Archive for the ‘Instruments and Performances’ Category

Crossole Paper Presented @ NIME 2012

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

The conference paper titled “Crossole: A Gestural Interface for Composition, Improvisation and Performance using Kinect” will be presented in NIME 2012, Ann Harbor, MI. You can also read the poster here. The International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) is an annual interdisciplinary conference discussing contemporary topics in electronic musical interface design, research and practice.

Meaning crossword of music, Crossole is a musical instrument where music is visualized as a set of virtual blocks that resemble a crossword puzzle. The performer controls music by manipulating the crossword blocks using hand movements. You can read more about the instrument here. Yo can also watch a performance of Crossole below:

Crossole Paper @ NIME 2012

Sunday, March 18th, 2012

A paper about Crossole, a virtual instrument developed by Sang Won Lee, Avinash Sastry, Anosh Daruwalla and myself have been accepted to NIME 2012. The conference will be held in University of Michigan between 21 and 23 May.

Meaning crossword of music, Crossole is a musical instrument where music is visualized as a set of virtual blocks that resemble a crossword puzzle. The performer controls music by manipulating the crossword blocks using hand movements. You can read more about the instrument here. Yo can also watch a performance of Crossole below:

Crossole @ GTRIC Conference

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

Crossole, a virtual instrument developed by Sang Won Lee, Avinash Sastry, Anosh Daruwalla and myself have qualified to the final round of the Innovation Competition in the GTRIC conference. The finals will be held in Georgia Tech in February 6th.

Meaning crossword of music, Crossole is a musical instrument where music is visualized as a set of virtual blocks that resemble a crossword puzzle. The performer controls music by manipulating the crossword blocks using hand movements. You can read more about the instrument here.

Crossole @ Atlanta Maker Faire

Monday, September 5th, 2011

In this Saturday, September 10th, Crossole, a virtual instrument developed by Sang Won Lee, Avinash Sastry, Anosh Daruwalla and myself will be showcased in Atlanta Maker Faire. Avinash Sastry will write the music, and perform the instrument.

Meaning crossword of music, Crossole is a musical instrument where music is visualized as a set of virtual blocks that resemble a crossword puzzle. The performer controls music by manipulating the crossword blocks using hand movements. You can read more about the instrument here.

LOLC and Beatscape @ NIME 2011

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

Sang Won Lee, Avinash Sastry, Aaron Albin and I performed LOLC in the opening concert of NIME 2011, May 29th at Norwegian Museum of Science, Technology and Medicine, Oslo, Norway. We got wonderful reaction from the audience. It was my last performance at GTCMT, but hopefully I will be able to perform with this bunch of misfits again… You can watch the performance below:

Aaron and I have also presented Beatscape in the conference. You can read the paper in here.

Crossole @ Listening Machines

Friday, April 29th, 2011

On this Saturday, April 30th, Crossole, a virtual instrument developed by Anosh Daruwalla, Sang Won Lee, Avinash Sastry and myself will be showcased in Listening Machines 2011. The concert takes place between 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm at Stubbins Gallery at Georgia Tech, East Architecture Building. You can get the directions from here. The admission for the concert is free.

Meaning crossword of music, Crossole is a musical instrument where music is visualized as a set of virtual blocks that resemble a crossword puzzle. The performer controls music by manipulating the crossword blocks using hand movements and foot stomps.

Listening Machines is Georgia Tech’s annual concert produced and performed by students in Georgia Tech’s Master of Music Technology Program. Everybody is invited to share this marvelous concert experience with us.

A Reproduction of La Espiral Eterna @ KSU Festival of New Music

Sunday, March 27th, 2011

I will be live mixing A Reproduction in La Espiral Eterna in the KSU Festival of New Music on Monday, March 28th. The Festival is organized by Kennesaw State University. You can get more information about the festival in here.

A Reproduction of La Espira is a variation of the classical guitar piece, La Espiral Eterna, by Leo Brower; I have composed the piece in spring 2010. I’m very excited as it will be the first time that I will perform my own composition on stage.

Beatscape Paper Accepted to NIME 2011

Saturday, March 19th, 2011

The paper titled “Beatscape, a mixed virtual-physical environment for musical ensembles” is accepted to the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) 2011, which will be held in Oslo between May 30th and June 1st. In the paper, we present a a mixed virtual-physical environment that promotes interdependent ensemble virtuosity in musical performance. You can read more about the project and the paper in here.