Cristiana Palandri in Stockholm, June 2025

M4C-funded PhD candidate Cristiana Palandri has just returned from Stockholm where she was a composer in residence dividing her time between EMS (Elektronmusikstudion) and the KMH (Kungliga Musikhögskolan / Royal College of Music, Stockholm).  

During the residency Cristiana created a new composition, working in the EMS 8-channel Studio 4 with a rare original Buchla 200 modular synthesiser, with spatialisation developed at EMS and in the 3D sound system at the KMH. She was also able to network with other international composers working on projects in Stockholm with fruitful exchange on compositional methods and sound aesthetics. 

Cristiana Palandri with the Buchla 200  at EMS (L) and the 3D spatialisation room at KMH (R)

 

 

 

 

Two New Midlands4Cities PhD scholars for MTIRG

MTIRG is delighted that we will be welcoming two new M4C-funded PhD candidates in electroacoustic composition in October.

Samvaran Rai's research will address 'Ambiguity in the Disembodied: A Designer's approach to Sound Dramaturgy in Electroacoustic Music,' supervised by Profs. Young and Battey.
Sam completed his MA in music, technology and innovation with distinction at DMU in 2023. He also holds an MA in film art and has received several international awards for his work.

Jake Parry will research the topic 'Moving Beyond Immersion: Developing a critical approach to spatial audio composition' supervised by John Young and Dr Christopher Haworth (University of Birmingham). Jake completed an MMus with distinction at the University of Manchester in 2022 and this year has been working on spatial audio projects at the Institute of Sonology at Royal Conservatoire The Hague.

M4C is an AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership comprised of eight universities in Leicester, Nottingham, Birmingham and Coventry/Warwick. Samvaran and Jake join a strong contingent of PhD students in the MTIRG, as well as joining our host Institute of Arts, Design and Performance.

Congratulations both!

Jake Parry

Samvaran Rai

Edward Clijsen presents at Mikrotöne: Small Is Beautiful VI in Salzburg

PhD Student Edward Clijsen delivered a paper at the sixth Mikrotöne: Small Is Beautiful Symposium at Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Austria, 2-6 July 2025. The paper reflected on the compositional processes and outcomes leading up to and during composing his next piece Amsterdamned (2025) for Fokker Organ, Carrillo Piano and Kingma System Alto Flute, in collaboration with the Huygens-Fokker Foundation and Carla Rees.