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In The First Person



 Issue No. 6 October 1999 

Technology and the Future of New Music

Tod Machover Comp/struction set
Fabric Ball Musical Jacket TransFlow Room, Meteorite Museum, Essen, Germany

Tod Machover; Comp/struction set
Bottom: Fabric Ball; Musical Jacket; TransFlow Room, Meteorite Museum, Essen Germany

Photo credits
Top: Tod Machover -- Webb Chappell; Comp/struction set -- Maggie Orth
Bottom: Fabric Ball, Musical Jacket, Transflow Room -- MIT Media Laboratory

Wednesday, August 18, 1999 from 4:00 - 6:00 PM
at the MIT Media Labs, Cambridge MA

Tod Machover - Composer and Director of Hyperinstruments/Opera-of-the-Future Group, MIT Media Lab
Frank J. Oteri - Editor, NewMusicBox @ the American Music Center

Interview transcribed by Jennifer Allen Cooper

1. FROM SGT. PEPPER TO IRCAM
2. CLASSIC HYPERINSTRUMENTS
3. JOHN CAGE AND STRUCTURE
4. INTERACTIVE MUSIC
5. MUSICAL NOSE AND SEA ANEMONE
6. THEREMIN
7. WHAT INSTRUMENT ARE YOU WEARING TODAY?
8. ELEVATOR MUSIC
9. OPERA
10. AN EARLY ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT MOVEMENT?
BIOGRAPHY
WEBLIOGRAPHY

Download MP3 Files Featuring Excerpts from Tod Machoverâs Most Recent Compositions

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Every month, NewMusicBox features a sprawling discussion with a leading figure in the world of American music.Ê The discussions always range from personal artistic concerns to larger issues which affect the entire community.Ê For your convenience, the discussion is divided into ãchaptersä to facilitate easy on-screen reading.Ê If youâd prefer to read a hard copy of the interview, you can print one out as well.Ê In addition, we have taken advantage of virtually anything said during the discussion as an opportunity to link to a myriad outside sources on the world wide web which are compiled in a comprehensive "webliography."

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