Once again, I attended the Arts NOW Series for one of my classes. Instead of a lecture recital, Dr. Andrea Cheeseman performed a one-act opera from a three part series of one-act pieces. This show was different than one might expect from this description, but it did not disappoint.
The concentration of the show was on computer music. First, let’s cover what computer music is. From the title, you can assume that it is music made with a computer which would be correct. That being said, it’s more complicated than using a computer program to make a song like Logic Pro of Ableton. It’s more akin to using various synthesis and algorithmic techniques to make music with a computer. A recognizable example of this would be “Daisy Bell” programmed by Max Matthews at Bell Labs in 1961, originally written by Harry Dacre in 1892.
