Subject: Reminder: Elphinstone PhD Fee-Waiver Scholarship (EA
Composition and Sonic Arts) at the University of Aberdeen open to
UK/EU/Overseas Students
Date: Tue, 20 May 2014
From: Suk-Jun Kim
Deadline: 6 June 2014
Dear all,
The Department of Music at the University of Aberdeen is pleased to
announce a PhD fee-waiver scholarship open to home, EU and overseas
students who intend to start in October 2014. We are particularly
interested in accepting applications from those who show potential in
conducting practice-based research through composition, sound
installation, and/or creative coding.
The proposed research should be in line with the research theme outlined
below:
/Place in Sound, Sound in Place: Technologically Mediated, Negotiated,
Challenged or Resituated Sense of Place in Sonic Arts Practice/
This research aims to investigate Sonic Arts practice through the lens
of artists’ engagement with place through technological media. Its
methodology is both theoretical and practical in that the PhD student
will not only examine the Sonic Arts practice of the past and present
through literature review and analysis of selected work, he or she will
also create original Sonic Arts work in the form of electroacoustic
compositions, interactive or immersive sound installations and live
electronic performance through which new approaches to sound-place
constructs are proposed and put to test.
The above research theme is interdisciplinary in nature, and therefore,
we are very much interested in accepting applications whose research
background and interest is diverse, such as: electroacoustic
composition, interactive or immersive sound installation, digital audio
production, creative coding, sound synthesis and DSP, interactive
programming and experimental music, live electronic performance, sound
studies (cultural, historical and technical aspects), radiophonic
composition, or audio-visual work.
Attached is a document detailing the scholarship and application
process. But below are some key aspects of the scholarship:
– A full-fee-waiver scholarship for three years for UK, EU or Overseas
students;
– Application requirements:
1. Formal online application through the university
2. Email to the Graduate School of Administrator
3. Research proposal and a portfolio of previous work to Lead Supervisor
(Dr Suk-Jun Kim)
– Deadline of applications: *Friday 6 June 2014*
Candidates are welcome to contact me to discuss their ideas or submit a
preliminary draft proposal.
Best regards,
Jun
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Suk-Jun Kim, PhD
Programme Coordinator, MMus in Sonic Arts
Lecturer in Electroacoustic Music and Sound Art
University of Aberdeen
MacRobert Building, King’s College
Aberdeen AB24 5UA, Scotland UK