The 21st International Conference on Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts (DRHA2017)

Data Ache a conference hosted by the Arts Institute at the University of Plymouth (UK) 10–13 September 2017 CONFIRMED KEYNOTES: Prof Jussi Parikka, Oreet Ashery, Dr Tim Davies, Prof Eduardo Miranda & Prof Jane Winters “We’re drowning (not waving) in a sea of data – with data, data everywhere, but not a drop of information.”… Continue reading The 21st International Conference on Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts (DRHA2017)

Professor Eduardo Miranda shortlisted for British Composer Award

The Paramusical Ensemble

A pioneering research project which enabled four people living with severe disability to ‘control’ a string quartet has earned its creator a prestigious award nomination. Professor Eduardo Miranda, Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR) at the University of Plymouth, has been shortlisted in the Community or Educational Project category of the… Continue reading Professor Eduardo Miranda shortlisted for British Composer Award

Music in mind

Plymouth University’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR) has been working on pioneering brain-computer music interfacing, BCMI for short (or as the ICCMR director of research Professor Eduardo Miranda sometimes calls it, ‘Music Neurotechnology’), for over a decade. This work has been used, amongst other things, to give disabled patients access to music making. A… Continue reading Music in mind

Professor Eduardo Miranda’s new book ‘Mind Pieces’ published in New York

The recording of the Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival premiere of Professor Eduardo Miranda’s symphony, ‘Mind Pieces’ and an accompanying e-book have recently been published by Intelligent Arts, in New York, USA. Mind Pieces stemmed from Professor Miranda’s research into using computers to harness musical creativity. The e-book is about bringing technology and intuitive musical… Continue reading Professor Eduardo Miranda’s new book ‘Mind Pieces’ published in New York

25 September 2016: Music of Motions & Presence (free performance)

Federico Visi, Practice Research Symposium, 5 February 2016

25 September 2016 at 17:00 The House, Plymouth University Free admission, booking advised Music of Motions and Presence is series of compositions by Federico Visi that make deliberate use of the body movements of the performers. Federico will be playing electric guitar, together with Lara Jones on saxophone and Marco Frattini on drums and percussion. Their gestures… Continue reading 25 September 2016: Music of Motions & Presence (free performance)

Feature: “Forging the Future of Classical Computer Music”

Photo 2: IRCAM’s 4X system. (Courtesy of Cité de la Musique, Philharmonie de Paris)

BY EDUARDO R. MIRANDA Classical contemporary music may not always appeal to large audiences but it can most certainly impact on how music that is more amenable to mass consumption is made. The Beatles, for instance, are known for admiring the music of, and being influenced by, the highly innovative German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. They… Continue reading Feature: “Forging the Future of Classical Computer Music”

Plymouth University signs research and education partnership with Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory

The University’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, which will see the two organisations collaborating on a range of research projects. The new partnership will initially see members of Plymouth’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR) working alongside Moscow’s Scholarly Centre of Interdisciplinary… Continue reading Plymouth University signs research and education partnership with Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory

Feature: “Generative Orchestration with Musical Timbre”

BY AURÉLIEN ANTOINE   Technological advances, and more specifically computers, have been leading the evolution of music for the last 60 years, impacting on the ways we compose, perform and listen to music. For example, composers use notation software or Digital Audio Workstations (DAW). They also employ computers as sources of musical inspiration. During my Masters in… Continue reading Feature: “Generative Orchestration with Musical Timbre”

Nuria Bonet receives the William A. Gribbon Award … again!

A doctoral researcher at Plymouth University has received the prestigious William A. Gribbon Award from the American Musical Instrument Society (AMIS) for the second consecutive year. Nuria Bonet was awarded a travel award to attend the AMIS General Meeting in Vermillion, South Dakota in May 2016. The award recognises her work into Catalan shawms and she has been given the… Continue reading Nuria Bonet receives the William A. Gribbon Award … again!

13 June 2016: Public lecture by Dr Duncan Williams at the Institute of Physics in Reading

Dr Duncan Williams from Plymouth University’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR) has been invited to give a public lecture as part of the Institute of Physics lecture series  at the William Penney Theatre in Reading. This series of lectures is designed to raise awareness of cutting edge physics research. Duncan will be talking about the ICCMR’s BCMI-MIdAS (brain-computer music… Continue reading 13 June 2016: Public lecture by Dr Duncan Williams at the Institute of Physics in Reading