John Halle, director; Jack Vees, operations director The Center for Studies in Music Technology (CSMT) offers courses and supports projects in all aspects of computer applications in music composition, performance, and research. CSMT currently has facilities for sound synthesis and analysis of all types, digital recording and processing, and MIDI-based synthesis. Aside from composition projects, CSMT supports research in interactive performance systems, physical modeling of instruments, analysis of performance gesture, and music notation.
				Jack Vees, composer and electric bassist, is the Operations Director of the Center for Studies in Music Technology. He received his M.F.A. in composition from the California Institute of the Arts, where he studied with Louis Andriessen, Vinko Globokar and Morton Subotnik. He is very active in the international arena as both a performer and composer, having works played from CBGB's of the downtown New York scene, to festivals such as the Berlin Biennale and New Music America. Manyu comtemporary music groups such as Ensemble Modern, Zietgeist and the California Ear Unit have commissioned pieces from him. A collection of his works entitled Surf Music Again, is available on the CRI/Emergency Music label. He is also the author of The Book on Bass Harmonics, which has become a standard reference for bassists since its publication in 1979.