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Watch and listen to our October 2023 one hour video newsletter - Classical Music and Artificial Intelligence

 

Classical Music Daily publishes a newsletter, usually on the first day of each month. Here is our October 2023 newsletter, No 174, Classical Music and Artificial Intelligence. It runs for nearly an hour, and the discussion is led by John Dante Prevedini.

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American composer, educator and public speaker John Dante Prevedini's online discussion Classical Music and Artificial Intelligence took place and was recorded on Saturday 23 September 2023.

The subject for discussion was Classical Music and Artificial Intelligence, covering all aspects of how AI might change the classical music world, from AI music analysers, generators, platforms, recognisers and services to philosophical questions about who or what classical music is for, and how the answers might change if non-human entities begin to compose, perform, teach or write about music. Artificial intelligence is here to stay, and we musicians should try to assess how it might affect our future lives and careers if, for example, future music can make itself.

The main question asked in the session is as follows:

What are the ways in which we envision AI might impact the field of classical music, and what can we do to prepare? (Considered from the perspectives of composing, performance, teaching, music journalism and other viewpoints.)

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These links below complement the contents of the newsletter. You can use them to discover more about those taking part and some of the subjects, organisations and individuals mentioned. Some of the links provide further reading about AI and music, and some are to AI music generators.

60+ CHATGPT PROMPTS FOR MUSIC (AI HABITAT)

7 MOST POPULAR AI VOICE GENERATORS FOR MAKING MUSIC IN 2023 (AUDIOCIPHER)

A SURVEY OF AI MUSIC GENERATION TOOLS AND MODELS (CORNELL UNIVERSITY/ARXIV)

A SURVEY ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR MUSIC GENERATION: AGENTS, DOMAINS AND PERSPECTIVES (HERNANDEZ-OLIVAN & BELTRAN/ZARAGOZA UNIVERSITY/RESEARCHGATE)

AARON COPLAND (CMD)

ADRIAN RUMSON (CMD)

ADRIAN RUMSON: SYMPHONY NO 6 IN C MINOR (YOUTUBE)

AI CAN NOW COMPOSE POP MUSIC AND EVEN SYMPHONIES (NBC NEWS)

AI HELPS MUSICIANS AND SCIENTISTS FINISH BEETHOVEN'S TENTH SYMPHONY (NUTANIX)

AI IN CLASSICAL MUSIC - EXCITING OR PREDICTABLE?? (ERGO)

AI MUSIC GENERATORS COULD BE A BOON FOR ARTISTS - BUT ALSO PROBLEMATIC (TECHCRUNCH)

AI TO COMPOSE CLASSICAL MUSIC LIVE IN CONCERT (CLASSIC FM)

AIS CAN MAKE MUSIC - SO WHAT? (FORBES)

AIVA - THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPOSING EMOTIONAL SOUNDTRACK MUSIC

APRIL FREDRICK (CMD)

APRIL FREDRICK SINGS JONATHAN DOVE: ARIEL, IV AND V (YOUTUBE)

APRIL FREDRICK SINGS MAHLER: SYMPHONY NO 4 (YOUTUBE)

ARCHERY MUSIC PROMOTIONS - KAREN FLETCHER

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE - A SUBJECTIVE ART-RESEARCH ENQUIRY (CARAMIAUX & DONNARUMMA / RESEARCHGATE)

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WITHIN THE CREATIVE PROCESS OF CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL MUSIC (ROBERT LAIDLOW / MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY)

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED MUSIC GENERATION - SCOPE, APPLICATIONS AND FUTURE TRENDS (SCIENCEDIRECT)

BACH TO THE FUTURE - AI MEET CLASSICAL MUSIC (CNET)

BACHGPT (YOUTUBE)

BEATOVEN - GENERATE BACKGROUND MUSIC WITH THE HELP OF AI

BOOMY - MAKE GENERATIVE MUSIC WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

CANTAMUS - PRACTICE YOUR VOCAL PARTS, ANYTIME AND ANYWHERE

CHATGPT (OPEN AI)

COMPOSING MUSIC FOR CHOIR WITH AN AI - WRITING SONGS WITH CHATGPT, PART ONE (YOUTUBE)

COPLAND HOUSE

DAVID COPE: YOU PUSHED THE BUTTON AND OUT CAME HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF SONATAS (THE GUARDIAN)

DAVID RAIN

DAVID RAIN: PEACE MUST BE THE ANSWER! (YOUTUBE)

DISCOVER THE WORLD OF CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH CHATGPT (MEDIUM)

ELLEN LI - HEMSING ASSOCIATES

EMMA JOHNSON: AI AND CLASSICAL MUSIC

ENGLISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

FOOT IN THE DOOR ENSEMBLE (FACEBOOK)

