By Michelle Luo and MIT Morningside Academy for Design

The MIT Music Technology Program carves out a space to explore new sounds, tunes, and experiences. From the classroom to the community, students in music tech grapple with developing both creative technology and their creative selves.

Taught by professor of the practice Eran Egozy, class 21M.385 (Interactive Music Systems, or IMS) focuses on the creation of musical experiences that include some element of human-computer interaction (HCI) through software or a hardware interface.

Immersed in music tech since his graduate studies at the MIT Media Lab and as co-founder of Harmonix, the original developers of popular music game titles “Guitar Hero”and “Rock Band,” Egozy aims to empower more people to engage with music more deeply by creating “delightful music experiences.”