Join us on Wednesday, June 10th at 5 p.m. for a live stream of Best of ICAM on UC San Diego Music's YouTube channel! Senior year students of UC San Diego's ICAM Music major will be presenting their senior projects.
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PRESENTING STUDENTS:
GROUP 1 - 5:00 P.M.
Tianyi Cao - Zhiyin: It is a rhythm game that I made from scratch. Currently, the game has three levels with three pieces I composed. I used Chinese traditional instruments and Chinese pentatonic scale to compose these pieces. I asked an artist friend to help me create the visual elements in the game using the Chinese Shuimo (Ink washed painting) style. And I used Unity Engine to make the game.
Marcel Cedeno - In the Pocket: In this project I produced four songs that are inspired by the music I typically play as a DJ (Hip-Hop, Soul, R&B). The focus was to create music that would blend well (in terms of instrumentation, groove, overall vibe) in the context of the kind of music I would play in a mix. At the Best of ICAM presentation I will have a video demonstration of the songs I produced in a "live" DJ set with songs that have inspired my production style. The songs will be available to listen to on bandcamp through the link that I entered above.
Kevin Cervantes - Brokehouse Audio: This project is the creation of my online music production brand. The focus of my website is to showcase my work and attract artists wishing to work with me as a mix engineer.
Max D'Amico - mEd.x: For my senior project, I made my first EP consisting of songs about experiences I've struggled with. The songs are attempting to represent the emotional process of the experiences the songs are based on. I hope you enjoy!
GROUP 2 - 5:30 PM
Mason Davis - Not Yet: With great thanks to my collaborators - Zeju Zheng (guitars & composition) and Lwin DuMont (bass).
Kazuya Fujita - Hitori
Francis Galang - Localizing the Visitor: This is a video that proposes a project I would like to pursue in the future after the pandemic. I wish to produce a three-walled projection installation about Californianess as told through travel brochures. In this installation, guests may scan travel brochures from each of the counties in California which will cause the projection to display a duplicate of each travel brochure, with the text and images replaced by interviews and photography from local residents. The content filling these travel brochures is selected through this activity called "participatory mapmaking", where I interview residents of each locale and ask them to highlight locations that are important in their community for a resident.
The projection serves to produce a "local" travel brochure, which visitors of the installation may view and contrast against the physical travel brochures they had scanned. This project aims to problematize travel brochures as objects distant from the biographies and histories of residents living in locales. The selection of brochures also calls into question in what ways the lived experience of residents in locales sum to produce the idea of what 'California' is as a whole. This project follows a series of visits to all counties across California starting in 2018.
Diego Garza - Trip Chamber
GROUP 3 - 6:00 PM
Jason Gray - Telamiron: “Telamiron” is a text-based, story-driven video game that I have been developing since late 2019, and is my first multimedia project of this caliber. Telamiron includes the video game itself, a musical score, and a custom built console for it to be optionally played on. Thank you to all of my professors and peers who have been there for my college journey.
Shichenhao Hu
Margaux Katz - The Difference Between
Evan Kopshever - Sayed II: This is a six track EP called "Sayed II", the second project released under my "Sayed" brand. I wrote, composed, recorded, produced, and mixed this project in my garage over the past several months. This project chronicles my four years in college and my my personal journey of self-discovery with music, and the digital composition and production draws from many different modern genres. This project will be available on SoundCloud, Spotify, Apple Music, and any other streaming service you might listen with. Enjoy!
GROUP 4 - 6:30 PM
Alonso de la Peña - El Camion, Part 1: "El Camion" is a binaural experience through which a short narrative unfolds inside a San Diego tour bus. The listeners will have the perspective of Main, the main character of the story, and will encounter unexpected people and events throughout the ride. (HEADPHONES REQUIRED)
Carlos Rios-Dominguez - 10 Seconds to Change the World: There is constant music all around us; our memories feed the echo chamber of our hearts and minds. How do we behave when the sounds we make are memorized & integrated into our environment? Using a 2-in 2-out recording & playback configuration, 10 Seconds to Change the World is a sound installation that combines feedback and delay to explore memory and room resonance. Learn more: https://criosdom.com/436-2/
Christopher Robinson: I coded an audio plug-in, which is based on Wavetable Synthesis and Subtractive Synthesis. In this presentation, I will show what it is, the sounds you can make with it, and a beat using only the synthesizer (and drums and audio effects).
Nicole Rodriguez - Lone Pair: It’s a 22 minute film titled “Lone Pair”. It is an experimental scifi shot on 16mm film. It will be available via limited online release, in-person screenings, and entered into festivals. I’m working on the sound design, and updates will be posted on my personal website, nicatnite.com, soon.
GROUP 5 - 7:00 PM
Kenji Sommers - The Drop: The Drop is an experiment in modular music. Inspired by the Beach Boys, The Drop is a modular song where the audience determines the song structure. Utilizing harmonic and textural techniques, each section can be arranged in any order, delivering a song where the audience plays a role in composition!
Yuanmei Wei - Lucid Dream
Kaleigh Wernick - Synesthesia
Martine Xenja - Dark Star: Martine Xenja is a musician, producer, sound designer, and multi-media artist from the Bay Area.
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