Research projects
Historical Instrument Showcase Concert (2022)
On the stage of Llewellyn Hall on 10 August, five of the School of Music’s instruments from the Keyboard Institute Collection were arranged for performance in a practical presentation of our research in Historically Informed Performance. The Historical Instrument Showcase Concert…
History of Live Sound (2013-)
This research is undertaken by Jos Mulder with an international group of collaborators. Systematic exploration of the history of ‘making music loud’ is leading to better understandings of this common mediation in music performance that shapes not just the musical experience, but also the music.…
Kats-Chernin 'Night and Now' Concerto (2015-2021)
Kats-Chernin “Night and Now” Concerto: Composer/performer collaboration resulting in a new creative work (2015 – 2021). Through their long-standing collaborative partnership, Dr Sally Walker has commissioned and premiered many new works of composer Elena Kats-Chernin, the largest scale work…
Knowing Where to Belong (2022)
Knowing Where to Belong (2022). A Song Cycle for Solo Voice and Chamber Ensemble, by Frank Millward. This work is a recorded album with score. A contemporary song cycle, with text and music by the composer, additional text by Heather Keens, Lisa Gasteen and Janis Balodis. This work consists…
Music and the Mind (2018-2019)
Music and the Mind (2018-2019). This project was led by Dr Sally Walker, together with Prof. Eckart Altenmüller (Director of the Music Medicine Institute, Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media) and Ass. Prof. Bronwen Ackermann (University of Sydney), as well as organist Peter Guy and…
Music, Health, and Power: Singing the Unsayable in The Gambia (2006-)
This project draws on collaborative ethnographic research in the Gambia (2006-present) to examine the role that music plays in promoting healthy communities. Focusing in particular on Muslim women performers, the research explores the way women have adapted indigenous musical healing practices to…