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Read more at: New paper: Consonance in the carillon

New paper: Consonance in the carillon

21 August 2024

We are pleased to share a new paper entitled 'Consonance in the carillon', just 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...

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...

Read more at: Undergraduate science dissertations receive stellar marks

Undergraduate science dissertations receive stellar marks

1 July 2024

Many congratulations to the four CMS undergraduates who did music and science dissertations this term, and received a stellar set of marks, all high firsts: one 75, two 78s, and one 80! Reuben Bance : Harmonic style classification of jazz pianists in a source-separated piano trio dataset Zaki Lim : Exploring the emotional...

Read more at: Huw Cheston starts internship at Spotify

Huw Cheston starts internship at Spotify

10 June 2024

Good luck to Huw Cheston, current CMS PhD student, who starts an internship with Spotify today! Huw will be developing new machine-learning models for better understanding how different people contribute individual stylistic elements to musical recordings.

Read more at: Xiaoyue Zhou to start funded PhD at University College London

Xiaoyue Zhou to start funded PhD at University College London

13 May 2024

We are very happy to hear that Xiaoyue Zhou, summer project student at the CMS (2023), has been awarded a PhD studentship at University College London. Xiaoyue will be working with Prof. Maria Chait and Prof. Neil Burgess. Congratulations Xiaoyue!

Read more at: Claire Brillon to start funded PhD at McGill University

Claire Brillon to start funded PhD at McGill University

8 April 2024

We are proud to share that Claire Brillon, recent CMS MPhil student (2022-23), will be starting a funded PhD later this year at McGill University. Claire hopes to study the emotions of timbre, and will be perfectly located to do so with Stephen McAdams and Marcelo Wanderley. Congratulations Claire!

Read more at: Lottie Anstee to start funded PhD at Goldsmiths College

Lottie Anstee to start funded PhD at Goldsmiths College

21 February 2024

We are very pleased to hear that Lottie Anstee, recent undergraduate student at the Centre for Music and Science (2021-22), has just received a PhD scholarship from Goldsmiths, University of London. Lottie will be starting the PhD in September, working with Lauren Stewart and Katie Rose Sanfilippo. The project concerns...

Read more at: New paper: Timbral effects on consonance disentangle psychoacoustic mechanisms and suggest perceptual origins for musical scales

New paper: Timbral effects on consonance disentangle psychoacoustic mechanisms and suggest perceptual origins for musical scales

19 February 2024

We are pleased to share our just-published paper in the journal Nature Communications , entitled 'Timbral effects on consonance disentangle psychoacoustic mechanisms and suggest perceptual origins for musical scales'. This work represents a long-term collaboration with colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical...

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New paper: Consonance in the carillon

21 August 2024

We are pleased to share a new paper entitled 'Consonance in the carillon', just 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...

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)...

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