Concerts: Co-Creativity in Music, Sound, and AI: Improvisation, Interaction, Composition
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Co-Creativity in Music, Sound, and AI: Improvisation, Interaction, Composition June 5–7, 2026 UC Riverside & Culver Center of the Arts Riverside, California All conference events are free and open to the public. Artificial intelligence is transforming how we compose, perform, listen to, and think about music, sound, and media. Co-Creativity in Music, Sound, and AI is a two-day interdisciplinary conference exploring new forms of collaboration between human artists and intelligent systems through scholarship, performance, audiovisual practice, and public dialogue. Hosted by UC Riverside in partnership with the Culver Center of the Arts, the conference brings together scholars, composers, performers, technologists, and media artists to examine creativity as a shared process across humans, machines, and environments. Program Highlights Friday, June 5 CONFERENCE INTS 1111 – UC Riverside – 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Paper sessions on AI, music, sound, and creative technologiesKeynote lecture by Katherine HaylesCONCERTS Evening – Culver Center of the Arts – 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Free public concerts featuring IRCAM Somax2 and guest artists' works7:00–8:00 PM: Concert 1 — EARS Engineers · Eric Lyon · Ka Hei Cheng / Angel Poveda Yánez → Details8:00–9:20 PM: Concert 2 — IRCAM / REACH Collective → Details Saturday, June 6 CONFERENCE Morning – INTS 1111, UC Riverside – 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Paper and panel sessions on AI and music productionKeynote lecture by Eric LyonCONCERTS Afternoon – Culver Center of the Arts – 2:30 - 7:00 p.m. Free public audiovisual screening featuring selected AI-based worksHands-on IRCAM workshop on Somax2 and co-creative AI systems2:30–4:00 PM: Workshop 1 — Embodied Calligraphy · Ka Hei Cheng and UCR dancers → Details 3:00–4:00 PM: Screening — Audiovisual Works · curated by Nikolay Maslov → Details4:30–7:00 PM: Workshop 2 — Somax2 · IRCAM REACH Collective and Jeff Albert → DetailsEvening – Culver Center of the Arts – 8 - 9 p.m. Free public concert featuring IRCAM Somax2, guest artists, and UCR student works8:00–9:20 PM: Concert 3 — Constantin Basica · Cecilia Suhr · Jeff Albert & Anthony Cammarota · Somax2 Collective Improvisation → Details Topics Include AI and musical creativityImprovisation and machine learningHuman–AI interaction and embodimentSound, image, and audiovisual systemsComposition, performance, and live codingEthics and aesthetics of AI in the arts Sunday, June 7 Workshop 3: Embodied Calligraphy: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Reserve Free Tickets Featured Public Events All concerts, screenings, keynote lectures, and conference sessions are free and open to the public. The conference welcomes students, researchers, artists, and the broader Riverside community. Selected audiovisual works will also be presented through an online exhibition hosted at audiovisualmusic.ucr.edu. Admission No tickets required. Seating available on a first-come, first-served basis. Venues INTS 1111 – UC Riverside Campus Culver Center of the Arts – Downtown Riverside