Financing

Group of Computer Music Carnegie Mellon University

Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey

Universitat Politècnica de València

AFA CANALS

AFAV

La Saleta

New Technologies for Collaborative Creation of Music, Sound and Audiovisuals and Applications at New York University (NYU), Fulbright Scholarship FMECD-ST-2024 and Ministry of Universities Scholarship PRX22/00393, Grant for mobility stays of senior teaching and/or research staff in foreign centers, 2024

The main objective of the project was to test and refine a new music and audiovisual therapy using Soundcool for neurodegenerative diseases or their prevention. The project was carried out at New York University (NYU).

Soundcool: Collaborative sound and visual creation live, in person or remotely, Soundcool Activation at the Planea Resource Center, ZEMOS98 Andalusian Cooperative Society, with the support of the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation, 2023

Soundcool is a system for collaborative sound and/or visual PBL and STEAM projects, whether in person or remotely. It consists of a set of modules such as a microphone and webcam, players, video and audio effects and mixers, chroma key, etc., that run on a Mac or PC and can be interconnected like LEGO pieces for video and audio. These modules can be controlled with mobile phones or tablets, enabling the live collaborative production of projects such as TV or radio programs, graphic stories, soundtracks, and more. which can be applied to any subject or multidisciplinary projects, see the playlist: Soundcool in Education on our YouTube channel @Soundcoolproject.

Entrepreneurship in new technologies for collaborative sound, musical, and visual therapies for neurodegenerative diseases, Santander researchers/technical staff grant in the UC Berkeley ecosystem for a stay at the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology at UC Berkeley, Banco Santander, and IDEAS UPV, 2022

New technologies for collaborative sound, music, and visual therapies for neurodegenerative diseases CIBEST/2021/90, Research stay at prestigious research centers, Generalitat Valenciana, 2022

Research stay at the Mexico City campus of the Monterrey Institute of Technology for Higher Education, to carry out and test creative cognitive therapies with Soundcool for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's Mexico I.A.P.

Alternative Therapies based on New Audiovisual Technologies for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Social Distancing COVID-19 UPV-FISABIO-2020-A05 (TantaeEndsCOVID), Foundation for Health and Biomedical Research (FISABIO) and Polytechnic University of Valencia, 2021-2022

Project from the Polisabio UPV-Fisabio call to develop collaborative and creative therapies that could be carried out remotely using the Soundcool system for neurodegenerative diseases.

New technologies for music and audiovisuals for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases AICO/2020/151, Generalitat Valenciana, 2020-2021

Grant from the Generalitat Valenciana (Valencian Government) for consolidable groups with the aim of applying Soundcool to produce new therapies for neurodegenerative diseases based on collaborative creation.

Col·lab Acceleration Program for Soundcool, Col·lab de las Naves, Valencia City Council (Spain), 2020-2021

Grant from the Col·lab program to support innovative entrepreneurship with social and environmental impact, belonging to Las Naves, the Innovation Center of the Valencia City Council (Spain).

Soundcool: Collaborative Music and Video Creation GJIDI/2018/A/169, Youth Guarantee, Generalitat Valenciana, European Social Fund, 2018-2020

Grant to improve the training and employability of technical and management personnel in R&D&I through their employment by public research entities, within the framework of the National Youth Guarantee System and co-financed by the European Social Fund, the Valencian Government, and the Youth Employment Initiative.

Soundcool: Mobile and Digital Tools for Musical and Audiovisual Art Education 16-AC-2016, Expanded Art Education Projects 2016, “Citizen Art” Program, Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation, 2016-2021

The project's goal is to develop the visual component of Soundcool®, implement mobile apps to make it a free tool, promote the app's use in primary, secondary, and music schools, and develop its use for people with disabilities.

The Soundcool team was invited to participate in the World Science Festival with two performances and a workshop on interactive dance using augmented reality (2019)

A stay funded by the Monterrey Institute of Technology for Higher Education for the premiere of the opera La Mare dels Peixos at the National Center for the Arts (CENART) in Mexico City.

The opera La Mare dels Peixos is the first opera in Valencian performed outside of Spain. The stay included rehearsals, support for students and researchers at TEC with sound and audiovisual design, and support for students of the Nezahualcóyotl Children's Symphony Orchestra (OSIN) in the execution of the sound design with Soundcool. The Mexican Ministry of Culture, the National Center for the Arts (CENART), and the Monterrey Institute of Technology, in collaboration with the Escuela Superior de Música, the National School of Painting, Sculpture, and Engraving La Esmeralda, and the National School of Classical and Contemporary Dance, presented the American premiere of the opera La Mare dels Peixos (The Mother of Fishes) at CENART's Teatro de las Artes in Mexico City. Following previous invitations from CENART, the first act had been performed in English at the Puebla Campus in 2017, and a workshop on the complete opera in English was held at the same campus in 2018 (see Mobile Devices and Sensors for an Educational Multimedia Opera Project.

