SuperCollider Symposium 2025
“The Future of SuperCollider”
March 13-15, 2025
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center - 555 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington D.C.
Call for Contributions
This symposium will broadly consider the current and future state of SuperCollider, featuring current work and aspirational ideas. The conference features 3 invited speakers: Lucile Rose Nihlen, Cristof Ressi, and the creator of SuperCollider, James McCartney.
We invite contributions as papers, music performances, installations, and workshops that address topics such as (but not limited to):
- computation for real-time audio
- open-source programming language design
- computational creativity
- music performance
- interactive music systems
- multimedia music systems
- live coding
- extensions of sclang
- plugins for scsynth
- alternative language clients for scsynth
- synthesis and audio FX
- heterogeneous computing for audio
- machine learning for music
- digital emulation of analog systems
- music information retrieval
- archiving digital technologies
- computational musicology
- perception and psychoacoustics
Resources available for performances and installations:
- 1-8 channel sound system
- Video projection and lighting
- Isolated rooms for installations
- Acoustic instrumentalists (we have limited resources to hire musicians)
- Peabody Laptop Ensemble (a limited number of pieces)
- Please ask us if you have something that isn’t listed or have any other questions
How to Submit
Submissions will include:
- Short Bio (300 words or less)
- Abstract / Submission Description (300 words or less)
- Video and/or Audio Documentation (as applicable)
- Score and/or Performance Materials (as applicable)
- Tech Rider or Technical Requirements (as applicable)
Submissions are made through this submission form.
Important Notes
- Submissions will be peer-reviewed by the programming subcommittee.
- We welcome paper submissions in the form of full papers or extended abstracts. If you prefer, you may submit just an abstract.
- Individuals may submit 1 submission per category.
- The submission form provides fields for links to the necessary information. Please make sure these links remain active through the end of December 2024 as we may need to revisit submissions.
- We encourage submissions from individuals of diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Important Dates
- October 15, 2024 Deadline for Submission
- November 15, 2024 Notification of Acceptance
- February 1, 2025 Deadline for Camera-Ready Materials
- March 13-15, 2025 Symposium
The symposium is supported by a Nexus Convening Award from Johns Hopkins University and hosted by the Peabody Institute. All events will take place at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center (555 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington D.C.). This event will be held primarily in-person, however, remote participation for presenters can be accommodated.