PhD student research topics
Our PhD students are part of a thriving research community, participating in seminars and workshops to support their research and developing advanced, transferable skills. These attributes help our graduates succeed both within and beyond the course.
Music Technology and Composition
Alex Barker - atbarker1@sheffield.ac.uk In search of a musical language: Exploring the Tone Clock as an organising principle for the exploration of chromatic substructures, and their interaction with each other, and other continuities. Supervisors: Dr Dorothy Ker, Professor Simon Keefe |
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Mario C谩ceres - micaceres1@sheffield.ac.uk The electroacoustic song: Hybridisation of electroacoustic and popular music Supervisors: Dr Adam Stanovic, Professor Adrian Moore |
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Lorenzo Prati - lprati1@sheffield.ac.uk Melting Buildings: reimagining architectural structures as musical systems Supervisors: Professor Dorothy Ker, Dr David Buck, Professor Adrian Moore |
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Thomas Stearn - tfstearn1@sheffield.ac.uk Exploring word painting in choral music through harmonic exploration: evoking emotion through assimilating music psychology research in composition Supervisors: Professor Dorothy Ker, Professor Simon Keefe |
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Evelyn Stroobach - estroobach1@sheffield.ac.uk Holocaust - Remembrance: A multi-movement work for orchestra and SATB chorus Supervisors: Professor Dorothy Ker, Professor Adrian Moore |
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James Thomas - jthomas6@sheffield.ac.uk Exploring approaches to temporal multiplicity through a portfolio of instrumental compositions Supervisors: Professor Dorothy Ker, Dr Amir Konjani |
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Konstantinos Vlachos - kvlachos1@sheffield.ac.uk The Use of Space in the Performance of Live Instrumental Music Supervisors: Professor Dorothy Ker, Professor Adrian Moore |
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Ethnomusicology
Nicola Beazley - nbeazley1@sheffield.ac.uk Interplays of tradition and acceptance in creative practices in contemporary, professional English folk tunes. Supervisors: Dr Fay Hield, Dr Andrew Killick |
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Saydyko Fedorova South - s.f.south@sheffield.ac.uk The Sakha Khomus (Jew鈥檚 Harp) in the Past, Present & Future: Music, Identity and Resurgence Supervisors: Dr Andrew Killick, Professor Simon Keegan-Phipps |
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Helen Gubbins - hgubbins1@sheffield.ac.uk The mediation of Irish traditional music in Irish public broadcasting radio, 1970-1994 Supervisors: Dr Simon Keegan-Phipps, Dr Andrew Killick |
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Tim Knowles - tknowles1@sheffield.ac.uk Participation and Individuality at Sheffield's Public Participatory Music Events Supervisors: Dr Simon Keegan-Phipps, Dr Andrew Killick |
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Michael Walsh - mpwalsh1@sheffield.ac.uk A celtic or national aesthetic? Flute playing in the contemporary Asturian Folk Scene. Supervisors: Dr Simon Keegan-Phipps, Dr Fay Hield |
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Anqi Wang - awang17@sheffield.ac.uk A 麻豆直播app on Organology: The 鈥淕ender Attribution鈥 of the Development and Evolution of Ethnic groups' Jew's Harps in China Supervisors: Dr Andrew Killick, Dr Fay Hield |
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Liz Sheppard - elsheppard1@sheffield.ac.uk Depictions of Disability in English Folk Song: Reflections of History? Supervisors: Prof Fay Hield, Prof Tim Shephard |
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Musicology
James M Anderson - jmanderson2@sheffield.ac.uk Music and Manuscript Circulation in Mozart鈥檚 Vienna (1780鈥92): Aspects of Chronology and Commercial Distribution Supervisors: Professor Simon Keefe, Professor Dominic Broomfield-McHugh |
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Oliver Doyle - ojdoyle1@sheffield.ac.uk Beyond the Courtier: Music and Lifestyle in Italy 1480-1530 Supervisors: Professor Tim Shephard, Dr Erin Maglaque |
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Jiaoyang Ji - jji12@sheffield.ac.uk China鈥檚 Adoption of the West鈥檚 Classical Music Tradition: The Receptions of Mozart, 1900-1976 Supervisor: Professor Simon Keefe |
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Yiyun Liu - yliu187@sheffield.ac.uk George Frideric Handel and the consciousness of classics musical taste in eighteenth-century England Supervisors: Professor Simon Keefe, Professor Tim Shephard |
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Ciara O'Flaherty - caoflaherty1@sheffield.ac.uk Sounding the Bookshelf 1501: Prose Verse and Narrative Supervisors: Dr Tim Shephard, Dr Erin Maglaque |
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Performance
Xinyi Liang - xliang14@sheffield.ac.uk Piano Transcriptions of Chinese Traditional Music from the Cultural Revolution Period Supervisors: Dr Andrew Killick, Professor Simon Keefe |
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Danqing Wu - dwu27@sheffield.ac.uk Cello Repertoire and Performance Practice in Modena under Francesco II d鈥橢ste Supervisors: Dr Tim Shephard, Dr Sarah K Watts |
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Psychology of Music
Hongjuan Zhu - hzhu32@sheffield.ac.uk
A Cross-Cultural Exploration of Parental Attitudes Towards Children's Musical Instrument Learning: Impact on Children's Music Learning Motivation
Supervisors: Professor Stephanie E Pitts, Dr Sarah K Watts
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Emily Cooper - ecooper7@sheffield.ac.uk
Are you a singer? Facilitating the use of voice for people with respiratory conditions through singing and choir participation. Supervisors: Professor Renee Timmers, Dr Michael Bonshor |
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Rory Kirk - rjdkirk1@sheffield.ac.uk A musical bio-feedback loop to facilitate sleep Supervisors: Professor Renee Timmers, Professor George Panoutsos, Dr Maan van de Werken |
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Marco Morbidelli - mmorbidelli1@sheffield.ac.uk The experience of authenticity and the integration of skills in the training of the musical theatre performer. Supervisors: Professor Renee Timmers, Dr Carmen Levick |
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Kexin Qi - kqi1@sheffield.ac.uk Uses of visual imagery in music performance Supervisors: Professor Renee Timmers, Professor Stephanie Pitts |
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Emma Risley - emrisley1@sheffield.ac.uk Eight shows a week: investigating the psychological and physical impacts of participation in musical theatre Supervisors: Professor Stephanie Pitts, Professor Dominic Broomfield-McHugh |
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Thomas Jacob Spurgin - tjspurgin1@sheffield.ac.uk The 'crisis' in classical music: exploring alternatives in audience development Supervisors: Professor Stephanie Pitts, Professor Karen Burland, Adam Szabo |
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Jonathan (Jaytee) Tang - jwltang1@sheffield.ac.uk The Role of Self-Construal in Affective Experiences with Music Supervisors: Professor Nicola Dibben, Professor Renee Timmers |
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Persefoni Tzanaki - ptzanaki1@sheffield.ac.uk Empathy and interpersonal synchronisation as reciprocal processes in interactions between musical novices. Supervisors: Professor Renee Timmers, Professor Nikki Dibben, Dr Jenni MacRitchie |
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Kate Wareham - kwareham1@sheffield.ac.uk Music listening and its mediation of social interaction amongst emerging adults in non-traditional environments Supervisors: Professor Nicola Dibben, Professor Helen Kennedy |
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