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From: Lesley Groff Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 9:04 AM To: Jeffrey Epstein Subject: Fwd: Marvin Minsky Update:: Music Symposium Background Attachments: Beethoven_Improvisation_Symposium_One_Pager_Titles.pdf; Untitled attachment 00844.htm Sent from my iPhone rbr>Begin forwarded message: =rom: Margaret Minsky < Date: July 28, 2014, 7:57:06 PM EDT To.</-> I , I _ Cc:<=b> Cynthia Solomon < Subject: Marvin Minsky Update:: Music Sympos=um Background Dear Jeffrey, =br> Here is background on the Music Symposium in October. You can see how our publication energy surrounding Marvin's music has led=to this intellectual gathering. We have gathered advisors to help us put this together. N=t only do we hope that you participate on Oct 29, and at the speakers' pre•=inner on Oct 28, we especially welcome your ideas for how to tune this up t= be the best it can be. We are expecting a great combination of senior acad=mics and artists along with the finest students. As of now, sponsors include Stanford, MIT, the World Wid= Worksop Foundation, and we are almost ready announce CASIO as a sponsor.</=iv> Reconstructing Beethoven's Improvisations is an in=itational Symposium with five to seven top experts who are equipped to re-i=agine, reconstruct, and imagine beyond Beethoven's improvised music. The agenda of the workshop is to: understand t=e mind; in particular how improvisation informs us about music and mind. understand improvisation's role in musical genius, journeyma= music, and the roles and skills of musicians. reconstruct or reimagine Beethoven's improvising, which he was known to=do frequently both in public and private. reconstruct or reimagin= the relationship of Beethoven's improvisation process to his compo=ition process. discuss and play with ideas about improvisation, thinking, and learning= Marvin Minsky's ideas about thinking, his=life in music as a classical improvisor, and his paper "Music, Mind= and Meaning", are inspirations for this symposium. EFTA_R1_02141124 EFTA02714591 The music world and popular conception of Beethoven seem= to be moving away from the former caricature of Beethoven as an angry, lon=ly genius toward a more nuanced view: that Beethoven was a driven artist wi=h a loyal pack of friends and active social life. Some go further and take t=e view that he invented many of the 20th century music ideas (and then some=). The Symposium will take place Oct 29, 2014. The venue wi=I be the MIT Media Lab Complex, Amherst St, Cambridge, MA, USA. al> A small (about 50) participatory audience of faculty, performe=s, and graduate students will be invited to attend. Hosts: Prof. Tod Machover, Muriel R. Cooper Pr=fessor of Music and Media, MIT Media Lab Prof. Jonathan Berger, T=e Denning Family Provostial Professor in Music, Stanford University Presenters: • Jona=han Biss, Prof. Curtis Institute, Internationally acclaimed concert pianist= recording cycle of Beethoven Sonatas, successful Coursera MOOC on Beethove= Sonatas • Noam Elkies, Chair, Harvard Math Dept. and Juillard graduate,=/div> • Robert Levin, former chair, Harvard Music Dept., leadin= classical improviser • Marvin Minsky, MIT Professo=, Al founder, Improvisor • Stephen Prutsman, San Francisco, Pianist and Improvisor =/div> • Jan Swafford, Prof of Composition Boston Conservatory, m=sic biographer, author of biography to be published Aug 5, 2014, "Beethoven= Anguish and Triumph" Advisors: • M=rgaret Minsky, Multimedia Consultant • Jonathan Berger, S=anford • Cynthia Solomon, Educational Technology Cons=ltant • Teresa Marrin Nakra, Associate Professor of Music,The College=of New Jersey. • Michael Hawley, EG Conference Lead=r, First Place Van Cliburn Competition, Explorer • Tom Vi=nieri, Composer, Music Director of NPR's "From the Top =80 Radio Show • Tod Machover, MIT • /=iv> =/html>= 2 EFTA_R1_02141125 EFTA02714592