The Gassmann Electronic Music Studio is a facility for production and pedagogy of electronic, electroacoustic, and computer music, located in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts on the campus of the University of California, Irvine. The studio was made possible by a generous donation from composer Remi Gassmann, and by funds from the UCI School of the Arts.
The Gassmann Studio is a state-of-the-art Macintosh-based studio for digital recording and MIDI composition.
Computer music activity at UCI is also supported by the Realtime Experimental Audio Laboratory (REALab) and the Arts Media Center.
The Gassmann Studio, the REALab, and the Arts Media Center support the courses Music 51: Music Technology and Computers (offered Fall Quarter), Music 147: Studies in Music Technology (offered Winter Quarter), Music 151: Computer Music Composition (offered Winter Quarter), and Music 152: Interactive Arts Programming (offered Spring Quarter). The facilities also support computer music composition and research by students and faculty of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, and beta testing of music software by academic and commercial developers.
The GASSMANN ELECTRONIC MUSIC SERIES presents several electronic music events during each academic year, featuring some of the most interesting musicians and scholars in the field. The series includes concerts, lecture/demonstrations, and master classes.
The Gassmann Studio is directed by Professor Christopher Dobrian.