Nuria Bonet wins research award

Plymouth University post graduate student Nuria Bonet has been awarded a travel award to attend the Galpin Society and AMIS joint conference in Edinburgh, 1-4 June 2017. For the third year running, her work into Catalan shawms has been recognised and she has been given the chance to meet world-leading specialists in organology. She will… Continue reading Nuria Bonet wins research award

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

Plymouth University Researcher awarded international book prize

Professor Daniel Maudlin, in the School of Humanities and Performing Arts at Plymouth University, has been awarded a prestigious prize by the International Society for Landscape, Place and Material Culture. Known as the Allen G. Noble Book Award, the prize is given for the best edited book on material culture in North America. Professor Maudlin… Continue reading Plymouth University Researcher awarded international book prize

ICCMR visiting research student wins Enterprise Award

Siva Ramakrishnan, a visiting researcher from SASTRA University in India (where he is studying for an MTech in Communications Systems), has received an Enterprise Award for the Best Exchange Student. Siva has been collaborating with experts in vocal synthesis in the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music (ICCMR). His award-winning project is called “Factors Influencing Vocal Pitch in Articulatory Synthesis: A Study Using… Continue reading ICCMR visiting research student wins Enterprise Award