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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