The Visualization of Music
a course at San Francisco State University
At San Francisco State University, a unique course, The Visualization of Music, is taught by renowned expert in the field, Sandy Cohen. Please contact him via email (bindu@slip.net) for information about signing up for the course.
Course runs in the fall of 1996.
Class Syllabus
Class #1 October 28
Survey of Visual Music (Sandy Cohen)
Selections video
Moritz video
History
Classification of Visual Music
Student intros/Reactions
Class Projects Discussed
Liquid Projection Light Show (Kitty Crowe/Don Simpson)
Class #2 November 4
History of Western Music Notation (John Ingle)
Chironomics
Vatican Manuscripts
History of Indian Music Notation
World-Wide Perception Experiment
James Whitney video
Class #3 November 11
Perception in Dolphin and Humans (Sandy Cohen)
Ear/Eye/Brain anatomy
Perception video
Perception in Three Dimensions (Bill Martens)
In-ear mics demo
Binaural sound in 3space
Stereo 3D slides
Class #4 November 18
Field Trip (optional) (Stephen Malinowski)
California Recording Institute (David Gibson)
Class #5 November 25
Computer Graphics (Jon Luskin)
BlissPaint (Greg Jalbert)
Class #6 December 2
Music on Internet (Damon Horowitz)
Max (Silvia Mateus)
Bindu (Sandy Cohen)
Software standards/multiple media (Andy Wolpert)
Class #7 December 9
Computer Music, MIDI, MOD (Marco d'Ambrosio)
Student Projects Presented
Class #8 December 16
Student Projects Presented
Guest Experts Panel