The Gassmann Electronic Music Studios are comprised of several studios and laboratories for the research, 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 composer Remi Gassmann initiated electronic music activity at UCI by bequeathing his estate to the campus for the express purpose of creating a laboratory for research in electronic music. Since that time, research and creative activity in electronic and computer music has flourished at UCI, and what was initially conceived as a single laboratory has grown into a set of several high-tech labs and studios.
The Gassmann Studio was the first computer music studio to be installed at UCI, and is a comprehensive Macintosh-based studio for digital recording and computer music composition. Computer music activity at UCI is now supported by many other facilities, including the Music Collaboration Laboratory (a.k.a. the ColLab), the Sound Studio (a.k.a. the "PhattBoxx") designed by Michael Hooker, the Music Recording Studio, the Keyboard Instruction Lab, the Realtime Experimental Audio Laboratory (a.k.a. the REALab), the CLASSic Synthesizer Studio, and various other recording spaces. The Arts Media Center has several computers for notation, MIDI sequencing, sound editing, and digital audio recording and production. The Sound Design program in the Drama Department has additional excellent facilities for audio recording and production in the Meyer Sound Design Studio.
The Gassmann Electronic Music Studios facilities support the courses in music technology offered in the Music Department, including Music 51: Music Technology and Computers (usually offered Fall Quarter), Music 147: Studies in Music Technology (usually offered Winter and/or Spring Quarter), Music 151: Computer Music Composition (usually offered Winter or Spring Quarter), and Music 152: Interactive Arts Programming (usually offered Winter or Spring Quarter). The facilities also support computer music composition and research projects by students and faculty of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts.
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 Studios are directed by Professor Christopher Dobrian.
Christopher Dobrian
October 3, 2020
dobrian@uci.edu
