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Alumni

Degrees

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Doctor of Philosophy

Samantha Topley – 2025
[funded by the Midlands 3 Cities Doctoral Training Programme]
Craft-Focused Electronic Musical Instrument Building: Exploring DIY Textiles and Hybrid Craft Techniques in Sound Arts Practice
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Mungo Zhangruibo – 2024
Assisting the Development of the Field of Electroacoustic Music Studies in China

Stewart Worthy – 2024

Sebastiano Gualtieri – 2024

James Frize – 2023

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Andreas Katsiavalos – 2023

Marinos Giannoukakis – 2022

Marij Van Gorkom – 2021

Audrey Riley – 2021

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Susanne Grunewald – 2021

Asher Arnon – 2021
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Luigi Marino – 2021
[M4C DTP PhD based at University of Birmingham]
Revisiting a Relational Approach to Electronic Music Performance

Francisco Marti Pérez – 2020
 
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Takuro Lippit – 2020

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Steve Jones – 2020

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James Kelly – 2019
  

Robin Parmar – 2019
 
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Amit Patel – 2019

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Simon Waite – 2019
 
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Maya Verlaak – 2019 
[M3C DTP Scholar based at Birmigham Conservatory]
Embodying Context During the Music Compositional Process…
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Virginie Viel -– 2019

Louise Rossiter – 2017
 
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Kerry Francksen-Kelly – 2017
 

Manolis Manousakis -– 2017
 
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David Holland – 2016

Neal Spowage – 2016
 
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Marinos Koutsomichalis – 2015

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Luca Forcucci – 2015

Panos Amelides – 2015

Ben Ramsay – 2015
 

Michael Gatt – 2015

David Gray – 2014

Nasia Therapontos – 2013

Jerry Fishenden – 2013 - via the Institute of Creative Technologies

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Andrew Hill – 2012

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Motje Wolf – 2012

Katerina Tzedaki – 2012

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Ian Wilcock – 2012 - via the Institute of Creative Technologies

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Lorenzo Picinali –2010

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Robin McGinley – 2009

Ximena Alarcon – 2007

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Rick Nance – 2007

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Richard Hemmings – 2005

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Sophy Smith – 2005

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Robert Weale – 2005
 


Master of Philosophy

Jack Richardson – 2020


Masters by Research in Music, Technology and Innovation

Mihai Traista – 2021
Robotic Sculpture in Trans- media Composition using Sound and Movement

Samuel Thomas – 2021
Investigating Untutored Perception in Visual Music

Rob Chafer – 2021
Time–Event–Space: A Creative Exploration of Techniques in Multichannel Audio-visual Composition

Calum Vaughan – 2020
Semi Real-time Use of Markov Chains in Algorithmic Electronic Dance Music Performance

Sam Warren – 2019
Relationships Between Electronic Music and Movement Practice

Samantha Topley – 2017
Wearable Technology in Music and Performance 
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Simon Smith – 2016
Re-creating Diffusion Performance Practices from an Exploration of Listening(s) Experiences

David Gurney – 2016
Considerations and Practice of Creating and Implementing Effective Game Sound Design
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Chloe Cutler – 2013
Enhanced Learning with an Innovative Instrument in KS2 Music Education

Annelie Nederberg – 2012
Notions of Corporeality in Electroacoustic Music

David Holland — 2012
Can a listening strategy be used to increase the appreciation of Electroacoustic Music


Master of Arts in Music, Technology and Innovation

Vicente Abuhadba Alam—2023
EP Paranoia Moderna 

Matthew London—2023
The Aural Horrors of Contemporary Cinema: Defining Relationships Between Music, Sound Design and Dialogue within Film, and Identifying Techniques in the Defined Relationships Specific to 21st Century Horror (short dissertation) and The Mystery of Rabbit Run (Spatial audio radiophonic drama)

Samvaran Rai—2023
Film score for Livewire and Swarm for virtual orchestra 

Manit Mehta—2023
An overview and analysis of Satyajit Ray's approach to music for his cinematic works (short dissertation) and Ray's Desk (soundscape composition)

