Everybody is musical, Professor Welch on the Sångfokus Podden

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2mMnfPfxZ0Y8g0cBiIgMJ5?si=QQI2g0NqSy6ayPz5d-XyhA

Cadenza Virtual Workshop - Improving Music Listening for Those with Hearing Loss

please see below details regarding a free online workshop held in December as part of the Cadenza Project.

 

Cadenza virtual workshop - Cadenza-2023: Improving music listening for those with hearing loss

 

Workshop will be held 8th December 2023, and it is free and online.

 

More info and to register: https://cadenzachallenge.org/cadenza2023-workshop/ 

 

We're pleased to announce our first workshop that will review the first ever machine learning challenge targeted to improve music for those with a hearing loss. It will include talks on what the challenge was, how entrants approached the problem, what our listening panel thought of the processed music, and guest lectures. You will also get a chance to input on our future challenges.

 

Hearing loss causes problems when listening to music. It can make picking out lyrics more difficult, with music becoming duller as high frequencies disappear. This reduces the enjoyment of music and can lead to disengagement from listening and music-making, reducing the health and well-being effects people otherwise get from music.

 

The Cadenza workshops are designed to stimulate the development of systems to improve music processing for people with a hearing loss.

 

The aim of this virtual workshop is to report on the First Cadenza Challenge. The challenge ran from March to August 2023, presenting two tracks: listening to music using headphones, and listening to music in a car.

 

PS we also have a live ICASSP 2024 challenge on a similar topic.

 

All the best,

 

Scott.

 

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Dr Scott Bannister (he/him)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

School of Music, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK

Fwd: 27th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx24) - Call for papers

Dear Music and Science List,

Apologies for cross-posting. Please see below the Call for Papers for DAFx24. 

Important Info

Full paper submission deadline: 20th March 2024

Conference dates: 3-7 September 2024

Location: Guildford, UK (35 minutes by fast train from London)

Website (work in progress): dafx24.surrey.ac.uk

Call for Papers

We are pleased to announce that the 27th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx24) will be organised by the Institute of Sound Recording (IoSR) at the University of Surrey. 

The conference will be hosted on the university campus and will feature oral presentations, poster and demo sessions, keynote addresses, and tutorials. The social program – including a welcome reception, concert and banquet – will offer opportunities for more informal interaction.

This annual conference brings together research practitioners across the globe working with digital audio processing for music and speech, sound design, sound art, acoustics and related applications. Original contributions for DAFx24 are encouraged in, but not limited to, the following topics:

• Capture and analysis
  
• Representation, transformation and modelling
  
• Transmission and resynthesis
  
• Effects and manipulation
  
• Perception, psychoacoustics and evaluation
  
• Spatial sound analysis, estimation, coding and synthesis
  
• Source separation
  
• Physical modelling, virtual acoustic and analogue models
  
• Sound synthesis, composition and sonification
  
• Hardware and software design
  
• Music Information Retrieval and Intelligent Audio Engineering
  
• Sound for Virtual and Augmented reality
  
• Applications of digital audio effects
  
• Multisensory presentation and digital effects
  

This year we especially welcome submissions addressing:

• Synthesis for AR/MR/VR and spatial audio reproduction
  
• Machine Learning-based methods for all topics above
  

Prospective authors are invited to submit full-length papers, eight pages maximum, for both oral and poster presentations, by March 20th 2024.

Submitted papers must be camera-ready and formatted according to the templates and instructions available at the DAFx24 website. All papers have to be submitted through the EasyChair conference management system and are subject to peer review. Acceptance may be conditional upon changes being made to the paper as directed by the reviewers. Proceedings with the final versions of the accepted contributions will be made freely accessible on the DAFx website after the conference closure.

Volumes 2008 to 2023 of DAFx proceedings are now indexed in Scopus and this will apply similarly to DAFx24 proceedings. Extended versions of the best DAFx24 papers will be invited to submit for publication to an upcoming Special Issue of the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society.

Organising Committee

Enzo De Sena (IoSR, Surrey)

Annika Neidhardt (IoSR, Surrey)

Christos Chousidis (IoSR, Surrey)

Joshua D. Reiss  (QMUL)

Mark D. Plumbley (CVSSP, Surrey)

Randall Ali (IoSR,
Surrey)

Russell Mason (IoSR, Surrey)

Stefan Bilbao (Edinburgh)

Amal Emthyas (IoSR, Surrey)

Joshua Mannall (IoSR, Surrey)

Marcela Rada (IoSR, Surrey)

Matteo Scerbo (IoSR, Surrey)

Will J. Cassidy (IoSR, Surrey)

Best regards,

   Enzo

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Enzo De Sena

Associate Professor (Reader)

Director, Institute of Sound Recording

Department of Music & Media

University of Surrey

Stag Hill, University Campus, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK

Office: 08aBC03

Email: e.desena@surrey.ac.uk

URL: desena.org

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/enzodesena

iMerc Newsletter #2 (2023_10)

Fwd: 8th SIMM-posium (Brisbane, Australia, 20-22 November) - upcoming SIMM-research seminars in 2024 - upcoming SIMM-podcast-episodes

1. The programme of the 8th SIMM-posium - organised in and with the Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre (Griffith University) in Brisbane, Australia, from 20 to 22 November 2023 - is really impressive! You can still register to attend it in person or online.  The programme and information on registrations can be found via this page of the SIMM website.

