Music and AI Research Programme
@musaiproject.bsky.social
Music and Artificial Intelligence: Building Critical Interdisciplinary Studies (MusAI) is a five-year research program investigating the cultural implications of AI: https://musicairesearch.wordpress.com/
We are delighted to announce that PI Georgina Born has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Lund University.
The citation recognises her as “one of the world’s most influential and innovative researchers in contemporary musicology and sound studies”.
The citation recognises her as “one of the world’s most influential and innovative researchers in contemporary musicology and sound studies”.
November 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We are delighted to announce that PI Georgina Born has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Lund University.
The citation recognises her as “one of the world’s most influential and innovative researchers in contemporary musicology and sound studies”.
The citation recognises her as “one of the world’s most influential and innovative researchers in contemporary musicology and sound studies”.
Assoc. Prof. Oliver Bown joins Anna Munster, Thomas Smith and Chloe McFadden from the Creative Technologies Research Lab for short talks at the MCA’s In Dialogue: Data Dreams event on Sat 22 Nov. Details: www.mca.com.au/events-progr...
In dialogue: Data Dreams | MCA Australia
www.mca.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Assoc. Prof. Oliver Bown joins Anna Munster, Thomas Smith and Chloe McFadden from the Creative Technologies Research Lab for short talks at the MCA’s In Dialogue: Data Dreams event on Sat 22 Nov. Details: www.mca.com.au/events-progr...
Between November 4 to 6 2025, Owen Green and Georgina Born participated in a 3 day workshop led by team member @bobltsturm.bsky.social and held at KTH, with the aim of debating whether there is a need for a manifesto responding to the significant challenges posed by the application of AI to music.
November 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Between November 4 to 6 2025, Owen Green and Georgina Born participated in a 3 day workshop led by team member @bobltsturm.bsky.social and held at KTH, with the aim of debating whether there is a need for a manifesto responding to the significant challenges posed by the application of AI to music.
Artemi Maria-Gioti and Rebecca Fiebrink will be speaking on a CMMR panel on AI, joined by Tommie Introna, next week on Tuesday, 5 November, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at UCL’s Pool Street Cinema.
For more information about the panel please visit: cmmr2025.prism.cnrs.fr/ai-panel/
For more information about the panel please visit: cmmr2025.prism.cnrs.fr/ai-panel/
AI Panel | CMMR 25
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November 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Artemi Maria-Gioti and Rebecca Fiebrink will be speaking on a CMMR panel on AI, joined by Tommie Introna, next week on Tuesday, 5 November, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at UCL’s Pool Street Cinema.
For more information about the panel please visit: cmmr2025.prism.cnrs.fr/ai-panel/
For more information about the panel please visit: cmmr2025.prism.cnrs.fr/ai-panel/
Associate Professor Oliver Bown and his collaborators have been awarded two Discovery Project Grants from the Australian Research Council (ARC).
November 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Associate Professor Oliver Bown and his collaborators have been awarded two Discovery Project Grants from the Australian Research Council (ARC).
Between October 27 and 28 2025,
Georgina Born and @einbond.bsky.social Einbond participated in research workshops held at @ircam.bsky.social , Paris, under the direction of Carmine-Emanuele Cella on broad questions of music and AI, and on the future of the orchestra.
Georgina Born and @einbond.bsky.social Einbond participated in research workshops held at @ircam.bsky.social , Paris, under the direction of Carmine-Emanuele Cella on broad questions of music and AI, and on the future of the orchestra.
November 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Between October 27 and 28 2025,
Georgina Born and @einbond.bsky.social Einbond participated in research workshops held at @ircam.bsky.social , Paris, under the direction of Carmine-Emanuele Cella on broad questions of music and AI, and on the future of the orchestra.
Georgina Born and @einbond.bsky.social Einbond participated in research workshops held at @ircam.bsky.social , Paris, under the direction of Carmine-Emanuele Cella on broad questions of music and AI, and on the future of the orchestra.
Rebecca Fiebrink will be speaking at the KIKK festival in Namur, Belgium next week on “Data as Dialogue: Beyond Ground Truth in Creative ML”
Date: 24 October 2025
Time: 3.30-4.10 pm (WET)
For more information and tickets: www.kikk.be/talk/rebecca...
@rebeccafiebrink.bsky.social
Date: 24 October 2025
Time: 3.30-4.10 pm (WET)
For more information and tickets: www.kikk.be/talk/rebecca...
@rebeccafiebrink.bsky.social
Rebecca Fiebrink - Kikk Festival
Rebecca Fiebrink is a Professor of Creative Computing whose research combines human-computer interaction, machine learning, and the arts to develop new forms of expression and accessibility.
www.kikk.be
October 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Rebecca Fiebrink will be speaking at the KIKK festival in Namur, Belgium next week on “Data as Dialogue: Beyond Ground Truth in Creative ML”
Date: 24 October 2025
Time: 3.30-4.10 pm (WET)
For more information and tickets: www.kikk.be/talk/rebecca...
