Please forward. AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award at Goldsmiths and the Science Museum
Oramics – Electronic Music Precedents, Technology and Influence This PhD project is focused on an iconic object within the history of British electronic music, Daphne Oram’s ‘Oramics Machine’, a unique music synthesizer developed during the 1960s by this founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. The project is conceived to work out from a close reading of the surviving object, which is now in the Science Museum’s collections, to a full understanding of the origins and influence of Daphne Oram’s musical practice. At the moment, Oram’s relations to existing artistic and musical practice is only understood at the most general level; equally the extent and pathways of her influence on subsequent electronic and digital music practices require extensive study to be able to make a fair evaluation. The project will use the Daphne Oram archive of recordings and papers held at Goldsmiths to build on existing technical and musical studies to locate Oram and the machine within a variety of societal, technological and musical contexts. The PhD student will be an enrolled student in the Department of Computing at Goldsmiths, University of London, and will also have staff status at the Science Museum. The studentship will be co-supervised by Dr Mick Grierson, from the Dept. of Computing and Dr John Drever, from the Dept. of Music at Goldsmiths, University of London, and by Dr Tim Boon, Chief Curator at the Science Museum. For eligible candidates the award covers Home/EU tuition fees for three years and provides a maintenance award of at least £15,590 per year for three years (with an additional contribution of £3000 over three years from the Science Museum). Further information here : http://www.gold.ac.uk/computing/news/eventtitle,26663,en.php -- Dr Michael Grierson Director, Creative Computing Goldsmiths Digital Studios Dept. of Computing Goldsmiths College London SE14 6NW [email protected] _______________________________________________ Post your opportunities, events and more at http://soundandmusic.org To register an account: http://www.soundandmusic.org/user/register To add an Event: http://www.soundandmusic.org/node/add/network-event To add a call, opportunity or job: http://www.soundandmusic.org/node/add/network-opportunity _______________________________________________ Post your messages to SANList via: Sanlist mailing list To Unsubscribe or change your settings, please visit: [email protected] http://lists.sonicartsnetwork.org/listinfo.cgi/sanlist-sonicartsnetwork.org
