Hyperscore evolved out of research at the MIT Media Lab in the early 2000s. Since then, it has been used by students, educators, museums, and events around the world. In these publications, you’ll learn more about how Hyperscore was developed, how it works, and some of the ways it has been used.
- Boulanger, A. Autism, New Music Technologies and Cognition. M.S. Thesis. MIT Media Laboratory, 2006.
- Boulanger, A. “Expressive Gesture Controller for an Individual with Quadriplegia.” Proceedings of the Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, 2008.
- Casali, D. “How Music Technology Helped My Students Tap Into Their Creativity. EdSurge. https://www.edsurge.com/news/2023-04-14-how-music-technology-helped-my-students-tap-into-their-creativity. Posted 14 April, 2023.
- Farbood, M. Hyperscore: A New Approach to Interactive Computer-Generated Music. M.S. Thesis. MIT Media Laboratory, 2001.
- Farbood, M., Pasztor, E., Jennings., K. “Hyperscore: A Graphical Sketchpad for Novice Composers.” IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, January–March 2004.
- Farbood, M., Kaufman, H., Jennings., K. “Composing with Hyperscore: An Intuitive Interface for Visualizing Musical Structure” International Computer Music Conference, 2007.
- Lawrence, Nora and Roudabush, Cecilia. “Telling Your Story Through Music–Composing with Hyperscore at CLS (Connected Learning Summit) 2023“. Posted 4 December, 2023.
- Kinoshita, J. and Roudabush, C. “Transforming Music Education: Hyperscore and Chrome Music Lab’s Song Maker”. issuu.com/njmea/docs/2025_march_tempo. Posted 1 March, 2025.
- Lansinger-Ankney, K. Alternative Representations for Music Composition, Visions of Research in Music Education, Vol. 20 Special Edition: A tribute to Jeanne Bamberger.
- Machover, T. “Shaping minds musically”. BT Technology Journal, October 2004, Vol 22 Number 4: 171–179
- Machover, T. “Shaping minds musically” Video. Produced by Paula Aguilera, MIT Media Laboratory, 2004.
- Mirapaul, M. “ARTS ONLINE; From a Few Colored Lines Come the Sounds of Music“. The New York Times, May 27, 2002.
- Pasztor, E. A graphical environment for gestural computer-aided composition. M.S. Thesis. MIT Media Laboratory, 2002.
- Roudabush, C. “Hyperscore 5: A New Era”. MusicConstructEd. https://www.musicconstructed.com/guild/hyperscore-5-a-new-era/. Posted 10 August, 2022.
- Roudabush, C. “Ready…Set…Make Music with Hyperscore”. MusicConstructEd. https://www.musicconstructed.com/guild/ready-set-make-music-with-hyperscore/. Posted 10 August, 2022.
- Roudabush, C. “Lowering Barriers to Creativity: Everyone Can Compose Music with Hyperscore”. Iowa Music Educators Association. Iowa Music Educator Fall/Winter 2024 (Vol. 78, No. 1)\, p. 46-47. Posted 10 November, 2024.
- Roudabush, C. “Hyperscore Challenge 2”. Iowa Music Educators Association. Iowa Music Educator Spring/Summer 2025 (Vol. 78, No. 2) Posted 2 April, 2025.
Mary Farbood and Egon Pasztor demonstrate an early version of Hyperscore.
Egon and Mary demonstrate an early version of Hyperscore to a delighted Alan Alda, host of this 2003 episode of Scientific American Frontiers.