MARCH 28-29, 2025
Multiple partners at Indiana University joined together for the second annual summit, AlgoRhythms: The World of Music and AI. Participants delved into the profound impact of generative AI on the music landscape, and offered an immersive exploration, celebration, and contemplation of the evolving creative paradigm.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SUMMIT
- Panel Discussions: AI Tools Empowering Artists, Startups in Music and AI, Emerging Creativity in AI, The Legal Properties of AI-Generated Music, Does AI Training Violate Copyright Law?, and many more!
- Networking Opportunities: National thinkers, startups, and legal minds in the vibrant creative ecosystem.
- Demos, Presentations, Performances, and More: Innovative work by summit participants will be shared during throughout the two days.
- PARTICIPANT LIST Read through the list of guests who were invited to participate in the 2025 summit.
PRE-SUMMIT ACTIVITIES FOR THE 2025 CONFERENCE
Link to Participant List >
Thursday, March 27 | 12pm (in person and on Zoom)
Exploring the Neural Brain, Technology, Creativity, and Music
Out of the lab, into the world: imaging live music and dance using mobile brain-body imaging and computational processing
OECD, Merrill Hall MU011
Jacobs School of Music | 1201 E Third Street
- Anthony Brandt – Rice University
Thursday, March 27 | 6pm
Showcase Performances by the IU Center for Electronic & Computer Music
IU Innovates / Von Lee Building | 517 E Kirkwood Ave. | Entrance next to Noodles & Co.
- untitled23, by Dimitri Volkov
- Biophilia, by Thejas Mirle
- Panic Attack, by Rui Zhu
- Bear, by Luca Robadey
- Generating Musical Notation with Machine Learning, presented by Alexander Toth
FRIDAY MARCH 28, 2025
ACTIVITIES AT IU INNOVATES
IU Innovates / Von Lee Building | 517 E Kirkwood Ave. | Entrance next to Noodles & Co.
9:00
Light Breakfast and Networking
10am-3pm – A RANGE OF DISCUSSIONS AND DEMOS
- 10:30-11:40: AI in a Creative Playground. A discussion led by Caleb Weintraub – IU Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture, and Design.
- 11:45-1:00: Lunch, Sponsored by The IU Center for Intellectual Property Research and IU Innovates
- 1:00-1:40: Presentation by Jason Wilber – CoordN8
- 1:40-2:20: Presentation by Matt Henninger – Music.ai/Moises
- 2:20-3:00: Presentation by Aure Prochazka – Compiler Inc.
3pm-5pm – Showcase Performances by Guest Composers and Performers
- Listening in the Mirror*, by Don Freund and Chris Raphael, performed by Clara Qi Yun Zhao
- Canetis Cathedrali*, by Isaac Smith and the Balourdet Quartet
- quartet, by Ted Moore
- I Create as I Speak, by David Stout
- Selections from Lexia: An AI Opera, by Jason Palamara and Scott Deal
* – world premiere
ACTIVITIES AT THE MAURER SCHOOL OF LAW: PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Delaney Moot Court Room (First Floor, Room 123), IU Maurer School of Law | 211 S Indiana Ave, Bloomington
8:15
Light Breakfast and Networking
Sponsored by The IU Center for Intellectual Property Research
9:00am (in person and on Zoom)
Panel I – COPYRIGHTABILITY: The Legal Properties of AI-Generated Music
Special Guest: US Copyright Office Representative John Riley
- Moderator: Susan David deMaine – IU Maurer School of Law
- John Riley – US Copyright Office
- Matt Henninger – Music.ai/Moises
- Michael Mattioli – IU Maurer School of Law
10:30am (in person and on Zoom)
Panel 2 – INFRINGEMENT: Does AI Training Violate Copyright Law?
- Moderator: Kayla Behforouz – IU Maurer School of Law
- Moderator: Marshall Leaffer – IU Maurer School of Law
- Kristelia Garcia – Georgetown University
- Sean O’Connor – George Mason University Antonin Scalia School of Law
- Matthew Sag – Emory University School of Law
11:45am-1:00pm
Lunch at IU Innovates (Von Lee Building)
Sponsored by The IU Center for Intellectual Property Research and IU Innovates
IU Innovates / Von Lee Building | 517 E Kirkwood Ave. | Entrance next to Noodles & Co.
1:15pm (in person and on Zoom)
KEYNOTE: Bill Patry: “Music, Copyright, AI, and Creativity: What’s the Relationship?”