2. We plan our 7th research seminar from 15 to 17th April 2024 at the London based Guildhall School, organised in a close collaboration with both the Guildhall School and the Ghent University based Chair Jonet. The focus of this research seminar will be the role of composition (and composers) within participatory music projects.  Deadline for applications is 15th December 2023, and information of the small group of scholars selected (maximum 20) for this 3-day research seminar will be communicated before 15th January. You can find the call for applications here.

3. After a break of one year, we will these coming weeks broadcast several new episodes of the SIMM-podcast.  You will be able to find them on most podcast directories, and find an overview here.  The new podcast-episodes which are now finalised, are: 

(1) During the 16th episode of the SIMM-podcast we interview Barbara Hesser and Brydie-Leigh Bartleet who co-edited the Compendium on Music as a Global Resource. 

(2) Two more podcasts-episodes will be broadcast before the end of November on research on participatory opera and music theatre practice, following the June 2023 research seminar on this topic at the Barcelona Teatro de Liceu, and in preparation of the September 2024 research seminar we are planning with Chair Jonet and Guildhall School on this field of research. 

 

Fwd: [DMRN-LIST] UWL PhD Scholarships in music/music technology

Hi all,

* apologies for cross posting*

Please forward to potentially interested parties in your networks.

The University of West London is a forward-thinking University with an appetite for innovative, rigorous and impactful research. As part of its research expansion strategy, the University is offering a number of opportunities for 3 year fully funded PhD Scholarships (fees plus an annual stipend of £22,000). These will be available for all eligible students (both home and international). PhD scholars will be expected to carry out teaching or research duties for a maximum of six hours per week. Enrolment will be in February 2024.

Within the University, London College of Music welcomes applications in areas within music, music technology and performing arts: https://www.uwl.ac.uk/research/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/research-degrees-london-college-music Bespoke topics are welcome, and there is also a range of specific project already outlined, including some with industry links.

Applications via: www.uwl.ac.uk/research/research-degrees/phd-opportunities

Particular attention will be paid to applications aligned with one (or more) of our research strategic priorities:

• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) – We encourage applications promoting and embedding EDI values throughout the whole research process. We also encourage original research addressing key EDI-related challenges.
• Interdisciplinarity – We encourage applications sitting across several UWL Schools/Colleges and demonstrating innovative research focus and/or methodologies.
• Impact – We encourage applications demonstrating effect on, change or benefit to the economy, society, culture, public policy or services, health, the environment or quality of life, beyond academia.

Successful applicants to the Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship will join a vibrant and challenging academic environment where innovation, insight, and knowledge creation feeds into high quality research.  

Application deadline: Friday 3rd November 2023 (5.00 pm)
Interviews will take place: 4th and 5th of December 2023

Best regards,

Justin

Professor Justin Paterson

Course Leader

MA Advanced Music Technology

LCM Offices — PK.01.016

Park

University of West London

St. Mary's Rd

Ealing

London

W5 5RF

https://www.uwl.ac.uk/academic-schools/music

Fwd: Proposal/Abstracts Reminder: Sound Matters Virtual Symposium (Stellenbosch University)

Dear Colleagues, 

 

I hope that this email finds you in warm spirits. 

 

This is a warm reminder that the South African Research Chair in Science Communication, The Academic Citizen, and the South African Journal of Science, invite proposals/abstracts for the upcoming virtual symposium, Sound Matters: Interdisciplinary Explorations Into Audio Knowledge Production. This symposium brings together and explores interdisciplinary perspectives on how the mode of audio offers new possibilities in the formation, articulation, and dissemination of academic and/or scientific knowledge. We welcome proposals of individual or collaborative contributions, panels or showcases of audio scholarship from any discipline, with a focus on themes such as but not limited to: 

 

• The ways in which research praxis incorporates audio,
• How audio can be linked to principles of open access, transformation, and ethical research praxis,
• Data and its analysis in audio form,
• Presentation of new empirical findings in audio-recorded talking formats,
• The possibilities for designing peer-review and publishing modalities in audio.

