News Stories
Wolfson/EPSRC PhD Studentship
30 March 2012
A Wolfson Microelectronics/EPSRC PhD Studentship is available for research in the IoSR in Microphone Quality Metering & Enhancement. Full details are here.
Musical Scoring in the Earliest Sound Films from Weimar-Republic Germany, 1929-33
28 March 2012
Congratulations to Dr Jeremy Barham on his successful bid for a British Academy grant. The grant will enable Jeremy to spend a period of three months researching at major film archives in Berlin, Frankfurt and Wiesbaden. He will be investigating the large body of rarely seen early sound films made during the politically febrile final years of Germany's Weimar Republic, immediately prior to the establishment of the Third Reich. Hundreds of neglected films in a variety of genres were produced at this time: adventure films, dramas, historical films, comedies, films noirs, romances, literary adaptations, sport films, musicals, documentaries and experimental films. Jeremy will be focussing on the musical scoring of this diverse repertoire - particularly its balance between specially composed and pre-existent music, and its relationships with early Hollywood - and exploring the socio-cultural insights that these films and their scoring practices provide into such a crucial phase of German history.
AHRC Bid Success
21 February 2012
Congratulations to Dr Matthew Sansom on his successful AHRC bid, with Dr Bennet Hogg of Newcastle University. Entitled 'Landscape Quartet: Creative Practice and Philosophical Reflection in Natural Environments', the project will bring together a team of four sound artists and will work closely with arts initiatives in the Northern region, as well as developing links internationally.
Tonmeisters win GRAMMYs
16 February 2012
Tonmeister graduates have once more won GRAMMY awards. Jim Abbiss won for his contribution to the production of Adele's album 21, and Sam Okell won his second GRAMMY in two years for his work on Paul McCartney and Wings' reissue of Band on the Run.
You can read more here.
Two new Professors in Music and Sound Recording
12 April 2011
Steve Downes (Head of Department) and Steve Goss (Head of Composition) have both recently been promoted from Reader to Professor.
BBC/EPSRC PhD Studentship in Audio Un-Mixing
23 March 2011
A full PhD studentship is available for a student to conduct research into audio un-mixing. Applications deadline now passed.
Marion Redfearn PhD Scholarship Available
17 February 2011
A full PhD scholarship is available for a female student to conduct psychoacoustic engineering research in the IoSR. See IoSR PhD Scholarships page for details. NB. Application deadline now passed.
Guildford International Music Festival 2011
4 February 2011
The Guildford International Music Festival is coming soon and promises to be the best yet! With over 60 events making up the programme, there is something for everyone. All events are on sale now.
To download a PDF version of the brochure please click here or to be sent a hard copy please click here and email us your full postal address. Brochures will also be available to pick up in venues around Guildford and Surrey. Tickets can also be book online through the festival website.
Departmental PhD Scholarships for 2011
30 November 2010
Two new PhD scholarlships are available in composition, performance or musicology starting next academic session.