@rebeccafiebrink.bsky.social
Date: 24 October 2025
Time: 3.30-4.10 pm (WET)
For more information and tickets: www.kikk.be/talk/rebecca...
@rebeccafiebrink.bsky.social
Eric Drott gave a talk on October 3 at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, titled “Music and the Aesthetics of the Asset Form.”
October 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Eric Drott gave a talk on October 3 at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, titled “Music and the Aesthetics of the Asset Form.”
On September 16, Eric Drott gave an invited talk at the RTF Media Colloquium series at the University of Texas, titled "Streaming, Sleep, and the Crises of Social Reproduction"
October 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
On September 16, Eric Drott gave an invited talk at the RTF Media Colloquium series at the University of Texas, titled "Streaming, Sleep, and the Crises of Social Reproduction"
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I'm running another iteration of my webinar "Adapting to AI in the Creative Industries".
Online, Friday 17th October 2025. 10am-1pm (AEST - Sydney).
Cost $50 (AUD). Register here www.eventbrite.com.au/e/adapting-t...
Online, Friday 17th October 2025. 10am-1pm (AEST - Sydney).
Cost $50 (AUD). Register here www.eventbrite.com.au/e/adapting-t...
Adapting to AI in the Creative Industries
Learn what experts are saying about the anticipated trends for AI capability across creative industries in Australia.
www.eventbrite.com.au
September 17, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I'm running another iteration of my webinar "Adapting to AI in the Creative Industries".
Online, Friday 17th October 2025. 10am-1pm (AEST - Sydney).
Cost $50 (AUD). Register here www.eventbrite.com.au/e/adapting-t...
Online, Friday 17th October 2025. 10am-1pm (AEST - Sydney).
Cost $50 (AUD). Register here www.eventbrite.com.au/e/adapting-t...
Oliver Bown, together with Sue Keay, Director of the UNSW AI Institute, contributed a submission to Australia’s Economic Roundtable, arguing that loosening copyright protections is not necessary to foster innovation.
August 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Oliver Bown, together with Sue Keay, Director of the UNSW AI Institute, contributed a submission to Australia’s Economic Roundtable, arguing that loosening copyright protections is not necessary to foster innovation.
Between Nov 14-18, Christopher Haworth is joining Audio Ghosts as a guest artist. Audio Ghosts is a research project exploring how ‘artistic interpretation of auditory illusions can contribute to both the artistic and scientific understanding of sound installation art’.
August 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Between Nov 14-18, Christopher Haworth is joining Audio Ghosts as a guest artist. Audio Ghosts is a research project exploring how ‘artistic interpretation of auditory illusions can contribute to both the artistic and scientific understanding of sound installation art’.
Read @olliebown.bsky.social ‘s new essay ‘Predicting Culture‘ published in Mosaic on 29 July 2025. This essay focuses on AI’s growing influence on creativity and cultural production, and the need for human-centred strategies to ensure equitable cultural futures.
mosaic.uoc.edu/2025/07/29/p...
mosaic.uoc.edu/2025/07/29/p...
Mosaic | Predicting culture
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August 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Read @olliebown.bsky.social ‘s new essay ‘Predicting Culture‘ published in Mosaic on 29 July 2025. This essay focuses on AI’s growing influence on creativity and cultural production, and the need for human-centred strategies to ensure equitable cultural futures.
mosaic.uoc.edu/2025/07/29/p...
mosaic.uoc.edu/2025/07/29/p...
On 25 May, Artemi-Maria Gioti was invited to give a talk titled ‘Ethnography of a Data-making Practice’ at Zukunftstage II, held at Anton Bruckner University in Linz.
www.bruckneruni.ac.at/de/forschung...
www.bruckneruni.ac.at/de/forschung...
www.bruckneruni.ac.at
August 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
On 25 May, Artemi-Maria Gioti was invited to give a talk titled ‘Ethnography of a Data-making Practice’ at Zukunftstage II, held at Anton Bruckner University in Linz.
www.bruckneruni.ac.at/de/forschung...
www.bruckneruni.ac.at/de/forschung...
On 10 July @rebeccafiebrink.bsky.social gave a keynote at @xcoax.org 2025 (13th Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X) titled ‘Thinking Differently About “Data” in Creative and Interactive Machine Learning’ in Creative and Interactive Machine Learning.’
August 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
On 10 July @rebeccafiebrink.bsky.social gave a keynote at @xcoax.org 2025 (13th Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X) titled ‘Thinking Differently About “Data” in Creative and Interactive Machine Learning’ in Creative and Interactive Machine Learning.’
