MTIRG Symposium April 2026

Members of the Music, Technology and Innovation Research Group met for a one-day symposium on 17 April.

Presenters included
Robert Chafer: Foundations, Potentials, and Practice of Mixed Reality Spatial Audio Composition.
Edward Clijsen: Redividing the Octave for Expanded Tonal Spaces: Reflections on Recent Practical Explorations of a Formalised Approach to Microtonal Composition.
Matthew London: The Integrated Soundtrack: An Analytical Exploration of the Soundtrack Elements of Music, Sound Design, and Dialogue Within Horror Cinema.
Samvaran Rai: Is dramaturgy an invisible locus of control? An enquiry on dramaturgy and what it could mean for ambiguity in electroacoustic music.
Joanna Cogle: Hypersourced Scoring Practice And Expanding The Integrated Soundtrack In Contemporary Media Scoring.
Conor Snape: Navigating the Oddverse: Adaptive Audio and Interactive World Design.



Symposium participants: Front row (L-R) Pawel Wietrzykowski, Matthew London, Samvaran Rai,
Bret Battey. Back row (L-R) Edward Clijsen, James Andean, Simon Atkinson, Robert Chafer,
Joanna Cogle, Conor Snape, John Young