約克大學(xué)

The electro-acoustic composition research programme at York is unusual. It is concerned with helping you create music which through the medium of sound itself, can be experimental and forward looking. We are looking for composers who know the historical context of electro-acoustic music, yet are prepared to surpass it. We seek individuals who are inspired by contemporary uses of digital and analog media, rather than choosing to emulate existing musique concrète or acousmatic styles.

Candidates for this research course will already have a good contextual knowledge of recent developments in any contemporary electro-acoustic genre. Wider knowledge, extending into domains such as data-mining, crowd-sourcing, urban revival, global digital cultures, hack technologies and aesthetics, analog systems, algorithmic processes, projection mapping, graphics or Processing, is an advantage.

You are free to make your own work that crosses media boundaries and encompasses hybridity, or alternatively, concentrate on reductive aesthetics and new post-postmodern practices. You may involve any combination of digital, or non digital instruments or techniques. Candidates must possess a good technical command of their chosen software environment. You may also seek individual assistance on specific matters in software programming – (MaxMsp, Pd, C, iOS) - from the department’s dedicated Research Support programmer, based in the mrc.

The MA in Music by Research offers postgraduate opportunities to individuals who prefer to study independently rather than through classroom teaching, working under the close supervision of an expert in their field. This is a research degree, not a taught course programme, and applicants will need to have a clearly-focussed research proposal in their given area in order to be considered for admission to the research MA. Supervision and tutorial meetings are held on either a weekly or fortnightly basis throughout the academic year and by arrangement over the summer vacation. There is also an opportunity for all MA by Research students to interact with one another: the MA Research Forum. Meeting on Wednesday mornings, this is a discussion group that engages with common themes, such as issues of writing about music, while offering the opportunity for individual students to present aspects of their research topics to the larger group. Students are also encouraged to attend the weekly Research Seminar series (on Wednesday afternoons) where invited speakers, staff members and PhD students give presentations about their latest work, and there are opportunities to meet other postgraduate researchers.