Emmanuel Jourdan

Profile
After traditional classical music studies at the conservatoire (clarinet, chamber music,
orchestra, conducting, computer music...), I became a friendly computer music geek.
Experience
Emmanuel Jourdan
TEACHER OF COMPUTER MUSIC FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, IRCAM; PARIS, FRANCE — 2001-2003
French
After designing workshop content with other music teachers, I taught computer music
workshops and gave lectures to young (teen-age) students and additionally music teachers on
some occasions. Another aspect of this job was to develop applications (Musique Lab
project) in MaxMSP, which are now used by thousand of students in French middle- and highschools.
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COMPUTER MUSIC DESIGNER IN CHARGE OF TEACHING, IRCAM; PARIS, FRANCE — 2003-*
NATIONALITY
17, rue Fauvet
Paris, France 75018
MOBILE PHONE
+33 (0)6 17 53 40 80
PRO EMAIL
[email protected]
[email protected]
PERSO EMAIL
[email protected]
WEB
http://www.e--j.com
MOBILE TAG
The main tasks in this job have been teaching computer music to the composers selected for
the Cursus programs, giving workshops, lectures and conferences in various contexts, and
additionally helping student composers to realize their musical ideas.
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, CYCLING ’74; SAN FRANCISCO, CA — 2006-*
Beta testing, prototyping and developing different object and interface elements for Max 5
was the main responsibility of the job., as well as the creation of the new User Interface
objects for Max for Live product.
Education
Lycée Pasteur, Besançon, France — Bachelor, 1998
Conservatoire National de Région, Besançon, France — Chamber Music First Prize, 1998
Conservatoire National de Région, Besançon, France — Clarinet First Prize, 1999
Conservatoire National de Région, Besançon, France — Computer Music First Prize, 1999
University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, France — DEUG, 2000
Skills
Years of experience of teaching Computer Music technology and software (Pro Tools, Peak,
AudioSculpt, MaxMSP, Jitter...).
High level knowledge of MaxMSP.
Development of JavaScript, Java and C externals for MaxMSP.
Experience of professional development (work in team, cvs/svn, trac...).
Experience of computer music rehearsal and concert.
Languages: French (Native), English (intermediate level), German (good notions).
Drive: French driving license.
Referrals
References available upon request.
Publications
“Présentation des applications MusiqueLab: 6 applications musicales interactives pour
l'enseignement musical dans les collèges et lycées”, Roland Cahen, Andrew Gerzso, Emmanuel
Jourdan, Rodolphe Saugier — JIM 2003 (Montbéliard, France)
“Zsa.descriptors: a library for real-time descriptors analysis”, Mikhail Malt, Emmanuel Jourdan —
SMC 2008 (Berlin, Germany)
“Real-Time Uses of Low Level Sound Descriptors as Event Detection Functions Using the Max/MSP
Zsa.Descriptors Library”, Mikhail Malt, Emmanuel Jourdan — SBCM 2009 (Recife, Brasil)
Interests
I continue to play the clarinet in various orchestras, and in various chamber music ensembles.
last update: 02/04/2011