The fundamental principle of IRCAM is to encourage productive interaction among scientific research, technological developments, and contemporary music production. Since its establishment in 1977, this initiative has provided the foundation for the institute’s activities. One of the major issues is the importance of contributing to the renewal of musical expression through science and technology. Conversely, sp…
IRCAM is an internationally recognized research center dedicated to creating new technologies for music. The institute offers a unique experimental environment where composers strive to enlarge their musical experience through the concepts expressed in new technologies.
In support of IRCAM's research and creation missions, the educational program seeks to shed light on the current and future meaning of the interactions among the arts, sciences, and technology as well as sharing its models of knowledge, know-how, and innovations with the widest possible audience.
At the center of societal and economic concerns combining culture and information technologies, the current research at IRCAM is seen by the international research community as a reference for interdisciplinary projects on the sciences and technologies for sound and music, constantly exposed to society’s new needs and uses.
The fundamental principle of IRCAM is to encourage productive interaction among scientific research, technological developments, and contemporary music production. Since its establishment in 1977, this initiative has provided the foundation for the institute’s activities. One of the major issues is the importance of contributing to the renewal of musical expression through science and technology. Conversely, sp…
IRCAM is an internationally recognized research center dedicated to creating new technologies for music. The institute offers a unique experimental environment where composers strive to enlarge their musical experience through the concepts expressed in new technologies.
In support of IRCAM's research and creation missions, the educational program seeks to shed light on the current and future meaning of the interactions among the arts, sciences, and technology as well as sharing its models of knowledge, know-how, and innovations with the widest possible audience.
At the center of societal and economic concerns combining culture and information technologies, the current research at IRCAM is seen by the international research community as a reference for interdisciplinary projects on the sciences and technologies for sound and music, constantly exposed to society’s new needs and uses.
Kayla Cashetta (United States, b. 1991) is an American composer whose work revolves around the marriage of analog, digital, and acoustic instruments and practices. She was recently a winner of National Sawdust's inaugural Hildegard Competition (2018) in Brooklyn, New York, where she performed live analog electronics in her commissioned work, "Anima" with the Refugee Orchestra Project.
Kayla has had her music performed at venues and festivals such as the Center for New Music, the New York Festival of Song, the Loretto Project, and the Fontainebleau Summer Sessions, and has worked with the Quince Ensemble, Eco Ensemble, Splinter Reeds, and Longleash. She also records and performs with her experimental pop trio, Maenu. She is currently pursuing a doctoral degree at UC Berkeley under the guidance of Ken Ueno, Franck Bedrossian, Myra Melford, Edmund Campion, and Cindy Cox.