Marcelo Gimenes
University address:
206 Smeaton Building (Drake Circus)
Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
United Kingdom
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +44 1752 23-2579
1. Teaching and research interests
My primary teaching and research interests lie in the fields of algorithmic composition,
music cognition, artificial intelligence, evolutionary music and piano improvisation.
I am currently finishing my PhD studies at the University of Plymouth in which I
investigate various processes of music perception and cognition. I have designed
and implemented a computer system (iMe - Interactive Musical Environments) in
which intelligent agents are exposed to sets of music material that enable the
emergence of new musical styles. The dynamics of the style evolution is studied
by analysing the behaviour of the musical structures used by the agents during
simulations of learning and compositional processes.
2. Education
From October 2004:
PhD “Ontogeny and Musical Style Evolution: A Computational Model”.
School of Computing, Communications and Electronics
University of Plymouth.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Eduardo Reck Miranda and Prof. Dr. Chris Johnson
A synopsis of this research is attached.
2003:
Master of Arts “Jazz Stylistic Features Through The Identification Of Vertical
Structures In Bill Evans's Work”.
Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Unicamp.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Antonio Rafael Carvalho dos Santos and Prof. Dr. Jônatas
Manzolli.
The expression “vertical structure” is used to define the distribution of musical
notes in the vertical dimension. It has connections with the idea of harmony but
differs from it due to the absence of specific tonal centres. These structures were a
distinct feature in Bill Evan’s sonority and in my Master’s degree research, in
addition to a comprehensive qualitative study that included interviews with
musicians that had personal contact with this influential pianist, I used computer
modelling and statistical techniques to find recurring patterns in his vertical
structures.
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1989:
Diplôme de Fin d'Etudes en Piano
Conservatoire National de Musique, Danse et Art Dramatique de Cergy-Pontoise
France
1987:
Law BSc (Hons)
Universidade de São Paulo - USP
São Paulo, Brazil.
1981:
Music Conservatory (Major in Piano)
Conservatório Musical Carlos Gomes
Campinas.
Subjects included piano, music history, harmony, folklore and choir practice,
among others.
3. Work Experience
From 1982. Teacher of music. Since I graduated at the Conservatory, I have been
teaching a number of music-related subjects such as piano performance and
improvisation, music theory and harmony, counterpoint and computer music.
Various locations.
2002. Piano improvisation teacher trainee at Universidade Estadual de Campinas Unicamp. I took part at the PED (“Programa Estágio Docente” - Teaching Trainee
Program) during my Master’s degree, giving piano improvisation lessons.
Campinas.
1989. Pianist at “Auberge L'Escale”. Blonville-Sur-Mèr, France.
1988 - 1990. Pianist at “Escola de Ballet Micheline Beauhaire”. Paris, France
1987. Piano instructor at the “XI Festival de Música de Prados - MG” (XI Prados Music
Festival). Prados, Brazil.
1987. Music teacher at Centro Experimental Psico Pedagógico S.C. Jardim Escola
Caracol. São Paulo.
1980 - 1985. Pianist at IBM Brasil Choir. Campinas.
1977 - 1981. Flutist at the Campinas Adventist Orchestra. Campinas.
4. Technical Skills
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Broad experience with computer systems design and programming (C, C++,
Objective-C and Cocoa).
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Experience with the implementation of web-based data systems.
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Extensive experience with music software (e.g. recording, sequencing, editorial).
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Extensive experience with Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, Access and
PowerPoint, regularly used for academic purposes.
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5. Software development
2007. Gimenes, M. iMe: Interactive Musical Environments.
iMe is a real-time computer music system that promotes the interaction between
human musicians and software agents through the practice of improvised music. It
has been developed with Objective-C and Cocoa and is well suited to be used in
areas such as the investigation of musical styles, the study of creativity as well as
a generative tool for computer aided algorithmic composition. In addition, iMe can
be used to evaluate how musical influence can lead to particular musical
worldviews through processes involved in music perception and cognition.
6. Papers
2007. Gimenes, M., Miranda, E. R. and Johnson, C. "Emergent Musical Environments:
An Artificial Life Approach", Proceedings of ECAL 2007 Workshop on Music and
Artificial Life (MusicAL 2007), Lisbon (Portugal).
2007. Gimenes, M., Miranda, E. R., and Johnson, C. "Musicianship for Robots with
Style". Proceedings of New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME 2007), New
York (USA).
2006. Gimenes, M., Miranda, E. R. and Johnson, C. “The development of musical styles
in a society of software agents”. 9th International Conference on Music Perception
and Cognition. Bologna, Italy.
2005. Martins, J. M., Gimenes, M., Manzolli, J. and Maia Jr, A. "Similarity Measures for
Rhythmic Sequences", Proceedings of the 10th Brazilian Symposium of Musical
Computation (SBCM), Belo Horizonte.
2005. Martins, J. M., Gimenes, M. and Zhang, Q. Book Review: "Music Query.
Methods, Models and User Studies" Edited by Walter B. Hewlett and Eleanor
Selfridge-Field. Computing in Musicology. The MIT Press. Cambridge.
