In the School of Arts and Cultures our Postgraduate Research Students work on a wide range of musical topics
Chia is a PhD candidate in music. After her master’s pivotal focus on the role of Max Weber in the sociology of music and his theory of rationality, she currently investigates the development of rationality. She welcomes potential collaborations in publishing, conference presentations, performance.
David is an ecological sound artist, composer, bassist, and music technician. David shares the experience of listening and composing using underwater sounds to raise the cultural value of aquatic ecosystems.
My creative practice research considers the ethics of musical practice as viewed through the lens of Buddhist teachings and philosophy; how various aspects of that practice, from the microscopic to the macroscopic, are transformed thereby.
Michael Winter is a PhD student in late medieval English supported by Northern Bridge AHRC DTP. His doctoral thesis is titled ‘Restoring polyphonic fragments from the Eton Choirbook: a study of contemporary reconstruction and fifteenth-century compositional processes.
Olivia Childe is a PhD student in music. Her thesis “History as Legitimacy: Operatic Revivals and Colonial Legacies in the Paris Opéra, 1828-1883”. This thesis explores the use of revivals in the Paris Opéra as a way to promote colonial idealogy.
This project examines the influence of North Indian classical music and the ancient Indian theory of aesthetics known as the Rasa theory on Indian cinema. Examining the melodic and rhythmic frameworks from North Indian classical music traditions and their applications in composing film music.
Zitong's research project adopts the English term ‘community music’ as the lens to explore the practices of multiple community music approaches to support the musical and social life of people on the autism spectrum in the social context of mainland China.