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📢Call for papers📢 MusAI researcher Christopher Haworth is on the scientific committee of the International Conference "Music and Machines".
Proposal deadline: June 30, 2025
For full details and submission guidelines, please visit:
www.journal.chigiana.org/call-chigian...
Proposal deadline: June 30, 2025
For full details and submission guidelines, please visit:
www.journal.chigiana.org/call-chigian...
CALL CHIGIANA CONFERENCE 2025 - Chigiana Journal
CHIGIANA CONFERENCE 2025 Music and Machines CALL ENG CALL ITA CALL FOR PAPERS Siena – Accademia Musicale Chigiana4-6 December 2025 The international conference Music and Machines explores how music, c...
www.journal.chigiana.org
May 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
📢Call for papers📢 MusAI researcher Christopher Haworth is on the scientific committee of the International Conference "Music and Machines".
Proposal deadline: June 30, 2025
For full details and submission guidelines, please visit:
www.journal.chigiana.org/call-chigian...
Proposal deadline: June 30, 2025
For full details and submission guidelines, please visit:
www.journal.chigiana.org/call-chigian...
🛠️ Workshop: “Adapting to AI in the Creative Industries” with @olliebown.bsky.social
Part of the Inner West Creative Toolbox symposium, this workshop unpacks how creatives can navigate and adapt to emerging AI tools.
🔗 web.cvent.com/event/dc7e55...
#CreativeTech #AIWorkshop #InnerWestCouncil
Part of the Inner West Creative Toolbox symposium, this workshop unpacks how creatives can navigate and adapt to emerging AI tools.
🔗 web.cvent.com/event/dc7e55...
#CreativeTech #AIWorkshop #InnerWestCouncil
Creative Toolbox. Online registration by Cvent
Inner West Council presents Creative Toolbox. A 3-day symposium for artists and arts workers including practical workshops, panel talks and Town Hall program.
web.cvent.com
June 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
🛠️ Workshop: “Adapting to AI in the Creative Industries” with @olliebown.bsky.social
Part of the Inner West Creative Toolbox symposium, this workshop unpacks how creatives can navigate and adapt to emerging AI tools.
🔗 web.cvent.com/event/dc7e55...
#CreativeTech #AIWorkshop #InnerWestCouncil
Part of the Inner West Creative Toolbox symposium, this workshop unpacks how creatives can navigate and adapt to emerging AI tools.
🔗 web.cvent.com/event/dc7e55...
#CreativeTech #AIWorkshop #InnerWestCouncil
🎤 Oliver Bown at Marrickville Library — “Art & AI: Where’s It Going?”
Join @olliebown.bsky.social for a public lecture exploring where AI is taking us in the creative world.
🗓️ 26 June, 6:30 pm
📍 Marrickville Library
🔗 Register: www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/explore/what...
#ArtAndAI #InnerWest
Join @olliebown.bsky.social for a public lecture exploring where AI is taking us in the creative world.
🗓️ 26 June, 6:30 pm
📍 Marrickville Library
🔗 Register: www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/explore/what...
#ArtAndAI #InnerWest
What's on - Inner West Council
Inner West Council warmly welcomes you to this event.
www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au
June 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
🎤 Oliver Bown at Marrickville Library — “Art & AI: Where’s It Going?”
Join @olliebown.bsky.social for a public lecture exploring where AI is taking us in the creative world.
🗓️ 26 June, 6:30 pm
📍 Marrickville Library
🔗 Register: www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/explore/what...
#ArtAndAI #InnerWest
Join @olliebown.bsky.social for a public lecture exploring where AI is taking us in the creative world.
🗓️ 26 June, 6:30 pm
📍 Marrickville Library
🔗 Register: www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/explore/what...
#ArtAndAI #InnerWest
SPARC starts today! Check out the schedule full of free workshops and concerts. Don’t forget to register 🎶
🥁Next week!🥁 Join SPARC 2025 @sparclondon.bsky.social , curated by a MusAI researcher, @einbond.bsky.social as part of City St George's.
Register for events separately from the schedule below:
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Photo credit: Claudia Molitor and the 'Rewilding Music’ project
Register for events separately from the schedule below:
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Photo credit: Claudia Molitor and the 'Rewilding Music’ project
June 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
SPARC starts today! Check out the schedule full of free workshops and concerts. Don’t forget to register 🎶
📢Call for papers📢 MusAI researcher Christopher Haworth is on the scientific committee of the International Conference "Music and Machines".
Proposal deadline: June 30, 2025
For full details and submission guidelines, please visit:
www.journal.chigiana.org/call-chigian...
Proposal deadline: June 30, 2025
For full details and submission guidelines, please visit:
www.journal.chigiana.org/call-chigian...
