail Malt, Theater); 12:00, Lunch; 2:00 p.m. Communication Session 5 and 6 (Rooms 7 and 2): Computer-Assisted Instruction, Artificial Intelligence and Musicology; 3:30, Coffee Break; 4:00, Computer-Controlled Piano Demonstration (J. Manzoli) (Theater); 6:00, Concert (Theater).

    August 7: 9:00 a.m. To be announced; 10:30 Coffee Break; 11:00 Lecture 2 (R. Dannenberg); 12:00, Lunch; 2:00 p.m. Communications 7 and 8 (Rooms 7 and 2), Signal Processing / Systems and Languages for Computer-Assisted Composition; 4:00 Coffee Break; 4:30 NUCOM meeting; Evening, Party.

    Web conference

    Index of Papers.

    Organizing comittee

  • Didier Guigue (Symposium chair), Federal University of Paraiba, Brazil
  • Osman Giuseppe Gioia (Symposium co-chair), Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
  • Mauricio Loureiro (Coordinator of SBC's Computer Music commission), Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
  • Rafael Dueire Lins, Coordinator of the XVI Congress of the SBC, Secretary of the XVI Congress of the SBC
  • Program Comittee

  • Gerard Assayag - IRCAM, France
  • Marcio Brandao - LPE, Unversity of Brasilia, Brazil
  • Carlos Cerana - LIPM, Argentina
  • Furio Damiani - State University of Campinas, Brazil
  • Roger Dannenberg - Carnegie Mellon University, USA
  • Henkjan Honing - University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Fernando Lopez-Lezcano - CCRMA, Stanford University, USA
  • Jonatas Manzolli - State University of Campinas, Brazil
  • Eduardo Reck Miranda - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
  • Jamary Oliveira - Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
  • Geber Ramalho (chair) - LAFORIA, University of Paris VI, France
  • Xavier Rodet - IRCAM, France
  • Patricia San Martin - IRICE, Argentina
  • Flavio Soares Correa da Silva - University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Gerhard Widmer - Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Austria
  • Music Composition Comittee

  • Celso Aguiar - CCRMA, Stanford University, USA
  • Rodolfo Caesar - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Didier Guigue (chair) - Federal University of Paraiba, Brazil
  • Mikhail Malt - IRCAM, France
  • Jose Augusto Mannis - State University of Campinas, Brazil
  • Flo Menezes - UNESP, Brazil
  • Robert Willey - CRCA, University of California, San Diego, USA
  • Recife

    Recife is the capital of the sun belt coast in the Brazilian Northeast, bathed 250 days of sun per year. Recife is over 450 years old, having a number of interesting architectural samples of Portuguese and Dutch colonial times. It is neighbor to picturesque Olinda, whose architectu ral heritage is protected by UNESCO. The warm water beaches with reefs and coconut trees att ract thousands of tourists every year.

    Inquiries

    Inquiries regarding any aspect of the symposium may be sent to the Internet address SBCMIII@NPD.UFPE.BR or to the Chairman:

    Osman Giuseppe Gioia
    Departamento de Musica/UFPE
    Av. Academico Helio Ramos s/n
    Cidade Universitaria
    50.740-530 Recife PE
    Brazil
    Tel: (081) 271-8318
    Tel/Fax: (081) 271-8308

    Geber Ramlho mantains a mirror of this page.

    A review of the symposium was sent to ARRAY and CMJ.