Some personal comments

Now, the SMC conference and the associated Summerschool have finished. Let me write some personal comments and conclusions about the Summerschool. I think the event was a success, basically because of the team that participated in both the organization and the event itself.

First of all, I would like to thank the Lecturers, Barry Truax and Fabien Gouyon, who give us two complementary perspectives about music. I think Barry planted the seed of the Soundscape composers we will be in the next few years, and Fabien showed the students the available tools and methodologies we can use for such compositions. For that all, thanks!

On the other hand, I still can’t believe the number of hours and stress the monitors for the projects, Vincent Akkermans, Stefan Kersten, Gerard Roma and Mattia Schirosa, have spent for trying to convert their ideas and signal processing algorithms into a bench of playable instruments that some students should manipulate to create music.

I’ve to thank also all the assistant team, leaded by Alba Rosado, but also to the students Quim Llimona, and  Helena Cuesta and Alex Benete who also participated to the projects.

Finally, I’ve to recognize the students attitude has been another of the key points of the success of this summerschool. They started collaborating one each other from the first moment, having some “BeerWalks” all together and generating a smooth atmosphere that could solve all the problems could appear. Maybe the small offices they use for the projects could help in that direction .

Personally, it has been a challenge for me to join the artistic and, let’s say, numerical perspectives of music, and also being in con contact with the students with such different profiles, and try to find a common place for sharing experiences that were summarized in the concert.

For that all, thanks to everyone! It has been a plesure for me, and I’ve learned a lot from all of you!

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