that's really helpful, thanks again everyone!
pete.
On 23/02/07, jamie forth <jamie71forth_at_yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> From limited personal experience, which is also quite
> London centric, maybe look into the University of the
> Arts: London College of Communication and Camberwell
> particularly seem to do a fair bit of sound art stuff
> - I drop in the occasional seminar. There are also
> studentships here:
> http://www.arts.ac.uk/research/30789.htm.
>
> While not an art college, Goldsmiths of course does
> lots of interesting arty (and science) stuff.
>
> As for music colleges, Birmingham does this:
> http://www.integralive.org/.
>
> A SEMPRE conference is also being held there:
> http://www.sempre.org.uk/conf_details.html?id=31.
> And the SuperCollider conference was held at the
> University of Bham.
>
> Although biased (as my current affiliation), The Royal
> College of Music is worth a look, it has ties with
> Imperial and City which can be useful on the technical
> side.
>
> Looking at delegate lists/journals can be a good way
> of searching out interesting people and projects, e.g.
> the not particularly current or accurate list of LAM
> members is worth a look if you haven't already:
> http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/michaelyoung/LAMweb/
>
> Good luck!
>
>
>
> --- Peter Worth <peterworth2_at_googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > Cheers Jamie. Any art/music colleges in particular
> > that spring to mind?...
> >
> > On 21/02/07, jamie forth <jamie71forth_at_yahoo.co.uk>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi Peter,
> > >
> > > If it's the creative applications that you're
> > > interested in, perhaps art colleges are
> > interesting
> > > alternatives to music departments? Or music
> > colleges,
> > > particularly if you are interested in working with
> > > performers too? The latter often have specific
> > > composer scholarships available.
> > >
> > > But check out music informatics and other science
> > > related departments - a lot of interesting stuff
> > > often happens in them!
> > >
> > > Jamie
> > >
> > > --- Peter Worth <peterworth2_at_googlemail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > > PhDs in composition are a rare treat if
> > funding is
> > > > involved; you probably
> > > > > know already, but it's a hard one to get
> > funding
> > > > for, though I believe in
> > > > > recent years I've seen composition PhDs with
> > > > funding advertised at
> > > > > DeMontford and at the Sonic Arts Research
> > Centre
> > > > at Queen's University
> > > > > Belfast.
> > > >
> > > > They're a rare treat for sure. My first thought
> > was
> > > > to try for one in
> > > > York at the music research centre, where i did
> > my
> > > > MA. There are
> > > > various bits of funding available and i think
> > i'd
> > > > stand a reasonable
> > > > chance, but then i realised I don't want to
> > spend my
> > > > entire academic
> > > > career in a single institution, hence looking
> > > > elsewhere for similar
> > > > departments to the York MRC (which sit between a
> > > > music department and
> > > > an electronics or computing department).
> > > >
> > > > I saw the Belfast projects as well, they look
> > good
> > > > actually... and
> > > > i'll check out DeMontford - thanks for that.
> > > >
> > > > > Not sure of your own background, and when you
> > say
> > > > live\interactive do you
> > > > > mean electronic music, and if so, to what
> > degree
> > > > technology development and
> > > > > what degree creative applications? Because the
> > > > places that might have
> > > > > funding or might be good centres for
> > electronic
> > > > music aren't necessarily
> > > > > music departments. And I don't want to
> > discount
> > > > overseas possibilities too,
> > > > > though you may have family commitments or the
> > > > like.
> > > >
> > > > Yes, i do mean electronic music. I'm from a
> > > > technical background, but
> > > > I'm really now only interested in the creative
> > > > applications of
> > > > technology. Livecoding, interactive
> > compositions,
> > > > realtime
> > > > environmental sound processing etc. Institutions
> > > > which aren't
> > > > necessarily music departments sounds
> > interesting...
> > > > can you give a
> > > > couple of examples?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the advice, it's much appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Pete.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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