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SUMMARY:Conference: Co-Creativity in Music\, Sound\, and AI: Improvisation\
 , Interaction\, Composition
DESCRIPTION:Co-Creativity in Music\, Sound\, and AI: Improvisation\, Intera
 ction\, Composition\n\nJune 5–6\, 2026\nUC Riverside & Culver Center of 
 the Arts\nRiverside\, California\n\nAll conference events are free and ope
 n to the public.\n\n \n\nArtificial intelligence is transforming how we co
 mpose\, perform\, listen to\, and think about music and sound. From real-t
 ime improvisation systems to generative audiovisual environments\, creativ
 e agency is increasingly shared between human and computational actors.\n\
 nCo-Creativity in Music\, Sound\, and AI: Improvisation\, Interaction\, Co
 mposition explores these transformations\, with a special focus on Somax2\
 , IRCAM’s AI-driven improvisation system\, and other machine-learning–
 based tools for music and audiovisual art. The conference brings together 
 scholars\, composers\, performers\, technologists\, and media artists to r
 eflect on co-creativity as a relational\, hybrid process distributed acros
 s humans\, machines\, and environments.\n\nThe event is also the flagship 
 public project of the EARS InterArts Lab at the Culver Center\, connecting
  research\, teaching\, and public-facing artistic production. It is suppor
 ted by a 2025–26 Conference Award from the UCR Center for Ideas and Soci
 ety\, which recognizes the project’s interdisciplinary approach and its 
 contribution to advancing dialogue on music\, sound\, and artificial intel
 ligence across the humanities and the arts.\n\nConference location: UC Riv
 erside Main Campus • INTS 1113\nArtistic program location: UCR ARTS • 
 Culver Center of the Arts\n\n \n\nProgram Highlights\n\nFriday\, June 5\n\
 nCONFERENCE\n\nINTS 1113 – UC Riverside – 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.\n\nKEYNOTE
 : 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.: N. Katherine Hayles\, Distinguished Research Professor
 \, UCLA · James B. Duke Professor Emerita\, Duke University\n"Co-creating
  with AI: Stimulating Human Creativity or Stifling It?"Paper sessions on A
 I\, music\, sound\, and creative technologiesSESSION 1: Posthuman Voice9:3
 0–10:00 AM: Jörg Holzmann\n"Posthuman Vocality and the Infrastructural 
 Reconfiguration of Opera"10:00–10:30 AM: Paolo Paradiso\n"From Vocal Bod
 y to Vocal Network: AI and the Reconfiguration of Musical Co-Creativity"10
 :30–11:00 AM: Darren Woodland Jr.\n"Material Synthesis Composition: Spec
 ulocultural Technopoiesis"SESSION 2: AI Systems and Practice11:30–12:00 
 PM: Garrison Gerard\n"Ecosystemic Music: Building Systems for Improvisatio
 n"12:00–12:30 PM: Yifeng Yvonne Yuan\n"Glitch Voice: Real-Time Neural De
 construction of Vocal Meaning"12:30–1:00 PM: Jeremy Francoeur\n"No Truth
 \, No Lies: Narrative Storytelling Through Memes and AI"SESSION 3: Cultura
 l & Economic Implications2:00–2:30 PM: Sonnet Swire\n"Prompt and Consequ
 ence: AI-Generated Music as 21st-Century Propaganda"2:30–3:00 PM: Alvaro
  E. Lopez\n"Navigating the Convergence of AI and Music Composition: Labor 
 and Attribution"CONCERTS\n\nEvening – Culver Center of the Arts – 7 p.
 m. - 9 p.m.\n\nFree public concerts featuring IRCAM Somax2 and guest artis
 ts' works7:00–8:00 PM: Concert 1 — EARS Engineers · Eric Lyon · Ka H
 ei Cheng / Angel Poveda Yánez → Details8:00–9:20 PM: Concert 2 — IR
 CAM / REACH Collective → Details\nSaturday\, June 6\n\nCONFERENCE\n\nMor
 ning – INTS 1113\, UC Riverside – 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.\n\nKEYNOTE: 9:30–1
 1:00 AM: Eric Lyon\, School of Performing Arts\, Virginia Tech\n"How to Co
 mpose AI Music That Isn't Mid"PANEL DISCUSSION: 11:30–1:00 PM: "AI and M
 usical Creativity"Panelists & Organizers: Kathryn Agnes Huether\, Postdoct
 oral Research Associate\, UCLA\; Mesmi\, Artist\, Producer\, and Consultan
 t\; Frank Duchêne\, University of Applied Sciences and Arts\, Belgium\; A
 my Skjerseth & Liz Przybylski (Organizers)\, UC Riverside\n CONCERTS\n\nAf
 ternoon – Culver Center of the Arts – 2:30 - 7:00 p.m.\n\nFree public 
 audiovisual screening featuring selected AI-based worksHands-on IRCAM work
 shop on Somax2 and co-creative AI systems2:30–4:00 PM: Workshop 1 — Em
 bodied Calligraphy · Ka Hei Cheng and UCR dancers → Details 3:00–4:00
  PM: Screening — Audiovisual Works · curated by Nikolay Maslov → Deta
 ils4:30–7:00 PM: Workshop 2 — Somax2 · IRCAM REACH Collective and Jef
 f Albert → DetailsEvening – Culver Center of the Arts – 8 - 9 p.m.\n
 \nFree public concert featuring IRCAM Somax2\, guest artists\, and UCR stu
 dent works8:00–9:20 PM: Concert 3 — Constantin Basica · Cecilia Suhr 
 · Jeff Albert & Anthony Cammarota · Somax2 Collective Improvisation → 
 Details\nTopics Include\n\nAI and musical creativityImprovisation and mach
 ine learningHuman–AI interaction and embodimentSound\, image\, and audio
 visual systemsComposition\, performance\, and live codingEthics and aesthe
 tics of AI in the arts \n\nSunday\, June 7\n\nWorkshop 3: Embodied Calligr
 aphy: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Reserve Free Tickets \n\nFeatured Public Events
 \n\nAll concerts\, screenings\, keynote lectures\, and conference sessions
  are free and open to the public. The conference welcomes students\, resea
 rchers\, artists\, and the broader Riverside community. Selected audiovisu
 al works will also be presented through an online exhibition hosted at aud
 iovisualmusic.ucr.edu.\n\n\nAdmission\n\nNo tickets required. Seating avai
 lable on a first-come\, first-served basis.\n\n\nVenues\n\nINTS 1113 – U
 C Riverside Campus\nCulver Center of the Arts – Downtown Riverside
LOCATION:CHASS Interdisciplinary South\, 1113
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