00100		Proposal for the Stanford Computer Music Project
00200	
00300				John M. Chowning	
00400	
00500	
00600	The Department of Music, ten years ago, began its support of computer
00700	music at a time when many  university  music  departments  considered
00800	such  work  to  be anti-humanistic and/or trivial.  We developed (and
00900	were the first) a self-contained system for direct digital  synthesis
01000	using  computers  supported  by  powerful  synthesis  and composition
01100	programs.  The fact that we have been supplying  in  recent  years  a
01200	growing   number  of  universities  with  our  programs  and  special
01300	knowledge is a powerful testament to the  initial  foresight  of  the
01400	Stanford Music Department.
01500	
01600	The  activity  at  the  Stanford  Computer  Music  Project  (SCMP) is
01700	vigorous  and  productive.   The  current  research  areas  and   the
01800	personnel are
01900	
02000		1. Music Editing - L. Smith
02100		2. Frequency Modulation Synthesis - J. Chowning
02200		3. Reverberation and Spatial Cues - L. Rush
02300		4. Spectral Analysis and Perception - J. Grey, J.A. Moorer
02400		5. System Hardware and Programming - J.A. Moorer
02500	
02600		Loren  Rush is a composer who has a long-standing involvement
02700	with SCMP, predating his doctorate at Stanford. His critical  hearing
02800	and careful research are of obvious benefit.
02900	
03000		John  Grey  is  a  doctoral  candidate  in  Psychology  whose
03100	disertation promises to be major contribution in psychoacoustics.
03200	
03300		J.A. Moorer is a doctoral candidate in Computer Science whose
03400	scientific  training  and  deep  interest in music and acoustics havg
03500	been of enormous help to us.
03600	
03700	Together, this is a group of people  having  exceptional  skills  and
03800	dedication would constitute an ideal staff for SCMP.
03900	
04000	
04100			Funding The Music Department cannot by itself support
04200	SCMP.  In view of the nature of our work, therefore, NSF or NIMH seem
04300	to be attractive possibilities  for  support.   We  are  now  putting
04400	together  a large proposal for support over a two year period for the
04500	above personnel and for a computer and/or special purpose  processor.
04600	With  the  help  of  the  department we should also contact the large
04700	foundations.
04800	
04900	
05000			Teaching Within the competence of SCMP as proposed is
05100	a number of courses and seminars, some of which could be  offered  in
05200	the  general  music  curriculum  and  others  as  seminars  for  more
05300	specialized interest in electronic music and acoustics.
05400		General Courses-
05500			Acoustics - Grey, Chowning
05600			Psychoacoustics - Grey
05700		Specialized Seminars-
05800			Music Compiler and Instrument Design - Rush,Chowning
05900			Use of Score - Smith
06000			Additive Synthesis - Grey
06100			FM Synthesis - Rush, Chowning
06200			Mathematics - Moorer
06300			Digital Processing - Moorer
06400			Reverberation and Spatial Programs - Rush
06500	
06600	
06700			Organization For the purposes of research,  teaching,
06800	and fund-raising SCMP should have some degree of formal organization.
06900	I propose the following:
07000	
07100			Principle Investigator - Smith
07200			and Faculty Advisor
07300	
07400			Co-directors - Chowning, Rush
07500	
07600			Research Associates - Grey, Moorer
07700	
07800	I  understand  from L. Smith that he does not have the time to assume
07900	primary  responsibility  for  writing  proposals  and  teaching   the
08000	computer  courses.  In  view  of  the  fact that I will be away after
08100	March, the co-directorship has the advantage  of  providing  Rush  an
08200	official position from which he can 'push' proposals and over-see the
08300	general activities of the project.  He should also teach the computer
08400	synthesis courses while I am away.  It seems to me important that the
08500	momentum of that program be maintained.5
08600	
08700	Assuming that we are able to find support all of the positions except
08800	for  L. Smith would be research associates where the department would
08900	be responsable for 1/2 of one position (Rush until my return).
09000	
09100	
09200			Association  with  IRCAM  I  would  propose to Boulez
09300	while I am in Europe that a time-sharing arrangement  be  worked  out
09400	with  his  Institute de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique Musicale
09500	(IRCAM), where some faculty and staff of SCMP exchange locations with
09600	some  staff  of IRCAM.  From the point of view of Boulez it should be
09700	attractive  since  he  will  have  initial  need  of  this  kind   of
09800	'ventilation'.   From  Stanford's position it would allow a member of
09900	the project to work at IRCAM for a limited period in a siggnificantly
10000	different  environment.   I would suggest that such exchanges include
10100	Stanford graduate students as well.