Overview
About the programme
Music Computing research The Open University UK is informed by musicology, psychology, ethnography, embodied cognition, pervasive interaction, mathematics and advanced computing techniques.
We devise and investigate new ways to:
- empower beginners to engage deeply with musical activities
- provide new tools and capabilities for expert musicians and theorists
- cast new light on how music works.
Programme Structure
Current/recent research projects:- Using whole body movement to understand and control musical harmony
- Design and evaluation of tangible and multi-touch interfaces for collaborative music making
- Using sensors and touch feedback to help musicians improve their posture
- Understanding how people hear harmony
- Exploring computational models of rhythm perception
- Using haptic feedback to help people learn multi-limb rhythms
- Algorithms to discover musical patterns
- Tools for understanding and controlling harmony visually
- Use of multi-touch surfaces for microtonal tunings
- Using embodied cognition to improve music interaction design
- Designing and testing musical instruments controlled directly by the brain.
- Adaptive Music for Computer Games
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
- Part-time
- 72 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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- Application period: January
Language
Delivered
Disciplines
Music Sound Engineering View 56 other PhDs in Music in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
Entry requirements
- Most successful applicants to the PhD programme have a masters degree in music or a related discipline, with a substantial dissertation.
- However, applicants can still be considered provided they demonstrate evidence of the ability to research and write about music at a high level.
- If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your knowledge of English.
Tuition Fee
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International
11958 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 11958 GBP per year during 36 months. -
National
4712 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 4712 GBP per year during 36 months.
Living costs for Milton Keynes
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