Eddie Clijsen—2022
Portfolio of Serial Compositions  

Alex Fielder—2022
EP Portfolio of Songs  

René Mazzilli Fonseca—2022
Amor Fati (immersive audio with theatre)  

Ed Woodiwiss—2022
Portfolio of Ambient Music and Live Reactive Visuals  

Stephen Deehan—2022
Audiovisual Portfolio  

Yunus Khan—2022
Orchestral Portfolio  

Jack Glover – 2022
PG Cert

Becky Gray – 2021
Binaural on Streaming Platforms: Headphone Use and Genre Characteristics Enhanced with Binaural Audio

Harri Bettsworth – 2021
Exploring how Uncanny Sound can Trigger Fear in a Video Game

James Reynolds – 2021
Bolton-Crick: Soundscapes from the Somme

Jacob Myer Braslawsce – 2021
G.R.A.S.P, G.R.A.V.D. and Waveset Distortion: The creation of three unique applications and their role in the creation of ‘uhu47’ and ‘How Beautiful My Life Could Be If You Were Here’

Sean Carroll – 2009
Mapping Gestural Motion in Dance to Algorithmic Composition

Nilesh Champaneri – 2008
Composition Using Sampling Methods

Robin Foster – 2009
Live Performance and Improvisation in Electronic and Computer Music

Michael Gatt – 2009
The Art of Composing Site-Specific Sonic Installations

Paul Jones – 2009
Algorithmic composition, Instrument Design and Gestural Mapping to Sound

Jeff Mettlewsky – 2009
Mixed Instrumental and Electronics Composition, Aesthetics

Tasha Roberts – 2009
The Use of Noise in Electronic Music: The Ideas in Glitch

Nasia Therapontos – 2009
Spatialization of music in electroacoustic and sonic art works

Artur Walaszczyk – 2009
Sound design; electroacoustic music - reception and interpretation; soundscape and acousmatic multichannel composition

Andrew Hill – 2008
Composing the Metaphor: Investigating Suitable Strategies for the Composition of Electroacoustic Audio-visual Artworks

James Kelly – 2008
'Technology Hacking': DJ Technology and Appropriation
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Amit Patel – 2008
Turntable Performance And Sound Diffusion
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Neal Spowage – 2008
Marrying the Dynamics of Performance and Live Electronic Music Production
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Masters by Independent Study

Tony Seaton – 2014
Radiophonic: The music of Delia Derbyshire; Pedagogic: Understanding electroacoustic music at A Level

Gary Blakemore – 2012
The Sonic 'Germ': A Compositional Investigation

Mark Herdman – 2012
The Preserving Machine: Is it Possible to Hear a Novel?

Adam Newman – 2010
On The Auditory Road - An audio adaptaptation of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road"

Gez McCoy – 2010
Spatialisation, live electronics and the multi-pickup electric guitar

Russel Michael Harmon – 2011
The Integration of Guitar Performance and Live Electronics: the Circuit Bent Guitar

Bec Gorman – 2008
Composition for Film and Animation

Robbie Lockwood – 2008
Electroacoustic Composition

Chris Cousin – 2008
Electronic Music Composition and Performance

Ioanna Pappa – 2007
Performance Studies and Education

Shammi Pithia – 2007
Pitch Perception and Human Emotion, Its Relevance in Classical Indian Music and its Application in Film Music

Alexis Ffrench – 2007
New Opportunities in Music Technology from a Pedagogical and Musician's Point of View

Serena Alexander – 2007
Composing For The Voice With Electronics And Sound Diffusion

Roger Barker – 2008
Postmodern Popular Composition and The Mix As An Artform

Philip Mead – 2008
Composition for Piano and Electronics

Matthew Moore – 2008
Exploring and Extending the Aesthetic and Technological Boundaries of the Talking Book

Thom Corah – 2008
LabTop: An Instrument for the Integration of Live Electronics into Composed Music

Dimitris Moraitis – 2008
Exploring the Use of the Human Voice and Text

Peter Wilkinson – 2008
PLASMA (Progressive, Living And Synthetic Musical Apparatus)