Centre for Music and Performance
Overview
The Centre for Music and Performance (CMP) brings together a team of experts and musicologists from Birmingham Conservatoire and Birmingham School of Acting to carry out research in the main areas of: -
- performance
- music and technology
- composition
- musicology
Outputs in all of these four areas were included in the successful RAE-2008 submission. Further to RAE-2008, research funding for these areas was boosted with the allocation of a large EU award for Music and Technology Integra 2. The first Integra project was a pan-European project where software was developed to create a common, shared environment for composition and performance of music with live electronics. The success of this project has meant a further £1.9 million investment for Integra 2 for a further three years. Research funding has also been awarded as a result of several smaller awards from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
The Centre’s mission is to promote the highest standards of artistry, technique and understanding in the practice of music of many cultural traditions.
CMP’s research projects include the lucrative Integra Project which is led by Birmingham Conservatoire in the UK and part financed by Culture 2000. The seven-year European Union (EU) programme aims to preserve and enhance Europe's cultural heritage.
For more information on work within the Centre and other current projects, please contact: CMP-research@bcu.ac.uk.