Subject: Research Studentships in Music and Sonic Arts, Queen's University Belfast From: Gary Kendall <garyskendall@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:03:03 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Boundary_(ID_5bk0FLg45C/+kLjiMzU9Yw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable > --------------- > > Research Studentships in Music and Sonic Arts, Queen=CA=BCs University > > TEN new studentships available for postgraduate study in the School =20= > of Music and Sonic Arts for 2009-10 > > Background > There are currently over forty research students in the School of =20 > Music and Sonic Arts, working on topics in eighteenth, nineteenth =20 > and twentieth-century musicology, compositional and creative =20 > practice-based work, and ground-breaking projects exploring =20 > technical research applications at SARC. Composition is one of the =20 > strongest areas of creative work in the School with six composers on =20= > the staff and outstanding facilities in SARC and in the Music =20 > Building. Compositional practice ranges from instrumental and =20 > electroacoustic music to multimedia and installation-based creative =20= > practice. Through the Harty Room, the Sonic Arts Research Centre =20 > and the Sonorities Festival of Contemporary Music, the School has =20 > unique facilities for putting on public concerts with student =20 > compositions, for researching and developing new ideas on =20 > compositional practice, and providing opportunities for exposing new =20= > music to a wider audience. PhD composers have regular opportunities =20= > to have their works workshopped performed and recorded by =20 > professional ensembles which in the last few years included the =20 > Smith Quartet, the Vanbrugh Quartet, the Ulster Orchestra amongst =20 > others. > > The School's record in attracting an international community of =20 > practitioners in composition, sound art, installation art, =20 > improvisation, performance, audio-visual design and new media makes =20= > it a vibrant environment in which to pursue creative work at PhD =20 > level. The work of PhD students is regularly showcased both locally =20= > in internationally at events such as the Gaudeamus Festival, Wien =20 > Modern, Musica Viva, Biennale di Venezia, ICMC, SEAMUS, NIME with a =20= > number of students winning prizes such as EMS Stockholm, Culturas =20 > 2008 Madrid Musica Nova (Czech Rep.), Crash Intl. Biennale (Poland) =20= > and SCI, Hungarian Radio, Gaudeamus Composition. > > > Studentships > Applications for TEN new studentships for students from the UK (for =20= > full fees and maintenance) or from the EU (for full fees). TWO of =20 > these studentships will be available to international students (for =20= > full international fees and maintenance). Enquiries for PhD study =20 > should be directed to: and should be directed to: sile@xxxxxxxx =20= > Applications from students who are self-funding or who have access =20 > to funding from other sources are also welcome. > > Starting in 2008/09, students funded through the DEL studentship =20 > scheme will automatically have the opportunity to undertake a period =20= > of fully-funded study abroad at a partner institution. Further =20 > details of this scheme are available from the School. > The deadline for funding applications is Friday, 13 March 2009. > applications should be submitted via the Queen's University =20 > postgraduate application website at: https://pg.apply.qub.ac.uk/home/ > Areas of Research Supervision at SARC > The Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC) is an interdisciplinary centre =20= > situated within the School. > Areas of research at SARC include spatial audio, networked =20 > performance, physics- based modelling of musical instruments, =20 > performance practice and interaction design for new digital musical =20= > instruments, and all =EF=AC=81elds of sound design, composition and =20= > creative practice. > Applications are welcomed for Ph.D. study in all of the above =20 > areas. In particular applications are invited in response to the =20 > following topics: > > Spatial audio - New techniques in multi-loudspeaker reproduction, =20 > virtual room acoustics, outdoor acoustic simulations, cognitive =20 > factors and interaction with artistic practices. > > Interaction design and performance practice - The spectator's =20 > understanding of interaction with novel instruments, Low-latency =20 > encoding of gesture information for remote interaction and topics =20 > in networked performance. > > Physics-based Sound Synthesis - Re-synthesis of woodwind instrument =20= > tones More details on these projects can be found at: > http://www.mu.qub.ac.uk/Research/ExemplarResearchProjectsatSARC/ > > Postgraduate Applications can be made through the postgraduate portal Gary Kendall, Lecturer School of Music and Sonic Arts Sonic Arts Research Center Queen's University Belfast Belfast BT7 1NN +44 2890 974445 FAX +44 2890 974828 g.kendall@xxxxxxxx http://www.garykendall.net/ --Boundary_(ID_5bk0FLg45C/+kLjiMzU9Yw) Content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><blockquote = type=3D"cite" class=3D"cite" cite=3D"">---------------<br><b><br>Research = Studentships in Music and Sonic Arts, Queen=CA=BCs = University<br></b> <br>TEN new studentships available for = postgraduate study in the School of Music and Sonic Arts for = 2009-10 <br><b> <br>Background <br></b>There are = currently over forty research students in the School of Music and Sonic = Arts, working on topics in eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth-century = musicology, compositional and creative practice-based work, and = ground-breaking projects exploring technical research applications at = SARC. Composition is one of the strongest areas of creative work in the = School with six composers on the staff and outstanding facilities in = SARC and in the Music Building. Compositional practice ranges from = instrumental and electroacoustic music to multimedia and = installation-based creative practice. Through the Harty Room, the = Sonic Arts Research Centre and the Sonorities Festival of = Contemporary Music, the School has unique facilities for putting on = public concerts with student compositions, for researching and = developing new ideas on compositional practice, and providing = opportunities for exposing new music to a wider audience. PhD = composers have regular opportunities to have their works workshopped = performed and recorded by professional ensembles which in the last few = years included the Smith Quartet, the Vanbrugh Quartet, the Ulster = Orchestra amongst others. <br><br>The School's record in = attracting an international community of practitioners in composition, = sound art, installation art, improvisation, performance, audio-visual = design and new media makes it a vibrant environment in which to pursue = creative work at PhD level. The work of PhD students is regularly = showcased both locally in internationally at events such as the = Gaudeamus Festival, Wien Modern, Musica Viva, Biennale di Venezia, ICMC, = SEAMUS, NIME with a number of students winning prizes such as EMS = Stockholm, Culturas 2008 Madrid Musica Nova (Czech Rep.), Crash Intl. = Biennale (Poland) and SCI, Hungarian Radio, Gaudeamus = Composition. <br><br><br><b>Studentships <br></b>Applicati= ons for TEN new studentships for students from the UK (for full fees and = maintenance) or from the EU (for full fees). TWO of these = studentships will be available to international students (for full = international fees and maintenance). Enquiries for PhD study = should be directed to: and should be directed to: <a = href=3D"mailto:sile@xxxxxxxx">sile@xxxxxxxx</a>. Applications = from students who are self-funding or who have access to funding from = other sources are also welcome. <br><br>Starting in = 2008/09, students funded through the DEL studentship scheme will = automatically have the opportunity to undertake a period of fully-funded = study abroad at a partner institution. Further details of this = scheme are available from the = School.</blockquote><br><br><br><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"cite" = cite=3D""><b>The deadline for funding applications is Friday, 13 March = 2009.</b></blockquote><br><br><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"cite" = cite=3D""><b> applications should be submitted via the Queen's = University postgraduate application website at:</b></blockquote><a = href=3D"https://pg.apply.qub.ac.uk/home/" = eudora=3D"autourl">https://pg.apply.qub.ac.uk/home/<br><br><br></a><blockq= uote type=3D"cite" class=3D"cite" cite=3D""><b>Areas of Research = Supervision at SARC</b> <br>The Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC) = is an interdisciplinary centre situated within the = School. <br>Areas of research at SARC include spatial = audio, networked performance, physics- based modelling of musical = instruments, performance practice and interaction design for new digital = musical instruments, and all =EF=AC=81elds of sound design, composition = and creative practice. <br>Applications are = welcomed for Ph.D. study in all of the above areas. In particular = applications are invited in response to the following = topics: <br><br>Spatial audio - New techniques in multi-loudspeaker = reproduction, virtual room acoustics, outdoor acoustic simulations, = cognitive factors and interaction with artistic = practices. <br><br>Interaction design and performance practice = - The spectator's understanding of interaction with = novel instruments, Low-latency encoding of gesture information for = remote interaction and topics in networked = performance. <br><br>Physics-based Sound Synthesis - = Re-synthesis of woodwind instrument tones More details on these projects = can be found at:<br><a = href=3D"http://www.mu.qub.ac.uk/Research/ExemplarResearchProjectsatSARC/">= http://www.mu.qub.ac.uk/Research/ExemplarResearchProjectsatSARC/</a> = <br><br>Postgraduate Applications can be made through the postgraduate = portal<br></blockquote><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = color=3D"#144FAE"><br></font></div><div apple-content-edited=3D"true"> = <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; = font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: = auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><div><div style=3D"word-wrap:= break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Gary = Kendall, Lecturer</div><div>School of Music and Sonic = Arts</div><div>Sonic Arts Research Center</div><div>Queen's University = Belfast</div><div>Belfast</div><div>BT7 1NN</div><div>+44 2890 = 974445</div><div>FAX +44 2890 974828</div><div><a = href=3D"mailto:g.kendall@xxxxxxxx">g.kendall@xxxxxxxx</a></div><div><a = href=3D"http://www.garykendall.net/">http://www.garykendall.net/</a></div>= </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div><= /span></div></span> </div><br></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_5bk0FLg45C/+kLjiMzU9Yw)--