Inaugural Music Technology Research Showcase celebrates work of new graduate program's initial students
Associate Professor Anna Huang delivers the keynote address, "In Search of Human-AI Resonance," to a capacity crowd. The MIT Music Technology and Computation Graduate Program - launched in fall 2024 as a collaboration between Music and Theater Arts and the School of Engineering - presented its inaugural MIT Music Technology Research Showcase on May 13, 2026. Watch Video Dan Pecci | MIT Music and Theater Arts Publication Date : June 29, 2026 Press Inquiries Press Contact : Dan Pecci Email: dpecci@mit.
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- edu MIT Music and Theater Arts : Hearts were used as a music visualizer during Carlos Mariano Salcedo's '25, SM '26 presentation with Noble Harasha '25, SM '26 playing a modular synthesizer (left); PhD student Valerie K.
- Credits : Photo: Jon Sachs Caption : Eran Egozy '95, MEng '95, director of the Music Technology and Computation Graduate Program, welcomed guests to the first MIT Music Technology Research Showcase.
Credits : Photo: Jon Sachs Caption : PhD student Nithya Shikarpur sang in "The Moving Drone.
- Credits : Photo: Jon Sachs Caption : PhD student Matthew Michalek played piano in Rachel Loh's '25, SM '26 JAM_BOT Visualizer (left); Claire Southard '25, SM '26 demonstrated usage of an EEG headset in her presentation (right).
Credits : Photo: Jon Sachs Caption : Carlos Mariano Salcedo '25, SM '26 demonstrated neural cellular automata (NCA) music visualization during the MIT Music Technology Research Showcase.
- The event played to a standing room-only house in the Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building's Thomas Tull Concert Hall and featured diverse and captivating research presentations and music performances.
The celebratory occasion featured MTC's first five enrollees (all of whom were previously MIT undergraduates), alongside several PhD students and faculty.
- Rayo began, "The goal of this program is simple - for MIT to lead the world in music technology theory and application," adding "it's not just about making music with technology; it's also about working across disciplines to help better shape the future of expression in an AI-driven world, all while reflecting MIT at its best.
The MIT Music Technology and Computation Graduate Program - launched in fall 2024 as a collaboration between Music and Theater Arts and the School of Engineering - presented its inaugural MIT Music Technology Research Showcase on May 13, 2026. Associate Professor Anna Huang delivers the keynote address, "In Search of Human-AI Resonance," to a capacity crowd. Watch Video Dan Pecci | MIT Music and Theater Arts Publication Date : June 29, 2026 Press Inquiries Press Contact : Dan Pecci Email: dpecci@mit.
edu MIT Music and Theater Arts : Hearts were used as a music visualizer during Carlos Mariano Salcedo's '25, SM '26 presentation with Noble Harasha '25, SM '26 playing a modular synthesizer (left); PhD student Valerie K. Chen '22, MEng '23 played cello in "Whale Cello (there? " Credits : Photo: Jon Sachs Caption : Guest dancers demonstrated Zhixing Chen's '25, SM '26 motion-to-music for social choreography system.
Credits : Photo: Jon Sachs Caption : Eran Egozy '95, MEng '95, director of the Music Technology and Computation Graduate Program, welcomed guests to the first MIT Music Technology Research Showcase. Credits : Photo: Jon Sachs Caption : PhD student Nithya Shikarpur sang in "The Moving Drone. " Credits : Photo: Jon Sachs Caption : Associate Professor Anna Huang SM '08 gave a keynote presentation on human-AI music collaboration.
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