The Contemporary Music Research Centre
The Contemporary Music Research Centre (CMRC) at the University of York supports and promotes creativity in contemporary music of all kinds.
We are firmly committed to the idea of practice as research and our staff and students are all dedicated to the creation of new music through composition, improvisation and performance.
The centre offers outstanding facilities and a supportive environment in which creative ideas can be realised and our staff have a wide range of experience and expertise. Research students from all parts of the world pursue projects independently or in collaboration with each other.
The CMRC hosts a packed schedule of seminars, performances and workshops every term, with distinguished visiting artists and scholarship.
Contact us
Department of Music
music@york.ac.uk
+44 (0)1904 322446
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People
- Professor William Brooks
Composition, Performance, Musicology: American music; contemporary vocal music; World War I songs. - Dr Tom Collins
Music Technology: music and artificial intelligence; web audio; user interfaces; pattern discovery; music perception. - Dr Jonathan Eato
Musicology, Composition: Jazz; improvisation; South African popular music. - Ben Eyes
Technician. - Professor Tim Howell
Musicology: analysis, including of contemporary music; Finnish music from Sibelius to the present. - Dr Mark Hutchinson
Musicology, Performance: contemporary musical aesthetics and analysis; music and literature; piano accompaniment. - Dr Catherine Laws
Musicology, Performance: contemporary music and experimental music practices; music and embodiment/subjectivity/identity; music and language; Samuel Beckett. - Liam Maloney
Music Technology: sound recording; electronic dance music history; listening studies; music sociology. - Dr Daniel March
Musicology: analysis of contemporary music; minimalism; specific non-western repertoire and traditions. - Dr Federico Reuben
Creative Music Technology, Composition: live electronic performance; improvisation; sound art; music computing and interactivity. - Professor Thomas Simaku
Composition: European modernism; contemporary music; the string quartet. - Dr John Stringer
Composition, Performance: contemporary performance practice; conducting. - Dr Martin Suckling
Composition, Performance: spectral and microtonal music; live electronics; orchestration. - Dr Jez Wells
Music Technology: sound recording; music signal processing and modelling; technology in pop music production.
- Gaia Blandina
- Owen Burton
- Helen Diggle
- Richard Evans
- Catherine Fahy
- Christian Fernqvist
- Dominic Floyd
- Nikki Franklin
- Stefano Gioffré
- Robin Haigh
- Kier Hall
- Mark Hanslip
- Clare Lesser
- Neil Luck
- Helen Madden
- Liam Maloney
- Claire McGinn
- Jack McNeill
- Maja Palser
- Michele Pizzi
- Lynette Quek
- Omar Shahryar
- Beau Stocker
- Carmen Troncoso
- Andreas Tsiartas
- Shu Yu Lin
Projects
News
- 'Twenty': new piano music from lockdown
- Martin Suckling wins Scottish Award for New Music
- New release on tmrw> label for Federico Reuben
- Scottish Awards for New Music 2020 shortlist features Martin Suckling
- York student shortlisted for the Ivors Composer Award
- BBC Radio 3 broadcast for award-winning York composition student
Events
Our researchers host regular seminars, lectures, concerts and informal meetings throughout the year.
Around the CMRC
Study at the CMRC
We welcome ambitious performers, composers, improvisers and scholars of new music in all its forms.
Contact us
Department of Music
music@york.ac.uk
+44 (0)1904 322446