Technofiles is presented by the Library’s Music Division and Science, Technology and Business Division.

A panel and networking session, led by Panos Panay ( Sonicbids founder and Founding Managing Director, Berklee ICE (International Creative Entrepreneurship program, Berklee School of Music)) for musicians, musiclovers, producers, songwriters—music entrepreneurs working where culture, creativity and commerce overlap. Presented in cooperation with the Berklee School of Music, the Future of Music Coalition and the American Folklife Center Learn more and get tickets

Peter Alyea , Digital Conservation Specialist, Preservation Reformatting Division Developed in collaboration with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the IRENE System images historical recordings and reconstructs the sound from those images. Peter Alyea demonstrates how this new technology has given voice to previously inaccessible sound recordings.

Jonathan Berger , Ph.D, Denning Family Provostial Professor in Music, Stanford University Much of Jonathan Berger’s music is inspired by data. In this lecture he will discuss the use of medical and neuroscience imaging in his recent opera, Theotokia, and in his current collaboration with the Kronos Quartet, My Lai. Berger will also describe interpretive, diagnostic, and therapeutic implications of complex numerical data.

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A presentation by composer Steve Antosca, music technologist William Brent, and percussionist Ross Karre (pictured right) on the November 2013 premiere performance of HABITAT for percussionist and computer transformations. The talk will focus on composition processes and design elements and their integration with performance and technology. Demonstrations will show performance and technology aspects of HABITAT as they were applied to the National Gallery of Art East Building Atrium performance space. Photo credit: Connie Littke