The mission for The Centre for Music and Performance (CMP) is to promote the highest standards of artistry, technique and understanding in the practice of music of many cultural traditions.
The Centre is made up of a team of experts and musicologists from Birmingham Conservatoire and Birmingham School of Acting to conduct varied areas of research focusing on themes such as: -
- performance
- music and technology
- composition
- musicology
All four of the research themes were included in the successful RAE-2008 submission, which subsequently boosted funding in these areas and the allocation of a large EU award for the highly successful Music and Technology Integra 2 project. The first Integra project was a pan-European project with the development of software which provided a common, shared environment for composition and performance of music with live electronics. Led by Birmingham Conservatoire and part financed by Culture 2000, the seven-year European Union (EU) programme aims to preserve and enhance Europe's cultural heritage. The success of the project has since 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).
For more information on work within the Centre and other current projects, please contact: CMP-research@bcu.ac.uk.