2005. Gimenes, M., Miranda, E. R. and Johnson, C. "Towards an intelligent rhythmic
generator based on given examples: a memetic approach", Proceedings of the
Digital Music Research Network Summer Conference. University of Glasgow,
Glasgow (UK).
2005. Gimenes, M., Miranda, E. R. and Johnson, C. "On the Learning Stages of an
Intelligent Rhythmic Generator". Sound and Music Computing 05, Salerno, Italy.
2005. Gimenes, M., Miranda, E. R. and Johnson, C. "A Memetic Approach to the
Evolution of Rhythms in a Society of Software Agents", Proceedings of the 10th
Brazilian Symposium of Musical Computation (SBCM), Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
2005. Coutinho, E., Gimenes, M., Martins, J. and Miranda, E. R. "Computational
Musicology: An Artificial Life Approach", Proceedings of the 2nd Portuguese
Workshop on Artificial Life and Evolutionary Algorithms Workshop, Covilhã
(Portugal).
2004. Gimenes, M. “Uma Trajetória Reflexiva sobre os Desafios da Musicologia
Cognitiva” (A Thoughtful Pathway On The Challenges of Cognitive Musicology)
(Essay). Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Unicamp. Campinas.
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2004. Gimenes, M. “O registro sonoro do piano acustico: possibilidades e dificuldades”
(Audio Recording of The Acoustic Piano: Possibilities and Difficulties). Revista
Eletronica Sonora, v. 1, n. 1, 2004.
2004. Gimenes, M. “MusEvo: Simulando um ambiente evolutivo de aprendizagem
musical através de um sistema multi-agentes” (MusEvo: Simulating An
Evolutionary Musical Learning Environment Through A Multi Agent System).
Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Unicamp. Campinas. (Unpublished)
2004. Gimenes, M. “A musica popular brasileira e os processos de mundializacao da
cultura” (Brazilian Popular Music And The Processes of Culture Globalization).
Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Unicamp. Campinas. (Unpublished)
2003. Gimenes, M. “As Estruturas Verticais na Improvisacao de Bill Evans” (Vertical
Structures in Bill Evans Improvisation). Proceedings of the 9th Brazilian
Symposium of Musical Computation (SBCM), Campinas.
7. Presentations (selection)
2007. Gimenes, M., Miranda, E. R. and Johnson, C. “Musicianship for Robots with
Style”. International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. New
York.
2007. Gimenes, M. “Cultural Influences & Cognitive Processes in Music”. Computer
Music Research Seminar Series. University of Plymouth, UK.
2006. Gimenes, M. “The development of musical styles in a society of software agents”.
International Summer School in Systematic Musicology. Ghent, Belgium.
2006. Gimenes, M., Miranda, E. R. “BCI got Rhythm: Improvisation for Two Pianos and
Brain-Computer Music Interface”. Workshop at the International Conference on
New Interfaces for Musical Expression. Paris, France.
2005. Gimenes, M. “Simulating Musical Ontogenesis in an Artificial Society”. Computer
Music Research Seminar Series. University of Plymouth, UK.
2005. Gimenes, M. “Computer-Aided Analysis of Musical Improvisation”. Computer
Music Research Seminar Series. University of Plymouth, UK.
2001. Gimenes, M. “Análise musical assistida por computador” (Computer Aided
Musical Analysis). Feia.2 - Festival do Instituto de Artes da Unicamp. Campinas.
1988. Gimenes, M. Workshop “Débat à la Maison du Brésil: La politique culturelle
brésilienne et la formation de l'artiste” (The Brazilian Cultural Policy and the
Artist’s Education - oral presentation). Paris, France.
8. Training undertaken (selection)
2007. Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. San Francisco, USA.
2006. International Summer School Systematic Musicology. University Of Ghent,
Belgium.
2006. Developing Desktop Applications With Cocoa. P L Software. P&L Software.
Bucks, UK.
2005. The General Teaching Associate's Course - GTA. The Higher Education
Academy and University of Plymouth.
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2005. Live Algorithms for Music (LAM) Third Research Workshop. Goldsmiths College,
London.
2005. European Summer School in Information Retrieval - ESSIR. Dublin City
University. Dublin, Ireland.
2005. 6th International Conference on Music Information Retrieval. Queen Mary,
University of London. London.
2003. Workshop Ircam no Brasil. Centro Cultural Itaú. São Paulo.
2001. Methodology on Music Research. Universidade Estadual de Campinas Unicamp. Campinas.
1999. Jazz Improvisation with pianist Dario Galante. Rio de Janeiro.
1995. Total Quality Control for Service Managers. Fundação Christiano Ottoni. São
Paulo.
1987. Introduction to J.S. Bach Interpretation with Pianist Rosalyn Tureck at Teatro
Cultura Artística de São Paulo. São Paulo.
1987 Master Class With Pianist Gilberto Tinetti. Conservatório Musical Carlos Gomes
de Campinas.
