Music research Research excellence sits at the heart of everything we do, and the key to our world-leading work is our vibrant community of diverse and internationally acclaimed academics and students. You are here Home School of Languages, Arts and Societies Research Music research Research themes Composition Ethnomusicology Musicology Music Technology Performance Psychology of Music Research centres and project teams Centre for New Music at Sheffield (CeNMaS) The Centre for New Music at Sheffield (CeNMaS) aims to foster connections among composers, performers and audiences in Sheffield and beyond, and is the focus for the large number of concerts, visiting lectures, residencies, symposia and festivals. Sheffield Performance and Audience Research Centre (SPARC) Sheffield Performance and Audience Research Centre (SPARC) collaborates with arts organisations and venues to investigate audience experiences of live music. Muses Mind Machine Muses Mind Machine research centre offers a platform for researchers and students to investigate experiences of the arts from an interdisciplinary perspective, combining theories and methods from music, literature, psychology, social sciences and computational sciences. Contemporary Folklore Research Centre The Contemporary Folklore Research Centre promotes research into vernacular and artistic expressions of cultural and community identities and practices. Access Folk Led by academic and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, Fay Hield, Access folk aims to co-produce research to explore ways to increase and diversify participation in English folk singing. MIMA: Machine Intelligence for Musical Audio MIMA is a cross-disciplinary research team applying machine learning methods to the generation and interpretation of music. Research community Seminars Conferences Visiting scholars and fellowships
