21st Century Raga & Tala

This course offers an exploration of blending North Indian Classical music theory with 21st Century music and media technology. A history and evolution of the Asian underground movement will be presented. A history of software and interface design for computational Indian music will be described. Students will work on building interactive software and custom hardware for performing new music in the context of North Indian Music. Students will work hand and hand with the North Indian Music Ensemble or Tabla Ensemble to integrate technology built into final performance.