HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE

Dr. Robert M. Keller will survey the expanding space of music software, motivating the uses of such software and giving particular attention to cases having attributes that could be called “intelligent”. After demonstrating a few examples, he will describe work conducted at Harvey Mudd College on the Intelligent Music Software project, which includes Impro-Visor, an open-source project designed to help jazz musicians improve their improvisation skills. Dr. Keller will include a demonstration of how a computer can learn grammars capable of generating jazz melodies, as well as other nuances.