Music

The Music Technology and Innovation – Institute for Sonic Creativity(MTI²) at De Montfort University encompasses a broad and continually evolving range of artistic creation and theory focused on innovative application of new technologies to music. It emphasises electroacoustic music and sonic art, their associated fields of scholarly study and an extensive outreach programme. The MTI² programme was established in 1999, and the Institute is now acknowledged globally as a leader in its field. Its projects include the Electroacoustic Resources Site initiatives, EARS and EARS 2 and initiatives in electroacoustic music analysis (notably eAnalysis and OREMA). The Institute is host to the international journal Organised Sound (Cambridge University Press). All researchers are specialised in the areas of sonic art/electroacoustic music composition and electroacoustic music studies. Members of the Institute and their research interests are listed below.

Contacts

Dr James Andean
james.andean@dmu.ac.uk

Electroacoustic composition and performance, acousmatic music, sound art, sound diffusion, improvisation, interdisciplinary performance, sonic narrative.

Dr Simon Atkinson, Associate Professor
satkinson@dmu.ac.uk

Composition, contemporary music, electroacoustic music, musical signification.

Dr Peter Batchelor
pbatchelor@dmu.ac.uk

Composition, sound in space, installation practice, public art.

Professor Bret Battey, Professor of Audio-visual Composition
bbattey@dmu.ac.uk

Composition, image and sound integration, algorithmic techniques, expressive synthesis, Indian classical music, gesture.

Professor Leigh Landy, Professor of Contemporary Music
LLandy@dmu.ac.uk

Composition (especially cross-arts), electroacoustic music studies, devising practices, dramaturgy, access to and facilitation of the making of contemporary music.

Professor John Young, Professor of Composition
jyoung@dmu.ac.uk

Composition (electroacoustic and instrumental), form in electroacoustic music, environmental sounds and sound recognition, aesthetics of digital sound transformation, Spectralism, oral history and sonic documentary.