Music Technology Speaker Series: Ben Bloomberg

This talk will cover a series of projects that use sound to create engaging experiences — exploring design and development through experiments in the lab and studio, the creation of live theatrical and musical performances for large audiences, and the capture, production, and delivery of personal listening experiences at home and in daily life. We will examine both historic and contemporary concepts in immersive headphone and speaker technology, authoring and design tools, and discuss the fundamentals of what is essential to crafting special sonic experiences. This will be presented through the lens of work with Tod Machover and the Opera of the Future group, Jacob Collier, as well as new ideas in development beyond music. MIT alumnus Ben Bloomberg is a Grammy nominated creative technologist who imagines, designs and builds everything from electro-acoustic musical instruments to AI-driven performances and tours. He specializes in the conception and implementation of advanced surround sound and interactive music systems. His recent work with Jacob Collier involved the creation of Collier’s signature Harmoniser and the development of his groundbreaking one-man-show, for which he was praised by the Guardian as “the Tonto’s Expanding Headband to Collier’s Stevie Wonder.” Learn more about Ben's work at [hidden]. Free and Open to the Public Killian HallMIT - Building 14W160 Memorial DriveCambridge, MA 02139 [hidden] A second Ben Bloomberg event will be on Saturday Nov. 8: Intimacy of 3D-Sound—realizing Jacob Collier’s vision, with Ben Bloomberg. Learn more and reserve tickets. More Info below.