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Read more at: Maddie Jones starting PhD at Bristol University

Maddie Jones starting PhD at Bristol University

28 March 2025

We are very pleased to hear that Maddie Jones, who did an undergraduate dissertation project at the CMS analysing the relationship between music listening and mood, has been awarded a full PhD scholarship to study at Bristol University, in the School of Psychological Science. She will be supervised by Professor Claire...


Read more at: New article: Reverberation time and musical emotion in recorded music listening

New article: Reverberation time and musical emotion in recorded music listening

28 March 2025

Many congratulations to Hannah Wilkie for her recent article in Music Perception entitled 'Reverberation time and musical emotion in recorded music listening'! This article came from Hannah's MPhil thesis at the CMS in 2023. Hannah is now studying for a PhD in Princeton University. Abstract: The influence of room acoustic...


Read more at: Nicky Swett successfully defends PhD

Nicky Swett successfully defends PhD

14 January 2025

We are very pleased to share that Nicky Swett, CMS PhD student, has successfully defended his PhD thesis titled 'Functional Analogies: Hans Keller’s Wordless Functional Analysis as a Theory of Musical Comparison'. This work investigates Hans Keller's innovative 15 Functional Analyses from the perspective of cognitive...


Read more at: New paper: Artist identification using rhythm via machine learning

New paper: Artist identification using rhythm via machine learning

21 October 2024

We are excited to share our new paper appearing in the journal Royal Society Open Science, entitled “Rhythmic Qualities of Jazz Improvisation Predict Performer Identity and Style in Source-Separated Audio Recordings”. This was completed by Huw Cheston during his PhD at the CMS, and builds from two earlier publications...


Read more at: New paper: Computational analysis of improvised music at scale

New paper: Computational analysis of improvised music at scale

1 October 2024

Our new paper entitled “Jazz Trio Database: Automated Annotation of Jazz Piano Trio Recordings Processed Using Audio Source Separation” is just published in Transactions of the International Society of Music Information Retrieval (TISMIR). This paper arises from work completed by Huw Cheston during his PhD at the CMS, in...


Read more at: New paper: Coordinating online music performances

New paper: Coordinating online music performances

1 October 2024

Our new paper entitled “Trade-offs in Coordination Strategies for Duet Jazz Performances Subject to Network Delay and Jitter” has just been published in Music Perception. This paper arises from work completed by Huw Cheston during the early stages of his PhD at the CMS, and was funded by an award from Cambridge Digital...


Read more at: New paper: Consonance in the carillon

New paper: Consonance in the carillon

21 August 2024

Our new paper entitled 'Consonance in the carillon' has just been published in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. This paper grew out of an undergraduate dissertation by James MacConnachie. Well done James! The paper explores an interesting phenomenon whereby the idiosyncratic frequency spectrum of the...


Read more at: New paper: Greatrex & Hawkins (2024)

New paper: Greatrex & Hawkins (2024)

12 August 2024

Many congratulations to David Greatrex and Sarah Hawkins for their just-published paper, 'Rhythmic variance influences the speed but not the accuracy of complex averaging decisions', published in the journal 'Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics'. This paper stems from David's PhD research at the CMS (2013-2018)...


Read more at: Library exhibition entitled 'Music and Science: Exploring the Scientific Principles Behind Musical Phenomena'

Library exhibition entitled 'Music and Science: Exploring the Scientific Principles Behind Musical Phenomena'

4 July 2024

Harriet Edwards, recent undergraduate music and science student, has curated a library exhibition entitled 'Music and Science: Exploring the Scientific Principles Behind Musical Phenomena'. This exhibition is currently on display at the John's College Library, and has an online version available at this link . Do have a...


Read more at: Call for papers: Tacit Engagement in the Digital Age (TEDA) 2024

Call for papers: Tacit Engagement in the Digital Age (TEDA) 2024

2 July 2024

Tacit Engagement in the Digital Age (TEDA) 2024 continues the discussion from the 2019 conference that was co-hosted by the Centre for Music and Science and CRASSH Re-Network and international Polanyi Society, sponsored by the AI & Society Journal (Springer). The 2024 conference will take place in Cambridge over 2 days...


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Maddie Jones starting PhD at Bristol University

28 March 2025

We are very pleased to hear that Maddie Jones, who did an undergraduate dissertation project at the CMS analysing the relationship between music listening and mood, has been awarded a full PhD scholarship to study at Bristol University, in the School of Psychological Science. She will be supervised by Professor Claire...

New article: Reverberation time and musical emotion in recorded music listening

28 March 2025

Many congratulations to Hannah Wilkie for her recent article in Music Perception entitled 'Reverberation time and musical emotion in recorded music listening'! This article came from Hannah's MPhil thesis at the CMS in 2023. Hannah is now studying for a PhD in Princeton University. Abstract: The influence of room acoustic...