The Music, Science and Technology Research Cluster (mstrc) at the Department of Music, University of York, comprises an international and interdisciplinary community of staff and research students working in areas across music, science and technology.

Turning the inside out: Can facial expressions of emotion contribute to predicting experienced emotions in music?

    PhD Project: Diana Kayser   In my PhD project I am trying to shed some light on one of the probably most frequently asked questions in music psychology, namely whether music can induce emotion, and if so, whether these emotions are equivalent to utilitarian and basic emotions we experience in everyday life, or … Continued

SysMus Conference Report Publication

Written by YMPG member Diana Kayser: ‘Each year students from all over the world come together to share and discuss their knowledge on varying topics from the field of systematic musicology at the SysMus Conference. The 9th edition of this conference series, organised by students for students, took place in the idyllic town of Jyväskylä … Continued

Distributed Network Performance Research in Journal of Music, Technology and Education

The Journal of Music, Technology and Education recently published a special edition on distributed network performance and telematic music, focusing on the Online Orchestra, an Arts & Humanities Research Council-funded project that run between October 2014 to March 2016. Dr Federico Reuben contributed to this project as lead developer on a new software that stabilises … Continued

York Music Psychology Group Conduct Music and Emotion Research for Bang and Olufsen.

  Dr. Hauke Egermann and members of the YMPG ran two sessions in which participant’s responses’ to four musical excerpts were measured using the Music Department’s audience response system. The research, commissioned by Danish technology company Bang and Olufsen, took place in the University of York Music Department on the 14th of August.   The … Continued

AHRC White Rose (WRoCAH) funding for Doctoral Research at the Department of Music, University of York

The University of York invites applications for PhD research in areas across Music, Science and Technology at the Department of Music. A number of fully-funded studentships are available for outstanding candidates. The mstrc provides with outstanding facilities, a seminar series, a supportive community of interdisciplinary researchers, and a thriving environment that benefits from the broader … Continued

YMPG at ESCOM ’17, University of Ghent

European Society for the Cognition of Music conference 31 July 20 17 – 4th August 2017, University of Ghent,   It was the great pleasure of members of the YMPG to be welcomed to Ghent for this conference. The planning started around Christmas when members submitted their abstracts to be considered for either spoken or … Continued

Cotton Panic

PhD Composition student Ben Eyes is currently working as sound designer and sound engineer for the Jane Horrocks show “Cotton Panic” at Manchester International Festival. http://mif.co.uk/mif17-events/cotton-panic/ The show, based on the story of the cotton famine in Lancashire in 1861, when cotton mill workers came out in solidarity with the emancipation of slaves in the USA, … Continued

A sucessful afternoon at the Festival of Ideas for the YMPG

YMPG were lucky enough to take part in the 2017 FestIval of ideas, as run by the University of York. One of their flagship events was the ‘family fun afternoon’ held in the Ron Cook Hub. One of our members, Lottie Brook, devised a series of activities for children to introduce them to the idea … Continued

Aesthetic Judgement and Contemporary Music

On Saturday the YMPG held our first major study since our conception. The study was concerned with understanding why some listeners respond positively and others negatively to contemporary music and identifying the cognitive and emotional processes that facilitate those responses in concerts. In this study, contemporary music was performed in front of an audience (with … Continued

2017 Postgraduate Spring Forum

Every autumn and spring the music department hosts a post-graduate forum day. This is an opportunity for current postgraduate students to showcase their research to a group of their peers, meet fellow postgraduate students, discuss and exchange ideas, gain academic presentation experience, and learn about the diverse outputs of the music department. Areas of research might include, … Continued

Reverberation modelling

The first working prototype of a new reverberation modelling system is currently being tested in the Music Production, Processing and Analysis Group. Modern digital reverberation systems are typically either convolution-based or algorithmic. The former type works with samples of reverberation (usually in the form of a room impulse response), which is applied to incoming audio … Continued

Musical Instruments in the 21st Century

By exploring the many different types and forms of contemporary musical instruments, this book contributes to a better understanding of the conditions of instrumentality in the 21st century. Providing insights from science, humanities and the arts, authors from a wide range of disciplines discuss the following questions: ·         What are the conditions under which an … Continued

Music Science and Technology Research Cluster Launch

The launch of the University of York Music Science and Technology Research Cluster took place on Friday the 25th of November 2016 in the Rymer Auditorium at the Department of Music at the University of York. The 50 odd guests were treated to an evening of introductory talks about the cluster and current topics within … Continued

Dr Jez Wells audio installation at the National Centre for Early Music

The next Vespertine York event will feature an 18 speaker audio installation at the National Centre for Early Music.

Dr Hauke Egermann and Dr Federico Reuben Receive University Funding to Study Aesthetics

In August 2016, Dr Hauke Egermann and Dr Federico Reuben received research prime and strategic capital funding from the University of York to study aesthetic responses to live performed contemporary music (55,000 GBP). This funding will allow them to purchase a unique and mobile audience response system that will enable the continuous assessment of psychological and physiological … Continued

The Dynamics of Music Listening

The Dynamics of Music Listening: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue Between Music Theory and Music Psychology This projects investigates together with the Music Perception and Cognition Lab at McGill University the temporality of the perceptual, cognitive, and affective experience of listeners. We developed and tested music theories for the construction of hypotheses on what happens in the mind of a … Continued

Dr Jez Wells collaboration with I Fagiolini

Dr Jez Wells and Dutch director Henk Schut worked last week with Department of Music Associate Ensemble I Fagiolini, fresh from their release of ‘Amuse-Bouche’ on Decca Classics.

Dr Federico Reuben live coding improvisation concert at York Spring Festival

Dr Federico Reuben was joined by Rachel Musson (sax) and Mark Sanders(drums) for a live coding improvisation concert on the 5th of May during the York Spring Festival. This concert was part of a larger research project by Dr Reuben examining modularity, immediacy and exchange in laptop improvisation. The research outputs of this project will include … Continued

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  • SysMus Conference Report Publication

    Written by YMPG member Diana Kayser: ‘Each year students from all over the world come together to share and discuss their knowledge on varying topics from the field of systematic musicology at the SysMus Conference. The 9th edition of this conference series, organised by students for students, took place in the idyllic town of Jyväskylä … Continued

  • Knowledge Transfer Associate position available in audio modelling

    Due to a recently awarded Knowledge Transfer Partnership with RPPtv, we are seeking a KTP Associate to work on the development of cloud-based tools for sound modelling and synthesis. More information on the post can be found here. Informal enquiries may be made by email to Jez Wells.

  • AHRC White Rose (WRoCAH) funding for Doctoral Research at the Department of Music, University of York

    The University of York invites applications for PhD research in areas across Music, Science and Technology at the Department of Music. A number of fully-funded studentships are available for outstanding candidates. The mstrc provides with outstanding facilities, a seminar series, a supportive community of interdisciplinary researchers, and a thriving environment that benefits from the broader … Continued

Research Groups

Music Production, Processing and Analysis Group

Theme leader: Jez Wells (Director of MPPAG)

Research that contributes to new techniques and technologies for interacting with sound as well as those that respond to such developments in the studio and understand them from a human and cultural perspective.

Technologies for Musical Creativity Group

Theme leader: Federico Reuben (Director of mstrc & TMCG)

Research on the development of technology that, as a fundamental principle, considers the complexities of musical and creative processes.

York Music Psychology Group

Theme leader: Hauke Egermann (Director of YMPG)

Research to explain and understand musical behaviour and experience.