VI Simpósio Brasileiro de Computação e Música

VI Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music

Held in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, from July 19 to 22, 1999.

Symposium on the Web:

• http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~sbc99/programa/sbcm.html - Cached
• http://www.di.ufpe.br/~glr/sbcm99 - Cached

Chair:

• Dr. Rodrigo Cicchelli Velloso
  Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  rodcvacdufrjbr

Program Committee:

• Gerard Assayag, IRCAM, France
• Aluizio Arcela, University of Brasília, Brazil
• Peter Beyls, St Lukas Hogeschool Brussels, Belgium
• Moisei Boroda, University of Bochum, Germany
• Marcio Brandão, University of Edinburgh, UK
• Antonio Camurri, University of Genova, Italy
• Roger Dannenberg, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• Anastasia Georgaki, Ionian University, Greece
• Ross Kirk, University of York, UK
• Fabio Kon, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
• Mikhail Malt, IRCAM, France
• Jonatas Manzolli, State University of Campinas, Brazil
• Eduardo Miranda (chair), Lamesm UFSM-Brazil & Sony CSL Paris, France
• Peter Nelson, University of Edinburgh, UK
• Carlos Palombini, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
• Geber Ramalho (chair), Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
• Francis Rumsey, University of Surrey, UK
• Xavier Serra, IUA-Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
• Petri Toiviainen, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
• Gerhard Widmer, University of Vienna, Austria

Music Composition Committee:

• Rodolfo Caesar (chair), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Rodrigo Cicchelli Velloso, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Francis Dhomont, Université de Montreal, Canada
• Silvio Ferraz, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil
• Thomas Kessler, Musik Akademie, Basel, Switzerland
• Denis Smalley, City University, London, UK

Plus, for pieces for String Orchestra or Jazz Ensemble:

• Ernani Aguiar, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• André Cardoso, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• José Arthur Rua, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Tutorials and Demonstrations Committee:

• Robert Willey (chair) Federal University of Pará, Brazil
• Didier Guigue Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil
• Rodolfo Coelho da Souza University of Texas, Austin
• Paris Psaros CREATE, University of California, Santa Barbara

Tutorials:

• Programação de Software para Treinamento Auditivo Utlizando HyperCard
  Omar Baracaldo
  Universidad de los Andes - Colombia
  

Invited Speakers

• The Evolution of Computer Technology Applied to Music Composition
  Jean-Claude Risset
  CNRS - France
  
• Du support 'a l'espace: musiques fixées e projetées
  Francis Dhomont
  Canada
  
• New Technologies in Live-Electronics Compositions
  Thomas Kessler
  Musik Academie, Basel - Switzerland
  
• The Active Listening Project at Sony CSL
  François Pachet
  Sony-CSL/France
  

Results (selected papers):

Audio Signal Processing and Sound Synthesis

• Timbre Morphing of Synthesised Transients Using the Wigner Time-Frequency Distribution
  Thomas Lysaght and David Vernon
  Department of Computer Science and National Univeristy of Ireland, Maynooth
  
• Gestural Sounds by Means of Wave Terrain Synthesis
  Anderson Mills and Rodolfo Coelho de Souza
  The University of Texas at Austin
  
• A Bond Graphs approach to Physical Modelling of Musical Instruments
  Andrew McGregor, Eduardo Miranda, and Peter Gawthrop
  Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, UK, Sony Computer Science Laboratory - Paris, France, Lamesm, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, and Centre for Control Systems, University of Glasgow, UK
  aism2camacuk, mirandacslsonyfr, and petergengglaacuk
• On-line Additive Synthesis by Interfacing SOM-A to Java SoundTM
  Aluizio Arcela and Rodolfo Bezerra Batista
  University of Brasília and Computer Science Dept.
  
• Towards the conception of a vocal synthesizer: Problems and prospects
  Anastasia Georgaki
  Ionian University , Music Department
  georgakiioniogr

Psychoacoustics and Cognitive Modelling

• Virtual pitch and pitch salience in contemporary composing
  Ludger Hofmann-Engl
  Keele University (UK)
  hofmannenglhotmailcom
• Echoic Memory In Primitive Auditory Selective Attention
  Ben Weedon and Zofia Kaminska
  Psychology Department, City University, London, EC1V 0HB
  bencityacuk

Computer-Aided Music Analysis and Languages for Composition

• MUSAS: A Program for Analysis and Synthesis of Musical Spaces
  Gilberto Carvalho and Hudson Lacerda
  Escola de Música da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  agmcdedaluslccufmgbr and hfmldedaluslccufmgbr
• The Influence of Text in Computer Music Composition: An Approach to Expression Modeling
  Juan Reyes and Maria P. Muñoz
  MOX-Computación Avanzada en Ingenieria / Departamento de Artes, Universidad de Los Andes, and Universidad Javeriana
  jreyesuniandeseduco and libroabiertohotmailcom
• A Computer Environment for Polymodal Music
  Adolfo Maia Jr., Raul do Valle, Jônatas Manzolli, and Leonardo N. S. Pereira
  Interdisciplinary Nucleus for Studies on Sound Communication and University of Campinas
  adolfo/raul/jonatas/leonardonicsunicampbr
• Computer-aided musical analysis of extended vocal techniques for compositional applications
  Leonardo Fuks
  UFRJ-Escola de Música, and KTH-Speech, Music, Hearing, Royal Institute of Technology
  leofuksservcomufrjbr

