Research centres

Three research centres/units hosted by the Department of Music foster collaborative research with partners internal and external to the university. They contribute to the lively research culture of the department through the regular organisation of events and meetings, by attracting research funding, hosting research visitors and creating research opportunities at UG, PG and postdoctoral level.
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Music Mind Machine

Music Mind Machine in Sheffield brings together people from different disciplines in particular music, psychology and computer science to investigate music perception and cognition. Research projects include emotional responses to music, expressive performance of music, and multimodal experiences of music.

Music Mind Machine

Music students

Music and Wellbeing

The Music and Wellbeing research unit investigates ways in which music may impact on extraordinary and everyday wellbeing challenges. Ongoing research projects include the study of live music in residential care, the tracking of wellbeing measures in training musicians, and the use of music to assist troubled sleep.

Music and Wellbeing

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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. CeNMaS is the focus for the large number of concerts, visiting lectures, residencies, symposia and festivals taking place at Sheffield throughout the academic calendar, including those hosted by the University of Sheffield Sound Studios (USSS), the Sheffield University New Music Ensemble and the Sound Laboratory Concerts Series. Visit the CeNMaS website to view past and future events and to connect with us on social media.

CeNMaS

Sheffield Performer Audience and Research Centre

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. Recent research projects concern audience experiences of contemporary arts and music, reasons for continuing and ceasing musical participation, and attracting new audiences for classical music.

SPARC