Music for the Masses-Joo Wan Park
Joo Won Park, a new Assistant Professor of Music, participated in a recent community project providing original sound samples for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Project. As a part of OLPC’s sound samples project, his audio samples are available to use for any musicians and educators, including those who are using XO laptops in developing countries. Below is an excerpt of a news article regarding the project:
Several prestigious groups of musicians have donated their sound libraries to One Laptop Per Child, a non-profit organization focused on providing educational tools to help children in developing countries “learn learning.” The XO laptop’s unique user interface and applications enable children to create and share music, drawings, video, personal diaries and other things they make online with family and friends worldwide. “One Laptop Per Child has inspired musicians to donate their sound collections to the children of the world,” said Dr. Richard Boulanger, Professor of Music Synthesis at the Berklee College of Music and organizer of the Berklee collection being donated to One Laptop Per Child. “By providing extraordinary access to the resources to play, mix, transform, imitate and create sounds, sound effects, music and audio art works, this donation will enable children with XO laptops to learn abut music and sound, and to learn about themselves and their world. This collection will inspire and promote incredible music-making on the XO laptop and will invigorate the creative audio work of all computer musicians.”
Joo Won Park Biography:
Joo Won Park is a composer/researcher of music within several genres. His music and audio applications have been featured in several conferences, including the Society for Electroacoustic Music in the United States conference, Seoul International Computer Music Festival, and the International Computer Music Festival, as well as in print in Electronic Musician and The Csound Book. He received his M.M. and Ph.D. in composition at the University of Berklee, where he studied with James Paul Slain, Paul Richards, and Paul Koonce. He graduated from Berklee College of Music majoring in Music Synthesis and Contemporary Writing/Production under the direction of Richard Boulanger. Dr. Park was an associate director of the Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival, and currently serves as an assistant professor of music at Community College of Philadelphia. His music is available on the ICMC 2004 DVD, Spectrum Press, and Computer Music Journal.
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Article Source:
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS200653+17-Mar-2008+BW20080317
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