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21 July 2023

Octagon Records - New music label launched by students

Students from the Department of Music have created a grassroot record label to help showcase the talent from across the University of Sheffield community.

7 July 2023

Self Esteem singer Rebecca Lucy Taylor to be awarded honorary degree from University of Sheffield

Chart-topping Rebecca Lucy Taylor, better known by her stage name Self Esteem, will be made an honorary Doctor of Music at the University of Sheffield today (Monday 17 July 2023).

An image showing part of the region of Mercury covered by the ESA flyover sequence, reconstructed as a 3D anaglyph

3 July 2023

AMI used to create music for new ESA Mercury flyby soundtrack

MIMA collaborator ILĀ has used the University of Sheffield's AI music generation tool in their new composition for the European Space Agency

23 June 2023

Transvocality: Voice banking and song making

Professor Nicola Dibben from the Department of Music, with colleagues from Computer Science, and collaborators Coda Nicolaeff, Ilā Kamalgharan and Trans Voices, share their project Transvocality for Pride Month 2023.

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