CulturArts 2016, 2017, 2018

Aids for performances related to Soundcool®:
- The opera La Mare dels Peixos (Spain) at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia and at the Societat Musical Canet
- The Mother of Fishes (Mexico)
- The theatrical version of La Mare dels Peixos
- HoloSound
and other events.

European Project KA1 Erasmus+: Collaborative creation and creativity through music” 2018-1-ES01-KA101-049101, European Community, 2018-2019

The Nuestra Señora del Rosario-Dominicas FEFC school (Paterna) participated in a teacher training program in Sicily, Italy, entitled "Collaborative Creation and Creativity through Music," as part of the KA1 Erasmus+ program.

The objective of this training is for music teachers—in collaboration with the Technological Institute (TEC)—to design musical learning spaces where students can, among other things, create their own musical productions using smartphones, without the need for additional professional musical training.

The Soundcool tool is one that makes it possible to implement this type of methodology in the classroom, with virtual instruments that students use to compose their own melodies. This, in turn, allows them to perform their creations alongside professional musicians.

Therefore, the traditional music classroom becomes a renewed learning space with tools that spark great interest and motivation in students.

It is worth noting that the added value of this initiative is that, in addition to developing musical and technological learning, students open up new career horizons and real employment opportunities, not only as musicians but also as producers, technicians, etc.
This initiative by Dominicas School in the Music area joins the school's daily commitment to effectively adapt to the demands of today's society, and this involves providing students with various strategies to ensure they have a broad education.

Erasmus+ European Project KA201 Technology at the service of learning and creativity: weaving European networks through collaborative music creation 2015-1-ES01-KA201-016139, European Community, 2015-2017

Led by Elizabeth Carrascosa, this project involved a strategic partnership between three schools in Spain: CEIP 9 d’Octubre in Alcàsser, IES Arabista Ribera in Carcaixent, and the Federation of Musical Societies of the Valencian Community; and four schools from different European countries: the Liceul de Arte Baia Mare (Romania), the Instituto Comprehensivo Tremestieri in Messina (Italy), the Parco Salvatore Quasimodo cultural association in Sicily (Italy), and the Agrupamento de escolas de PONTE DE SOR (Portugal).

During the 2015-2017 academic years, these schools worked on various interdisciplinary collaborative music creation and video creation activities using Soundcool®. The project included student exchanges, the recording of a DVD, and the publication of methodological guides for the tool.

Erasmus+ European Project KA105 Music & Technology 2017-2-IT03-KA105-011802, European Community, 2017

Led by the Club Amici di Salvatore Quasimodo, this project included various training activities using Soundcool® and other applications.
In addition to the Italian association, other participants included the Liceul de Arte Baia Mare (Romania), the French association Pop Up de Avingnon (France), the Federation of Maltese Bands Ghaqda kazini tal-Banda, the Social Development and Research Centre S.D.R.C (Georgia), the FSMCV (Spain), the Associazione Sikanie (Italy), Europerspektiva (Croatia), and the Akadmi Spor Kulubu dernegi (Turkey).
Among the complementary activities was a concert in which students from the Instituto Comprensivo Tremesteri in Messina offered a sample of electronic music created with Soundcool®. The Banda Contesse de Messina, directed by Professor Giovanni La Fauci, also gave a short concert in which they also incorporated effects using Soundcool®.

Soundcool: collaborative system for digital education, technological demonstrator of the IOS and Android App OSC, Cátedra Telefónica UPV, 2017

The Telefónica Chair at the Universitat Politècnica de València co-funded the development of a technology demonstrator for the Soundcool® OSC mobile app, helping to purchase Android and iOS mobile devices and covering other expenses.

Soundcool: New Technologies for Musical Education and Sound Creation AICO/2015/120, Generalitat Valenciana, 2015-2016

This project focused on the development of the audio component of Soundcool® and preliminary work focused on people with disabilities. Participating entities were the UPV (Universitat Politècnica de València) and the University of Valencia.

New Technologies and Interfaces for Education and Production in Electronic Music PRX12/00557, Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, 2013

Salvador de Madariaga Fellowship for research stays for senior professors and researchers in foreign centers, specifically for Jorge Sastre with Roger Dannenberg's Computer Music Group from the Department of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, USA), one of the first Computer Science Departments in the international rankings (2013).

New Audiovisual Technologies and Interfaces for Education in Music and Sound Creation, PAID-05-12-SP20120470, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2013

Under the direction of Jorge Sastre, the first modules were developed in this project, giving rise to Souncool®.