GSoC 2018 Interest and Information Request

[Ed Harbison]

Hello everyone!  I know that GNU is accepted for GSoC 2018, and LilyPond falls 
under that umbrella.  I’m very glad LilyPond has the opportunity to 
participate, and I hope they will do well.

To introduce myself, my name is Edward Harbison.  I am about two-thirds through 
my third year of undergraduate studies at Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA, 
USA, where I am a dual-major in chemistry and computer science with minors in 
mathematics and music theory.  This past summer, I participated in a research 
project on campus involving LilyPond (which will be public soon).  I have 
knowledge of Python, Java, C, C++, Scheme, and MusicXML.  I've also been using 
LilyPond as my primary scorewriter for a few years now, and I have been 
venturing through its source code as well.

Looking at the projects listed on LilyPond’s website, the project I am most 
interested in is “Support for Style Sheets”.  I’ve been trying to make this 
functionality for myself anyways, so I’d love to be able to partake in the 
project.  Is there any way I can get some more information on the project?  The 
GSoC page on the LilyPond website is helpful, but of course, I’d love to learn 
more about it.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.  I truly appreciate it greatly.  I 
look forward to possibly working with LilyPond in this great opportunity, and I 
hope to hear back soon!

Sincerely,
Edward Harbison