There's an excellent article, "A thoroughly modern opera: Robots enter a new frontier," just out by writer Gregory Lamb in the Christian Science Monitor. Through his interviews with the creative team, Lamb helps to explicate the many layers of meaning in the technological wizardry of Death and the Powers. Lamb writes, "all this technology, some …
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Yesterday's event, Music|Machines: Celebrating 50 Years of Music & Technology @ MIT, was a great success. The all-day program of talks, discussions and evening concert featured some giants of the past half-century of music and technology and attracted an overflow crowd to the M.I.T. Media Lab. The day-time talks were webcast live. Videos of those …
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The Economist has published an excellent article "A technology maestro," about Tod Machover's work at the MIT Media Lab. The magazine's web site includes an excellent video documentary. In the documentary, Tod explains how the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band motivated him to explore technologies that could bring the complexity and richness of …
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There's an excellent interview with Death and the Powers composer Tod Machover in the current (December 18, 2010) issue of New Scientist. In a conversation with journalist Ada Brunstein, Tod describes how he developed the concept for "disembodied performance technology" to bring the animatronic set of the opera to life. He explains how he applied …
A terrific and technical article about Death and the Powers is appearing in the December issue of Buhnen Technische Rundschau, the German technology magazine. The article was written by David Staples, who is Managing Director of Theatre Projects, Ltd. the world's most prominent firm for designing performing arts centers. Tod met him years ago when …
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Dive into the sound engineering behind Death and the Powers in this article from Bowers & Wilkins' blog site: The Future of Surround Sound at MIT. MIT student Ben Bloomberg explains the audio technology that was developed for the 3D surround sound system that delivers an intense sonic experience for the audience.
Tod is on a media roll this week... here's a terrific article in Boston Magazine - Genius Composition: How professor Tod Machover and a group of MIT scientists are creating the future of music. Here's a quote: "Machover believes the music - not the technology - is the message. And if this means alienating the …
The just-released 40th Anniversary issue of Smithsonian magazine features a terrific interview with our very own Tod Machover, composer of Death and the Powers. Check it out! Tod Machover on Composing Music by Computer "The inventor and MIT professor talks about where music and technology will intersect over the course of the next 40 years." …
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