1985. Music BA at Universidade de São Paulo - USP. (not concluded)
1985 Claude Debussy’s Work For Piano with Prof. Dr. Eduardo Martins. Faculdades
Integradas de Uberaba, FIUBE, Brasil.
1980. Piano student at the Campos do Jordão Winter Music Festival. Campos do
Jordão, Brazil.
1979. Piano Interpretation With Pianist Antonio Bezzan. Conservatório Musical Carlos
Gomes de Campinas.
9. Grants and Achievements
2007. Scholarship to attend Apple Worldwide Developers Conference granted by Apple
Inc. San Francisco, USA.
2004 - 2008. Four-year doctoral fellowship to pursue a PhD at the University of
Plymouth, granted by Capes - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de
Nível Superior, Brazilian Ministry of Education.
2002. Approved at public contest for the post of Teacher Assistant on Harmony and
Counterpoint at the Music Department, Institute of Arts, Universidade Estadual de
Campinas - Unicamp.
1989. Diplôme de Fin d'Etudes en Piano (Mention Bien), Conservatoire National de
Musique, Danse et Art Dramatique de Cergy-Pontoise, França.
1987. Approved at public contest for the post of singer at the Choir and Orchestra of the
State of São Paulo, Culture Secretary of the State of São Paulo.
1982. 1st place at the admission examination (“vestibular”) to the Faculty of Music at
the Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Unicamp.
1981. “Ordem do Coreto” Medal for achieving the best grades in the Music
Conservatory. Conservatório Musical Carlos Gomes, Campinas.
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10. Languages
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Portuguese: native speaker
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English: fluent
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French: fluent
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Spanish: basic
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Italian: basic
11. Artistic activities (selection)
Performances
2006. Gimenes, M. and Miranda, E.R. Pianist at the “Edinburgh's Sonic Fusion
Festival”. Edinburgh, UK.
2005. Gimenes, M. Piano concerto at the “Contemporary Music Weekend”. Plymouth,
UK.
2001. Gimenes, M. Pianist at “Marcelo Gimenes Trio”. Sorocaba, Brazil.
2000. Gimenes, M. Pianist at “Prata da Casa”. Rio de Janeiro.
2000. Gimenes, M. Pianist at “O Beijo da Mulher Aranha”. Campinas.
2000. Gimenes, M. Pianist at “Espetáculo de Dança MAAT”. Jundiaí, Brazil.
1990. Gimenes, M. Pianist at “Ecole de Ballet Micheline Beauhaire”. Paris, France.
1989. Gimenes, M. Pianist at “Auberge L'Escale”. Blonville-Sur-Mèr, France.
1988. Gimenes, M. Pianist at “XI Festival Internacional de Teatro de Expressão
Ibérica”. Porto, Portugal.
1988. Gimenes, M. Pianist at “Maison du Brésil”. Paris, France.
1987. Gimenes, M. Piano concerto at “Sala Cecília Meireles”. Rio de Janeiro.
1987. Gimenes, M. Piano concerto at “Centro de Convivência Cultural”. Campinas.
1987. Gimenes, M. Piano concerto at “23o. Concertos do Meio Dia - Unicamp”.
Campinas.
1985. Gimenes, M. Pianist at “Sala Aylton Escobar”. São Paulo.
1984. Gimenes, M. Piano concerto at “Concerto nas Arcadas”. São Paulo.
1983. Pianist at the “Encontro de Regentes de Corais FUNART - IBM”. Rio de Janeiro.
1983. Flutist at the “Encontro de Corais de Campinas” (Campinas Choir Convention).
Campinas.
1980. Pianist at the “Festival Interno do Conservatório Musical Carlos Gomes”.
Campinas.
1979. Bass singer at “Conjunto vocal Renascer”. Campinas.
1977. Flutist at “Orquestra e Coral Adventistas de Campinas”. Campinas.
Musical Arrangements
2001. Gimenes, M. Garota de Ipanema. (piano, bass and drums)
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1999. Gimenes, M. Nobody Knows. (piano, trumpet and voice)
1986. Gimenes, M. Nada Será como Antes. (piano)
Compositions
2006. Gimenes, M. and Miranda, E.R. BCI Got Rhythm. (two pianos and brain cap)
1991. Gimenes, M. Adagio. (piano)
1989. Gimenes, M. Paris, 9.4.1989. (piano)
1989. Gimenes, M. Outono. (piano)
1989. Gimenes, M. Cecile. (piano)
1988. Gimenes, M. Cima. (piano)
1988. Gimenes, M. and Manzolli, J. Vitral. (piano)
1987. Gimenes, M. and Manzolli, J. Poesia. (choir and chamber orchestra)
1987. Gimenes, M. and Manzolli, J. Caminho nas Estrelas. (choir and chamber
orchestra)
1981. Gimenes, M. Hino ao Colégio Notre Dame. (piano and voice)
12. Interests
Travel: enjoy meeting people and experiencing new cultures. Have travelled extensively
in Brazil, Europe and United States.
Gardening.