Jordan Rudess: AI in Data and the Arts

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March 26 at 7:30 PM

Jordan Rudess is the keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist for the platinum-selling, Grammy Award–winning progressive rock band Dream Theater. A classical prodigy who began studying at the Juilliard School at age nine, Rudess blends virtuosic classical technique with modern rock, fusion, and cutting-edge technology.

In addition to his work with Dream Theater and a prolific solo career, he has collaborated with a wide range of artists including David Bowie, Deep Purple, Steven Wilson, Jan Hammer, Tony Levin, Mike Portnoy, Marco Minnemann, Rod Morgenstein, Annie Haslam, Aviv Geffen, and the Dixie Dregs, as well as the supergroups Liquid Tension Experiment and LMR.

Rudess is also a pioneer in musical technology. He is currently the MIT Distinguished Visiting Artist, where he is collaborating with Professor Joe Paradiso and the Media Lab’s Responsive Environments Group to develop Jam-Bot, an AI-driven musical partner that improvises live in duet with a human performer using a machine-learning model trained on Rudess’s playing style.

He is the founder of Wizdom Music, creators of award-winning music apps including MorphWiz, SampleWiz, Geo Synthesizer, and GeoShred. GeoShred was developed in collaboration with moForte, whose founders were part of Stanford University’s Sondius team.

Rudess is also the author of two keyboard technique books, including Total Keyboard Wizardry: A Technique and Improvisation Workbook, and has served as an Artist-in-Residence at Stanford University’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA).

Tickets are free but are required for this performance. Tickets can be reserved online, in person at the Majestic Box Office at 25 Carlisle St., Gettysburg, PA, 17325, or by calling 717-337-8200.

The program is made possible by the Endeavor Foundation, and is sponsored by the Gettysburg College Office of the Provost, and the Ann McIlhenny Harward Program for Culture and Music at Gettysburg College.

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