FRANZ LISZT (CMD)

FRANZ SCHUBERT (CMD)

GEORGE COULOURIS

GLENN GOULD (CMD)

GUSTAV MAHLER (CMD)

GUSTAV MAHLER: SYMPHONY NO 10, COMPLETED BY DERYCK COOKE (YOUTUBE)

HEMSING ASSOCIATES - ELLEN LI

HOW AI COULD COMPOSE A PERSONALIZED SOUNDTRACK TO YOUR LIFE - TED TALK BY PIERRE BARREAU (YOUTUBE)

HOW AI IS CHANGING CLASSICAL MUSIC (WASHINGTON POST)

HOW AI IS REVOLUTIONISING THE CLASSICAL MUSIC INDUSTRY (TELEFÓNICA TECH)

HOW AI IS REVOLUTIONISING THE WORLD OF CLASSICAL MUSIC (TS2)

HOW WILL AI IMPACT THE FUTURE OF MUSIC? (COMPLEX)

IS AI THE FUTURE OF CLASSICAL MUSIC? (GOLDSMITHS)

JEAN SIBELIUS (CMD)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (CMD)

JOHANNES OCKEGHEM (CMD)

JOHN DANTE PREVEDINI

JOHN DANTE PREVEDINI (CMD)

JONATHAN DAVID LITTLE (CMD)

JONATHAN DOVE (CMD)

JUKEBOX (OPEN AI)

KAREN FLETCHER - ARCHERY MUSIC PROMOTIONS

KEITH BRAMICH (CMD)

KLAUS HEYMANN SHARES HOW NAXOS STAYS TUNED TO CHANGING TIMES (SCMP)

LOUDLY - AI MUSIC GENERATOR

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (CMD)

MACHINE LEARNING HELPS RETRACE EVOLUTION OF CLASSICAL MUSIC (AIHUB)

MICHAEL STEPHEN BROWN

MICHAEL STEPHEN BROWN: PIANO CONCERTO (2020) - OFFICIAL TRAILER (YOUTUBE)

MUSENET (OPENAI)

MUSICLM - GENERATING MUSIC FROM TEXT (GOOGLE)

MUSICPY - A MUSIC PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE IN PYTHON (PYTHON)

MUSIC AI TOOLS - A GROUP AT SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY WHO CREATE TOOLS THAT HELP MUSICIANS GENERATE HIGH-QUALITY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC AND LYRICS

MUSIC AND AI (FRONTIERS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE)

MUZIC RESEARCH PROJECT ON AI MUSIC (MICROSOFT RESEARCH)

ON THE USE OF AI FOR GENERATION OF FUNCTIONAL MUSIC TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH (FRONTIERS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE)

PRISM'S EMILY HOWARD AND ROBERT LAIDLOW: MATHEMATICS, AI AND THE ORCHESTRA (PRS FOR MUSIC)

RICCARDO CHAILLY (CMD)

RICERCAR - AN AI-BASED MUSICAL COMPANION (ARS ELECTRONICA)

ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHAMBER CHOIR - VIRTUAL SINGERS

SOUNDRAW - AI MUSIC GENERATION

TEAM USES AI TO COMPLETE BEETHOVEN'S UNFINISHED MASTERPIECE (NPR)

THE USE OF DEEP LEARNING-BASED INTELLIGENT MUSIC SIGNAL IDENTIFICATION AND GENERATION TECHNOLOGY IN NATIONAL MUSIC TEACHING (FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY)

TOP 10 AI MUSIC COMPOSERS IN 2023 (WONDERSHARE)

VEED - AI MUSIC GENERATOR

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AI ENTERS THE CONCERT HALL? (NEW YORK TIMES)

WHAT IF YOU COULD SING IN YOUR FAVORITE MUSICIAN'S VOICE? HOLLY HERNDON / HOLLY+ / SPAWNING (YOUTUBE)

 

Posted 1 October 2023 by John Dante Prevedini
and last updated 8 October 2023

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7 October 2023

I think that this has been one of the most fascinating discussions we've had here, partly because the subject is so new, wide-ranging and controversial, but mainly because of the expert contributions of all our active contributors - Adrian, April, David, George, Michael and, of course, John.

Please let us know of any other links to useful online articles about classical music and AI. As you can see above, we're building quite a collection!

Keith Bramich

 

29 September 2023

... If AI had been around in 1804 and Beethoven had sat down and asked it to give him a whizzy opening 4 notes for his 5th Symphony, would any AI have been able to come up with DA DA DA DAAAARRRRR? My assumption is that AI will always be derivative rather than truly innovative, but perhaps that's just wishful / constrained thinking?

Michael Hartz

 

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