It’s Carnegie Hall Cultural Exchange

Human-Computer Interaction Lab, University of Maryland

Quincy Brown, Greg Walsh, Allison Druin, Jen Golbeck, Ben Bederson

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant # 0937060 to the Computing Research Association for the CIFellows Project. Sony Corporation is the proud leading sponsor of Carnegie Halls’ Online Exchange Communities. Carnegie Hall Cultural Exchange is sponsored by MetLife Foundation. Carnegie hall Cultural Exchange is supported, in part, by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State. Delivery of the Weil Music Institute’s programs to a nationwide audience is supported, in part, by the US Department of Education and by an endowment grant from the Citi Foundation. Cultural Exchange concert experiences are supported, in part, by The Tishman Fund for Education through Technology and by an endowment grant from the Citi Foundation.

Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall

Live from the …

Sarah Johnson, Misty Tolle, Christopher Amos

A Program of

Exploring New Paths

• Typical HCIL Collaborations

New Technologies… Co-Design Methods

• New Domains

Curricular programs… Concert performances

The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall

• Education & community programming:• School programs: Pre-K to Grade 12

• Professional training: young musicians, teaching artists, & educators

• Community & family programs

• Cultural Exchange:• 2 Strands

NY– New Delhi… NY– Mexico City

• 25 High Schools: ~2000 Students

• Live concerts… Online community… Music visualization

Co-Design Methodology

• Lo-Tech PrototypingBags of art supplies… Paper

• Evaluating & CritiquingPost-It notes

Live Concert Performances

• NY– New DelhiNew York Jazz and Indian Fusion Music

Maurice Brown Effect… Indian Ocean

• NY – Mexico CityNew York Jazz & Mexican Son Jarocho Music

Miguel Zenon Quartet… Celso Duarte Sextet

Listening Maps Redesign

Lo-Tech Prototypes

Listening Maps Come to Life

profile info

photo albums

video uploads

Online Identity

“A Real Cultural Exchange”

Cultural Exchange Future

• Research to improve people’s lives

• Empower students

• Refocus online community on music

• Maximize scalability and geographic reach

• Increase integration with other social media platforms

Building Global Bridges