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humanities
Professor Simon EmmersonDepartment of Performance & Digital ArtsProfessor of Music, Technology and Innovation Contact details:
In November 2004 Simon Emmerson joined DMU as Professor in Music, Technology and Innovation from City University, London. He will be contributing to the development of research in MTI as well as to several undergraduate modules including leading Contemporary Composition and Aesthetics. Recent music commissions include works for the Smith Quartet, Inok Paek (kayagum), Philip Sheppard (electric cello) and Philip Mead (piano) with the Royal Northern College of Music Brass Quintet, also purely electroacoustic pieces for the IMEB (Bourges) and the GRM (Paris). His works are available on the Continuum, Emanem, Mnemosyne (France) and Isidorart (Canada) labels. He contributed to and edited The Language of Electroacoustic Music (Macmillan, 1986 - still in print), Music, Electronic Media and Culture (Ashgate, 2000) and is a contributor to journals such as Contemporary Music Review and Journal of New Music Research. He served on the Board of Sonic Arts Network from its inception until 2004.
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