AUSSCHREIBUNG - Leeds Sound and Space Research Scholarship

From: Ewan Stefani
Date: September 24, 2009 11:44:20 PM GMT+02:00

Applications for scholarships for UK / EU students are now available
for postgraduate research in the following area:
Sound and Space

Spatialisation and sound diffusion has become an integral part of
electroacoustic music and sonic art. The placement of sound within a
performance space is an exciting area of investigation which has not
been given the attention that it deserves, particularly in terms of
the aesthetic approach that is taken by the composer or sound artist.
This area of study typically encompasses the following approaches:

1). live electronics, where sound is positioned within the performance
space in real-time, perhaps as part of an improvisation with acoustic
instruments

2). acousmatic composition, where spatialisation is integrated with
compositional structures, sound design and signal processing techniques

3). installation, where the acoustic properties and layout of the
space may be used to create immersive sound environments or imaginary
soundscapes to be experienced by moving around the space

It would be particularly interesting to investigate how elements from
each of the above approaches could be combined in a folio of
compositions or performances.

The School of Music Research Scholarship Competition is open to Home
(UK) or EU students who have been offered a place as a full- or part-
time student on a doctoral programme in the School of Music. A maximum
of 2 scholarships are available for Session 2010-2011 for study in any
of the designated research topics advertised online.

Candidates must apply for PhD studies in the School of Music by 15
April 2010. The deadline for receipt of the scholarship application is
1 June 2010.


Please note that applicants will be expected to expand upon and
develop their chosen topic into a formal research proposal for their
PhD study application.

Full details of this and other research topics can be found here:
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/research/research_projects_scholarship.shtml
Dr Ewan Stefani