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Whilst the project will primarily be based in music and sound, across a range of media and performance/realisation environments, it may also draw upon a wider range of arts disciplines such as the many visual art forms which utilise gradual process, in order to understand how approaches are modified across different modes of presentation. The project will produce a portfolio of creative work which builds upon these understandings of gradual process, supported by an accompanying thesis which contexualises the work and articulates the research imperatives as they relate to the experience of gradual process. Wolverhampton has a strong tradition of supporting and developing practice research, and to bolster your reputation as an artist researcher we offer support for the dissemination of your research via conferences, blogs and social media, and help with publication writing so as to develop a strong online profile for yourself and your work. Possible supervisor: Richard Glover
CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO MUSIC NOTATION The approaches to conceiving, formatting, and delivering performance directions to musical interpreters has diversified significantly in recent years, signalling further attempts to explore the methods of communication and interpretation inherent in musical rehearsal and performance scenarios. This project would explore a wide range of notational methodologies, contextualising new conceptions of the role of traditional composer-performer relationships and different modes of instructions in order to reveal the intentions and consequences of a variety of different creative strategies. You will be based in the School of Performing Arts at the University of Wolverhampton, where you would have the opportunity to work closely with theatre and dance researchers in order to contextualise notational developments further, alongside a vibrant community of creative researchers in music and music technologies. Your research would involve archival, survey-based and interview-based methodologies, and you would have the opportunity to produce creative outputs from your project which would develop from the findings of your contextual research. Possible supervisor: Richard Glover