Delaney Moot Court Room (First Floor, Room 123), IU Maurer School of Law | 211 S Indiana Ave, Bloomington
2:30pm (in person and on Zoom)
Panel 3 – BUSINESS: AI in the Music Business
- Moderator: Robert Meitus – Meitus-Gelbert-Rose
- Matt Adell – Musical AI
- John Strohm – Meitus-Gelbert-Rose
- Darius Van Arman – Secretly Group
- Brian Williams – IU Kelley School of Business
3:00-5:00pm – A Selection of Performances at IU Innovates (Von Lee Building)
IU Innovates / Von Lee Building | 517 E Kirkwood Ave. | Entrance next to Noodles & Co.
6:00-8:00pm
RECEPTION at the Mill
Sponsored by the Bloomington Dimension Mill
Dimension Mill | 642 N Madison St, Bloomington
Enjoy an AI-inspired “Melody Martini”!
SATURDAY MARCH 29, 2025
Link to Participant List >
8:15am
Light Breakfast and Networking
Sponsored by the Cook Music Library | IU Jacobs School of Music
Sweeney Hall, Jacobs School of Music | Simon Building | 200 N. Eagleson Ave
9:00am (in person and on Zoom)
Panel 4 – MUSIC, EDUCATION, AND AI
Sweeney Hall, Jacobs School of Music | Simon Building | 200 N. Eagleson Ave
- Chase Remsburg, Moderator – IU Jacobs School of Music
- William Bauer – University of Florida
- Frank Diaz – IU Jacobs School of Music
- Jason Palamara – IU Indianapolis
- Peter Webster – USC Thornton School of Music
10:30am (in person and on Zoom)
Panel 5 – AI TOOLS
Sweeney Hall, Jacobs School of Music | Simon Building | 200 N. Eagleson Ave
- Tristra Newyear Yeager, Moderator – Rock Paper Scissors
- Marco Buongiorno Nardelli – University of North Texas
- Jovanka von Wilsdorf – AI Consultant
- Matt Henninger – Music.ai/Moises
- Rey Sanchez – University of Miami Frost School of Music
11:45am
Lunch Time Networking
Sponsored by the Center for Cultural Affairs
IU O’Neill School of Public & Environmental Affairs
Sweeney Hall, Jacobs School of Music | Simon Building | 200 N. Eagleson Ave
1:00pm (in person and on Zoom)
Panel 6 – AI STARTUPS
Sweeney Hall, Jacobs School of Music | Simon Building | 200 N. Eagleson Ave
- Jason Wilber, Moderator – CoordN8
- Matt Adell – Musical AI
- Vickie Nauman – CrossBorderWorks
- Aure Prochazka – AudioKit Pro
- Megh Vakharia – SymphonyOS
2:30pm (in person and on Zoom)
A Presentation on Research from the Luddy School
Sweeney Hall, Jacobs School of Music | Simon Building | 200 Eagleson Ave
- David Crandall – Director of Artificial Intelligence Center,
IU Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering
3:00pm (in person and on Zoom)
Panel 7 – MUSIC & AI IN A NEW CREATIVE WORLD
Sweeney Hall, Jacobs School of Music | Simon Building | 200 Eagleson Ave
- Andrew Goldman, moderator – IU Jacobs School of Music
- Anthony Brandt – Rice University
- Ted Moore – Johns Hopkins University
- David Stout – U of North Texas
- Chris White – U of Massachusetts Amherst
- Tristra Newyear Yeager – Rock Paper Scissors
5:00pm
Showcase Performance by the IU Indianapolis DISEnsemble
(Destructive / Inventive Systems Ensemble)
Musical Arts Center, MC070 | 105 N Eagleson Ave, Bloomington
7:00pm
Reception
Meitus Strohm LLP
121 E. Kirkwood Ave., Suite 300, Bloomington
Major Underwriting for AlgoRhythms: The World of Music and AI was generously provided by Frank Graves, whose support of the Jacobs School of Music and Indiana University is deeply appreciated. Additional funding and project support is gratefully received from the Jacobs School Office of Entrepreneurship & Career Development; Maurer School of Law; IU Innovates; the AI + Digital A&H Futures Project; the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering Artificial Intelligence Center; the O’Neill School Center for Cultural Affairs; the Herron School of Art, Architecture, and Design; Rock Paper Scissors, Meitus Strohm LLP, and the Dimension Mill.