 

To participate, please submit a 300-word proposal and a 100-word biography in one document to fumanim@sun.ac.za by 9 October 2023. For more information about the symposium, please view the full call here or listen here. We welcome proposals from all over the world and participation in the symposium is free. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.  

 

Thank you so much and we look forward to receiving your proposals.  

 

Enkosi | Thank You | Ke a Leboga | Dankie

Fumani Jwara (Mr.)

Communications Officer: SA Research Chair in Science Communication  

Social Media Coordinator: Stellenbosch Department of Journalism 

Stellenbosch Department of Journalism | 26 Crozier Road, Stellenbosch

 

Fwd: PhD studentship on Music & Imagination

We are currently recruiting for a 3-year fully funded PhD studentship (at UK home fee rate, with stipend) at Durham University's Music Department, to start in January 2024. The student will work on a Leverhulme Trust funded project on music and imagination (supervised by Dr Kelly Jakubowski, in collaboration with Professor Elizabeth Margulis at Princeton). Experience in contributing to the design and/or implementation of psychological experiments and the ability to conduct quantitative statistical analyses (e.g., ANOVA, regression) are required. More details here: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DCW396/phd-in-music-psychology-using-music-to-investigate-perceptual-and-cognitive-constraints-on-imagination

Informal questions are welcome and can be addressed to Dr Kelly Jakubowski at kelly.jakubowski@durham.ac.uk. Deadline to apply is 13 October.

Fwd: [DMRN-LIST] Audio Engineering Society 'Audio for Games' Conference 2024

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From: Gavin Kearney <0000219964e4b31d-dmarc-request@jiscmail.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 22 Sept 2023 at 16:52
Subject: [DMRN-LIST] Audio Engineering Society 'Audio for Games' Conference 2024
To: <DMRN-LIST@jiscmail.ac.uk>

Hello all,

Apologies for cross-posting,

The AES Audio for Games conference will return to Tokyo on April 27-29, 2024.
https://aes2.org/events-calendar/2024-aes-6th-international-conference-on-audio-for-games/

The conference will take place at the Senju Campus, Tokyo University of the Arts.

We are now calling for Papers, Workshops and Tutorial submissions in the following areas:

Topics specific to Game Audio:

• Immersive Sound Design for Games
• Interactive Sound
• Examples of Automation and Efficiency in Implementation
• Sound Production Techniques for Remote Work
• Haptic Feedback
• Audio for Immersive Gameplay
• Machinery Learning, Deep Learning, and Artificial Intelligence for Audio
• Future Game Audio Production Workflows

Topics Related to Game Audio:

• Immersive and Interactive Audio Over Networks 
• Game Engines in Audio Production and Post-Production / Spatial Audio 
• Binaural Audio Rendering / Acoustic Simulation of Immersive Audio
• Environments / Music Composition / Sound Effects Production 
• Recording Technology & Practices / Mixing, Remixing, and Mastering 
• Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality 
• Perception in Mixed Reality / Perception & Subjective Evaluation of
• Audio Signals and Spatial Audio 
• Perceptual Effects of Cross-modal Interaction between Sound, Image and Haptics 
• Multimodal and Interaction Influences on Sound 
• Audio for Mobile and Handheld Devices 
• Auditory Display / Loudspeakers & Headphones 
• Audio Signal Processing / Audio Analysis and Synthesis / Audio Codecs

The submission deadlines are:

- October 27, 2023

• Peer Reviewed Paper (Category 1)
• Workshops, Tutorials

- November 20, 2023

•  Extended Summary Paper (Category 2)

All the very best

Gavin Kearney

Papers Chair

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Gavin Kearney

Professor of Audio Engineering

School of Physics, Engineering and Technology 

University of York, York, YO10 5DD 

Tel: +44 (0) 1904 32 2374

Web: https://audiolab.york.ac.uk/

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Fwd: Invitation:participate in survey study about musical autobiographical memories

We are looking for participants for a PhD study that is investigating the relationship between music and autobiographical memories. The study is a fun online survey that anyone (18+) can participate in. It takes around 30 minutes to complete and involves listening to short clips of popular songs over the years, and reporting on memories you may have associated with those songs.

Here is the link to the survey: https://goldpsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b7qg08hDEkrHx5Q

By participating, you can enter to win one of 3 £20 cash vouchers that will be distributed when data collection is completed. Additionally, I am designing a computational arts/data visualisation project that will create unique abstracted visuals based on details of reported memories which will be live in the near future.

The study has been approved by the by the Goldsmiths Psychology Department Ethics committee. Feel free to share the survey with anyone who may be interested. If any questions or concerns contact me at s.nawaz@gold.ac.uk.

Safiyyah Nawaz
PhD Student, Psychology Goldsmiths University of London