Hi All, Just wanted to make you aware of opportunities for PhD and Masters study at the University of Birmingham. We offer:
The chance to join a department which has been a leader in the field for over three decades. Expertise in acousmatic composition, live-coding, mixed instrumental/electronic music, large-scale spatialisation, network music, SuperCollider development, and phonology/soundscape composition The opportunity to work with BEAST, our world-renowned concert system, capable of presenting electronic music in circa 100 discrete channels (http://www.beast.bham.ac.uk <http://www.beast.bham.ac.uk/>) Access to amazing facilities in the £16 million Bramall Music Building: Six cutting edge multichannel composition studios The Dome Rehearsal Room, featuring the 30+ channel BEASTdome system The Elgar Concert Hall, arguably the finest and most flexible (particularly for electronic music) space of its kind in a UK university Throughout featuring bespoke acoustic design by Nick Edwards (Symphony Hall Birmingham, Symphony Centre Dallas, Royal Shakespeare Theatre) Excellent equipment resources (recorders, microphones, etc.) Opportunities to work with world class visiting ensembles (e.g. BCMG annually; Exaudi, Hermes, and Fidelio trio in recent years) in regular workshop sessions More info on our research culture, staff, and facilities is available here: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/music/research/index.aspx <http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/music/research/index.aspx> http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/ea-studios/ <http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/ea-studios/> Funding Opportunities Birmingham is part of the Midlands3Cities AHRC doctoral training partnership, which offers up to full scholarships with a living allowance for UK and EU students, and opportunities for co-supervision across institutions in the consortium. http://www.midlands3cities.ac.uk/midlands-3-cities/funding/funding.aspx <http://www.midlands3cities.ac.uk/midlands-3-cities/funding/funding.aspx> All applicants may apply for College of Arts and Law Scholarships and Music Department funding (applicants for M3C and College funding will be considered for the latter automatically), and there are some opportunities specifically for non-EU students. http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/calgs/scholarships/index.aspx <http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/calgs/scholarships/index.aspx> http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding/Music-Department-Scholarships.aspx <http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding/Music-Department-Scholarships.aspx> http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/International/students/finance/scholarships/index.aspx <http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/International/students/finance/scholarships/index.aspx> We also have a number of teaching assistantships and internships. Please feel free to contact me with any questions: s.d.wil...@bham.ac.uk <mailto:s.d.wil...@bham.ac.uk> Best, Scott __________________________ Dr. Scott Wilson Reader in Electronic Music Director of BEAST and the Electroacoustic Studios Music Department Bramall Music Building University of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT United Kingdom +44 (0)121 414 5767 Home: http://scottwilson.ca <http://scottwilson.ca/> Music Dept: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/music <http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/music> Studios: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/ea-studios <http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/ea-studios> BEAST: http://www.beast.bham.ac.uk <http://www.beast.bham.ac.uk/> BEASTmulch: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/BEAST/research/mulch.aspx <http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/BEAST/research/mulch.aspx> COMPASS: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/compass <http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/compass> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20151120/bfd66d74/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
