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Preface
The5thBiennialInternationalConferenceforMathematicsandComputationinMusic
(MCM2015)tookplaceJune22–25,2015,atQueenMaryUniversityofLondon,UK,
co-hosted by the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science (Centre for
Digital Music) and the School of Mathematical Sciences. As the flagship conference
of the Society for Mathematics and Computation in Music (SMCM), MCM 2015
provided a dedicated platform for the communication and exchange of ideas among
researchers in mathematics, informatics, music theory, composition, musicology, and
relateddisciplines.Itbroughttogetherresearchersfromaroundtheworldwhocombine
mathematics or computation with music theory, music analysis, composition, and
performance.
This year’s program – full details at http://mcm2015.qmul.ac.uk – featured a
number of distinguished keynote speakers, including Andrée Ehresmann (who spoke
on contemporary mathematical approaches to creative systems), Emilia Gómez (who
spoke on music technologies in classical orchestral music concerts), Gareth Loy (who
spoke on steps toward a theory of musical interest), and Ge Wang (who spoke on the
artofdesigningcomputermusic),andafilm(FromCirclestoHyperspheres,PartIII)
by Gilles Baroin and Hugues Seress.
The program also emphasized performances of real music related to the theoretical
discussions. A noontime concert, Blood and Tango, presented a new adaptation of
Gareth Loy’s Blood from a Stone, composed in 1992 for Max Matthew’s electronic
violin and performed at MCM 2015 by Laurel Pardue, followed by Susanne Beer and
Ian Pressland’s divergent interpretations of Piazzolla’s Le Grand Tango for cello and
piano, each accompanied by Elaine Chew. An evening concert, Geometries and Ges-
tures(Gege),featuredTomJohnson’sRationalMelodiesperformedonflutebyCarlos
Vaquero, and musical illustrations of chord geometries in Italian popular music per-
formed by Moreno Andreatta (SMCM Vice President), and of hypergestures in free
jazz improvisations by Guerino Mazzola (SMCM President).
The chapters in this book correspond to the papers and posters presented at the
conference following a careful double-blind peer-review process. We received 64
submissions from 108 authors across 19 different countries. Each submission was
assignedatleastthreereviewersfordouble-blindreview.Apaperwasacceptedonlyif
amajorityofitsreviewersrecommendeditforacceptance.Theformatofeachaccepted
paper(longorshortpaper)wasalsodecidedonthebasisoftherecommendationsofthe
majority of the paper’s reviewers. Submissions were accepted in two categories: long
papers(withalimitof12pages)fororalpresentationattheconferenceandshortpapers
(with alimit ofsix pages) for posterpresentation attheconference. Atotalof24long
papers and 14 short papers were accepted following review.
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Finally,wearegratefultotheLondonMathematicalSociety,theInstituteofMusical
Research,theEngineeringandPhysicalSciencesResearchCouncil,andtheSocietyfor
MathematicsandComputationinMusicfortheirgeneroussupportfor,andpromotionof,
theconference.
May 2015 Oscar Bandtlow
Elaine Chew
David Meredith
Anja Volk
Tom Collins
Organization
Executive Committee
General Chairs
Oscar Bandtlow Queen Mary University of London, UK
Elaine Chew Queen Mary University of London, UK
Program Chairs
David Meredith Aalborg University, Denmark
Anja Volk Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Publication Chair
Tom Collins De Montfort University, UK
Panels/Tutorials/Workshop Chair
Johanna Devaney Ohio State University, USA
Communications Chairs
Janis Sokolovskis Queen Mary University of London, UK
Luwei Yang Queen Mary University of London, UK
Review Board
Joshua Albrecht University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, USA
Anna Aljanaki Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Emmanuel Amiot Classes Préparatoire aux Grandes Ecoles, Perpignan, France
Christina University of Athens, Greece
Anagnostopoulou
Moreno Andreatta IRCAM/CNRS/UPMC, France
Gerard Assayag IRCAM/CNRS/UPMC, France
Oscar Bandtlow Queen Mary University of London, UK
Brian Bemman Aalborg University, Denmark
Emmanouil Benetos City University London, UK
Louis Bigo Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Spain
Jean Bresson IRCAM/CNRS/UPMC, France
Chantal Buteau Brock University, Canada
Clifton Callender Florida State University, USA
VIII Organization
Emilios Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Cambouropoulos
Norman Carey CUNY Graduate Center, USA
Elaine Chew Queen Mary University of London, UK
Ching-Hua Chuan University of North Florida, USA
David Clampitt Ohio State University, USA
Darrell Conklin Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Spain
Michael Cuthbert Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Johanna Devaney Ohio State University, USA
Shlomo Dubnov University of California, San Diego, USA
Tuomas Eerola Durham University, UK
Thomas Fiore University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA
Arthur Flexer Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Austria
Harald Fripertinger Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria
Mathieu Giraud CNRS, France
Maarten Grachten Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Austria
Yupeng Gu Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
Dorien Herremans University of Antwerp, Belgium
Keiji Hirata Future University Hakodate, Japan
Anna Huang Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Özgür İzmirli Connecticut College, USA
Philip Kirlin Rhodes College, USA
Katerina Kosta Queen Mary University of London, UK
Robin Laney The Open University, UK
Olivier Lartillot Aalborg University, Denmark
David Lewis Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Cristina Catherine University of Cincinnati, USA
Losada
Matija Marolt University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Alan Marsden University of Lancaster, UK
Panayotis NYU Steinhardt, USA
Mavromatis
Guerino Mazzola University of Minnesota, USA
David Meredith Aalborg University, Denmark
Andrew Milne University of Western Sydney, Australia
Thomas Noll ESMuC Barcelona, Spain
François Pachet Sony CSL, Paris, France
Marcus Pearce Queen Mary University of London, UK
Robert Peck Louisiana State Univesity, USA
Richard Plotkin University at Buffalo, SUNY, USA
Ian Quinn Yale University, USA
Richard Randall Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Christopher Raphael Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
Christophe Rhodes Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
David Rizo University of Alicante, Spain
Craig Sapp Stanford University, USA
Organization IX
William Sethares University of Wisconsin, USA
Alan Smaill University of Edinburgh, UK
Bob Sturm Queen Mary University of London, UK
David Temperley University of Rochester, USA
Petri Toiviainen University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Godfried Toussaint McGill University, Canada
Peter van Meertens Institute, The Netherlands
Kranenburg
Gissel Velarde Aalborg University, Denmark
Anja Volk Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Gerhard Widmer Johannes Kepler University Linz and Austrian Research
Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Austria
Geraint Wiggins Queen Mary University of London, UK
Jonathan Wild McGill University, Canada
Daniel Wolff City University London, UK
Jason Yust Boston University, USA
Marek Žabka Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities
and Social Sciences, The Netherlands
Society for Mathematics and Computation in Music
President
Guerino Mazzola University of Minnesota, USA
Vice President
Moreno Andreatta IRCAM/CNRS/UPMC, France
Treasurer
David Clampitt Ohio State University, USA
Secretary
Johanna Devaney Ohio State University, USA
Journal of Mathematics and Music
Editors-in-Chief
Thomas Fiore University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA
Clifton Callender Florida State University, USA
Reviews Editor
Jonathan Wild McGill University, Canada