Artificial Intelligence

• A stochastic musical composer based on adaptive algorithms
  Bruno Abrantes Basseto and João José Neto
  Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo
  
• Servo Mechanic Rhythmic System
  Algeir P. Sampaio, Pablo J. Alsina, and José Homero F. Cavalcanti
  NEUROLAB/COPIN/DSC - UFPB
  apsam AT dscufpbbr, pablo AT lecaufrnbr, homerodscufpbbr
• An Intelligent Hybrid Model for Chord Prediction
  Uraquitan Sidney Cunha and Geber Ramalho
  Departamento de Informática - Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
  usgccdiufpebr and glrdiufpebr
• Developing a Timbre Morphing Package: The Process of Automatic Feature Identification
  Ciarán J. Hope
  Dept. of Entertainment Studies and Performing Arts UCLA
  

The Composer's Forum: Electroacoustic Music

• Models of Sound Representation in Electroacoustic Composition
  Fábio P. Furlanete
  UEL - Universidade Estadual de Londrina
  
• Schaeffer's Sonic Object: Prolegomena
  Carlos Palombini
  Visiting Lecturer in Music and Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
  Palombiniusanet

Real-Time Interactive Systems and Sound Diffusion

• RTSPA1: a program and some technical & practical remarks for real time sound spatialization
  Prof. Oscar Pablo Di Liscia
  Carrera de Composición con Medios Electroacústicos and Universidad Nacional de Quilmes
  
• Gesture control of musical processes - a MAX environment for the Lightning
  Carlos Cerana
  Laboratorio de Investigación y Producción Musical (LIPM)
  cceranamailretinaar
• Using DirectCsound, a realtime-oriented version of Csound
  Gabriel Maldonado
  Fantalogica association
  g.maldonadotiscalinetit

Artificial Life and Evolutionary Music Systems

• Towards an Artificial Life Approach to the Origins of Music
  Eduardo Reck Miranda
  SONY Computer Science Laboratory Paris
  mirandacslsonyfr
• An Evolutionary Approach Applied to Algorithmic Composition
  Jônatas Manzolli, Artemis Moroni, Fernando Von Zuben, and Ricardo Gudwin
  University of Campinas - Interdisciplinary Nucleus of Sound Communication - UNICAMP/NICS, Technological Center for Informatics - The Automation Institute - CTI/IA, University of Campinas - Electric Engineer Faculty - UNICAMP/FEE, and University of Campinas - Electric Engineer Faculty - UNICAMP/FEE
  jonatasnicsunicampbr, artemisiactibr, vonzubendcafeeunicampbr, and gudwindcafeeunicampbr
• GeNotator: An Environment for Exploring the Application of Evolutionary Techniques in Computer Assisted Composition
  Kurt Thywissen
  Cacafoniq
  

Computer-Aided Musicology and Musical Education

• Musicology facing the challenges of computer projection of its own interdisciplinarity
  Mirjana Vaselinivic-Hofman
  Department of Music and University of Belgrade
  mveselEunetyu
• The Principles of Structural Unit Separation for Deciphering the Neume Hymnals
  Irina V. Bakhmutova, Vladimir D. Gusev, and Tatiana N. Titkova
  Institute of Mathematics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
  
• A Quantitative Study of Local Variation Regularities on the Base of Russian, French, and American Folk Songs
  Irina V. Bakhmutova, Vladimir D. Gusev, and Lubov A. Nemytikova
  Institute of Mathematics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
  
• Developing a Software for Music Education: an Interdisciplinary Project
  Susana Ester Krüger (EMBAP/UFRGS/CNPq), Eloi Fernando Fritsch (UFRGS/CNPq), Luciano Vargas Flores (UFRGS/PROPESQ/CNPq), Roges Horacio Grandi (UFRGS/FAPERGS), Tiago Rubin dos Santos (UFRGS/FAPERGS), Dra. Liane Hentschke (UFRGS), and Dra. Rosa Maria Viccari (UFRGS)
  Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
  

Compositions

• Pagan Circus
  Adkins, Matthew
• Begegnung IV
  Banasik, Christian
• Transition
  Berger, Gary
• Tavola IV
  Biasutti, Michele
• STRINGendo
  Bürck, Rainer
• Les Corps Éblouis
  Calon, Christian
• FlutePie
  Carvalho, Gilberto
• Tango
  Castagna, Sebastian
• Points of Arrival
  Chen, Chin-Chin
• Dsp-bop
  Climent, Ricardo
• Pyrotechnic
  Field, Ambrose
• Cacos para um vitral
  Freire, Sergio
• Travelling Still
  Fretwell, Paul
• Strum in a Teacup
  Garro, Diego
• Rios Brasileiros
  Guigue, Didier
• Io
  Hadfield, Graham
• Relief
  Hedman, Jens
• Vox Mecanix
  Hyde, Joseph
• Animation
  Lee, Junghae
• Se Bifurca en Otro
  Lorenzo, Mario
• RecurSom
  Manzolli, Jônatas
• Voces del Recuerdo
  Minsburg, Raúl
• Virtual
  Nunez, Adolfo
• Ekide and Monici
  Pintér, Gyula
• Jorge Rodrigo Babel
  Sigal, Sefchovich
• Pipeline Burst Cache
  Walsh, Craig T.