meme@brown announces new Ph.D. program

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meme@brown (Multimedia & Electronic Music Experiments @ Brown) and the Brown Department of Music are pleased to announce a new Ph.D. program in Electronic Music and Multimedia. Applications are now being accepted for the 2005-2006 academic year. The deadline for applications is January 1, 2005.

Candidates in the Ph.D. program will focus on the creative use of technology in order to:

- conduct original technical research
- create multidisciplinary works of art
- gain expertise in sound, space & image
- develop new modes of performance and interaction
through composition, programming and engineering

Fellowships and Teaching Assistanceships are available to qualified applicants.

meme@brown is an interdisciplinary center for real-time interactive installation and musical performance. Located in the Steinert Building on the Brown University campus, meme@brown is known for art and research that traverse the boundaries between computer music, installation, video, theater and dance.

As part of the larger Brown and RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) digital media community, meme@brown provides expertise in real-time computer music and interactive video and tracking, as well as specializations in interface design and gestural controller hardware/software.


Faculty:
Todd Winkler, Associate Professor, Co-Director
Butch Rovan, Associate Professor, Co-Director
Thomas Ciufo, Technical Manager

Affiliated Brown Departments:
Visual Arts, Computer Science, Modern Culture and Media,
Theatre, Speech and Dance, and Creative Writing.

For more information, please contact Butch Rovan ([email protected]).

Also, for program and application information please see:
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Music/meme


meme@brown
Department of Music
1 Young Orchard Avenue
Box 1924
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912

401.863.3234
[email protected]
[email protected]
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Music/meme

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