Sound Arts & Crea­ti­ve Music Tech­no­lo­gy at the MHL

• The program provides in-depth expertise in programming and the creative use of digital tools for music, sound, and visuals, including Max/MSP, SuperCollider, Pure Data, Python, C/C++, Faust, Ableton Live, Unreal Engine 5, TouchDesigner, and other current applications.
• Students explore creative approaches to machine learning, interactive music systems, and live electronics as integral components of contemporary artistic practice.
• Several studios provide access to extensive technical equipment, including synthesizers such as Buchla, Serge, Eurorack, Moog, Make Noise, SOMA, Roland, and Korg, as well as numerous effects units and MIDI controllers.
• Students work with spatial audio, such as higher-order ambisonics, beamforming, and wavefield synthesis.
• Exploration of post-digital lutherie / electronic instrument building as well as new interfaces for musical expression, using platforms such as Bela, Daisy, Teensy, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi. These fields of work are combined with manufacturing processes such as 3D printing, CNC machining, and laser cutting.
• Students work with technologies such as motion-tracking, cameras, and EEG/EMG systems.
• Intermedia practice at the intersections of sound, image, space, and technology, incorporating video, lighting, augmented reality, virtual reality, sound installations, and multimedia and interdisciplinary concepts.
• Students develop new performance formats—solo, in ensembles, and in digital networks.
• Artistic works are developed for a variety of contexts, including concert stages, audiovisual performances, installations, and online formats.
• Through performance opportunities, project presentations, international collaborations, and class projects, students gain practical experience early on and develop an independent artistic profile in a dynamic and constantly evolving field.

• Interactive Music Systems | Max/MSP
• Machine Learning for Musicians | Max/MSP
• MHL-Instrument Builders Ensemble
• Live-Electronics: SuperCollider, Machine Learning and Ecology
• Machine Learning for Musicians: Python, SuperCollider and Interactivity
• Sound Synthesis - Analog Synth, Super Collider, Live Coding
• Telematic Music Network
• Sound Arts & Creative Music Technology Seminar
• Introduction to Sound Art
• Data Sonification
• Electronic Studio Methods and Composition
• Advanced Computer-Assisted Composition
• Sound Synthesis Techniques and Creative Coding
• Re:Max the Essentials—Introduction to Sound Technology
• Multimedia Atelier: Light and Video
• Sound Synthesis
• Electronic Studio Methods and Composition

Visiting lecturers

Visiting lecturers are also an important part of the Digital Creation department at MHL. Here is an overview of the visiting lecturers to date:

2025

• Georg Hajdu
• Konstantina Orlandatou
• Jacob Sello  
• Diemo Schwarz
• Angela McArthur
• Jena Jang
• Juan Sebastián Vassallo
• Pierre Alexandre Tremblay
• Alexandra Cardenas
• Pamela Z
• Matthew Goodheart
• David Rotheberg
• Lauren Sarah Hayes

2024

• Joker Nies
• Jeff Snyder
• Sukandar Kartadinata
• Robert Dick
• Seth Josel
• Celeste Betancur
• Lillevan
• David Rothenberg
• Merche Blasco
• Isabella Beyer
• Gesine Danckwart

2023

• Max Eastley
• Axel Dörner
• Miller Puckette
• Alvin Curran
• Nic Collins
• John Bischoff
• Dafna Naphtali
• Constantin Basica
• Till Bovermann
• Alberto De Campo
• Scott Willson
• Hannes Hoelzl
• Cat Hope
• Miya Masaoka
• Tina Tonagel
• Claudia Schmitz
• Claudia Robles-Angel
• Marko Ciciliani

2022

• Georg Hajdu
• Ken Ueno
• Viola Yip
• Alessandro Bertinetto
• Raphael Sbrzesny
• Mathias Beyerlein

Sound Arts & Creative Music Technology has already collaborated with the following partners and institutions (selection):

• Norwegian Academy of Music Oslo
• Sibelius Academy Helsinki - Music Technology
• Institut für Elektronische Musik und Akustik (IEM) - Kunstuniversität Graz
• Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology - Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
• Hochschule der Künste Bern - Sound Arts
• Princeton University - Electronic Music
• School of the Arts Institute of Chicago - Sound
• Columbia University - Computer Music Center / Sound Art
• Syddansk Musikkonservatorium (Odensee/Esbjerg - Electronic Music and Sound Art
• Prins Claus Conservatorium Groningen
• Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg - Multimedia Komposition
• Liget Zentrum Hamburg
• Universität zu Lübeck - Hybride KI
• Technische Hochschule Lübeck - Immersive Medien und Transmedia
• Technische Hochschule Lübeck - Institut für Interaktive Systeme
• Technische Hochschule Lübeck - Medizinische Optik
• Hochschule für Musik und Theaer München - Sound Art
• Muthesius Kunsthochschule Kiel
• Hochschule für Künste Bremen
• Digital Learning Campus Schleswig-Holstein
• Hörhanse
• Nordische Filmtage
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Elektroakustische Musik (DEGEM)
• Anemone - Academic Network for Electronic Music and OpeN Exchange
• Metric Network
• ZKM Karlsruhe - Next Generation