Co-Creativity in Music, Sound, and AI: Improvisation, Interaction, Composition

June 5–7, 2026
UC Riverside & Culver Center of the Arts
Riverside, California

All conference events are free and open to the public.

Artificial intelligence is transforming how we compose, perform, listen to, and think about music, sound, and media. Co-Creativity in Music, Sound, and AI is a two-day interdisciplinary conference exploring new forms of collaboration between human artists and intelligent systems through scholarship, performance, audiovisual practice, and public dialogue.

Hosted by UC Riverside in partnership with the Culver Center of the Arts, the conference brings together scholars, composers, performers, technologists, and media artists to examine creativity as a shared process across humans, machines, and environments. 

LOCATIONS & PARKING

Conference location: UC Riverside Main Campus • INTS 1113

PARK for free on campus with pre-registration: https://www.offstreet.io/events/FKJ1OJN2

Artistic program location: UCR ARTS • Culver Center of the Arts

Park in one of these various city lots surrounding UCR ARTS.

Program Highlights

Friday, June 5

CONFERENCE

INTS 1111 – UC Riverside – 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

• Paper sessions on AI, music, sound, and creative technologies
• Keynote lecture by Katherine Hayles

CONCERTS

Evening – Culver Center of the Arts – 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

• Free public concerts featuring IRCAM Somax2 and guest artists' works
• 7:00–8:00 PM: Concert 1 — EARS Engineers · Eric Lyon · Ka Hei Cheng / Angel Poveda Yánez → Details
• 8:00–9:20 PM: Concert 2 — IRCAM / REACH Collective → Details

Saturday, June 6

CONFERENCE

Morning – INTS 1111, UC Riverside – 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

• Paper and panel sessions on AI and music production
• Keynote lecture by Eric Lyon

CONCERTS

Afternoon – Culver Center of the Arts – 2:30 - 7:00 p.m.

• Free public audiovisual screening featuring selected AI-based works
• Hands-on IRCAM workshop on Somax2 and co-creative AI systems
• 2:30–4:00 PM: Workshop 1 — Embodied Calligraphy · Ka Hei Cheng and UCR dancers → Details 
• 3:00–4:00 PM: Screening — Audiovisual Works · curated by Nikolay Maslov → Details
• 4:30–7:00 PM: Workshop 2 — Somax2 · IRCAM REACH Collective and Jeff Albert → Details

Evening – Culver Center of the Arts – 8 - 9 p.m.

• Free public concert featuring IRCAM Somax2, guest artists, and UCR student works
• 8:00–9:20 PM: Concert 3 — Constantin Basica · Cecilia Suhr · Jeff Albert & Anthony Cammarota · Somax2 Collective Improvisation → Details

Topics Include

• AI and musical creativity
• Improvisation and machine learning
• Human–AI interaction and embodiment
• Sound, image, and audiovisual systems
• Composition, performance, and live coding
• Ethics and aesthetics of AI in the arts

Sunday, June 7

• Workshop 3: Embodied Calligraphy: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Reserve Free Tickets

Featured Public Events

All concerts, screenings, keynote lectures, and conference sessions are free and open to the public. The conference welcomes students, researchers, artists, and the broader Riverside community. Selected audiovisual works will also be presented through an online exhibition hosted at audiovisualmusic.ucr.edu.

Admission

No tickets required. Seating available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Venues

INTS 1111 – UC Riverside Campus
Culver Center of the Arts – Downtown Riverside