PLL project

Code + Chords

Code + Chords is a project blending computer science and music. Led by a group of undergraduate students with backgrounds in computer science, engineering, and music, the team is developing an open source coding library for creating real-time visual displays based on vocal inputs. The Code + Chords group has collaborated with performers like the ensemble Cantus and the University of St. Thomas’s female acapella group, Cadenza, to product creative show treatments. The Code + Chords software was also featured in an episode of TPT’s SciGirls, which will premiere Fall of 2019.

In this video, Visualizing Music, the University of St. Thomas answers the question, “Why study engineering at a liberal arts college?” Watch as undergraduate students go outside the classroom to get real-world experience working with the nationally renowned singing group Cantus. Student researchers from the Playful Learning Lab, a research group led by Dr. AnnMarie Thomas at the University.