CALL CHIGIANA CONFERENCE 2025 - Chigiana Journal
CHIGIANA CONFERENCE 2025 Music and Machines CALL ENG CALL ITA CALL FOR PAPERS Siena – Accademia Musicale Chigiana4-6 December 2025 The international conference Music and Machines explores how music, c...
www.journal.chigiana.org
May 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
📢Call for papers📢 MusAI researcher Christopher Haworth is on the scientific committee of the International Conference "Music and Machines".
Proposal deadline: June 30, 2025
For full details and submission guidelines, please visit:
www.journal.chigiana.org/call-chigian...
Proposal deadline: June 30, 2025
For full details and submission guidelines, please visit:
www.journal.chigiana.org/call-chigian...
🥁Next week!🥁 Join SPARC 2025 @sparclondon.bsky.social , curated by a MusAI researcher, @einbond.bsky.social as part of City St George's.
Register for events separately from the schedule below:
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Photo credit: Claudia Molitor and the 'Rewilding Music’ project
Register for events separately from the schedule below:
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Photo credit: Claudia Molitor and the 'Rewilding Music’ project
May 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🥁Next week!🥁 Join SPARC 2025 @sparclondon.bsky.social , curated by a MusAI researcher, @einbond.bsky.social as part of City St George's.
Register for events separately from the schedule below:
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Photo credit: Claudia Molitor and the 'Rewilding Music’ project
Register for events separately from the schedule below:
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Photo credit: Claudia Molitor and the 'Rewilding Music’ project
📢Call for submissions 📢 MusAI researcher Christopher Haworth and Erik Nyström are co-editing a special issue of the computer music journal on "New Perspectives on Models for Critical and Creative Sound Practice".
❗Deadline: 12 January 2026
www.academia.edu/129567247/Ca...
❗Deadline: 12 January 2026
www.academia.edu/129567247/Ca...
www.academia.edu
May 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
📢Call for submissions 📢 MusAI researcher Christopher Haworth and Erik Nyström are co-editing a special issue of the computer music journal on "New Perspectives on Models for Critical and Creative Sound Practice".
❗Deadline: 12 January 2026
www.academia.edu/129567247/Ca...
❗Deadline: 12 January 2026
www.academia.edu/129567247/Ca...
On June 4th at 7 PM, Aaron Einbond will be featured in the SPARC Symposium 2025 at City St George’s, University of London. The concert will include his piece Prestidigitation, created with the support of the MusAI project.
For full programme and tickets: www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
For full programme and tickets: www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
SPARC Symposium 2025: Entangle! | City St George's, University of London
This year’s symposium is centered on entanglement between humans and our natural, built or technological environments, with six days of talks, concerts and workshops.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk
May 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
On June 4th at 7 PM, Aaron Einbond will be featured in the SPARC Symposium 2025 at City St George’s, University of London. The concert will include his piece Prestidigitation, created with the support of the MusAI project.
For full programme and tickets: www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
For full programme and tickets: www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Today, PI Georgina Born (IAS and Anthropology, UCL) will be doing a discussion of interdisciplinarity with Andrew Barry, named ‘AI, Environment, Art’ at UCL, which will touch upon the works of MusAI.
📆: 20 May 5-6pm
📍: Common Ground, IAS, UCL and online
🎟️: www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropocene...
📆: 20 May 5-6pm
📍: Common Ground, IAS, UCL and online
🎟️: www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropocene...
AI, Environment, Art
This event is part of the Interdisciplinarity: new reconfigurations of the social and natural sciences seminar series. Georgina Born and Andrew Barry will speak about AI, Environment and Art in this s...
www.ucl.ac.uk
May 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Today, PI Georgina Born (IAS and Anthropology, UCL) will be doing a discussion of interdisciplinarity with Andrew Barry, named ‘AI, Environment, Art’ at UCL, which will touch upon the works of MusAI.
📆: 20 May 5-6pm
📍: Common Ground, IAS, UCL and online
🎟️: www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropocene...
📆: 20 May 5-6pm
📍: Common Ground, IAS, UCL and online
🎟️: www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropocene...
As part of our ongoing commitment to open platforms and digital research, MusAI Project is moving its primary social media presence from Twitter to Bluesky.
We are excited to share news and events related to our project.
For more information, please visit: musicairesearch.wordpress.com
We are excited to share news and events related to our project.
For more information, please visit: musicairesearch.wordpress.com
MusAI
Building Critical Interdisciplinary Studies
musicairesearch.wordpress.com
May 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
As part of our ongoing commitment to open platforms and digital research, MusAI Project is moving its primary social media presence from Twitter to Bluesky.
We are excited to share news and events related to our project.
For more information, please visit: musicairesearch.wordpress.com
We are excited to share news and events related to our project.
For more information, please visit: musicairesearch.wordpress.com