Great showing from our lab at SysMus_Conf #SysMus23 in Sheffield! Congrats especially to Aliya Edwards and Nashra Ahmad on their presentations!

Pleased to share Volume 6 of Durham Undergraduate Research in Music & Science is out today! Check out the impressive research our UG students have been doing, from reverb manipulations and Spotify API features to a study run in Durham Cathedral! musicscience.net/durms/volume-6/

Congrats to Chara Steliou for publishing the results of her first PhD study in Music & Science! Surveying a range of strategies piano teachers use to teach memorisation to children and adolescents, and how teachers conceptualise memorisation more broadly: doi.org/10.1177/205920…

Looking for just a few more participants for a fun study tomorrow, in which you get to interact with lovely music and art via a mixed reality headset. Only takes 20 minutes and you get a free augmented reality app (which normally costs 12.99!) To sign up: signupgenius.com/go/5080F45AFAF…

Our #PhD student, Connor Kirts, writes about recent experiences and insights gained from a research visit to the Music, Mind, Body and Brain University of Jyväskylä in a new blog post on our website MusicScienceDurham Music Department at Durham University, UK #musicscience #Durham #phdlife musicscience.net/2024/03/22/dur…

🎉 We are extremely happy to announce our second keynote speaker: Professor Tuomas Eerola! You can read more about Professor Tuomas Eerola and his fascinating work from our website: jyu.fi/en/events/sysm…

Looking back on #sysmus24 held @CoEMMBB in the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Tuomas Eerola gave a keynote talk about the health of the field and both Connor and Nashra delved into their ongoing PhD work. Looking forward to attend #sysmus25 UniOslo_RITMO in Oslo, Norway!!!

Congratulations to our most recent graduate, Thomas Graves!! We all are looking forward to see what you accomplish next!! Huge congrats to all of those who graduated from Music Department at Durham University, UK and Durham University today!!

Throwback to #MET24 conference at the University of Hull, where our PhD candidates Nashra Ahmad and Connor Kirts presented their papers. Nashra is studying perception of North-Indian rhythms, while Connor is developing psychometric tools to measure emotional episodes in music.

Connor Kirts from MusicScienceDurham: how do we measure musical emotions in context? ESCOM12

Successful Day 2 at ESCOM12 yesterday! Our lab members Nashra Ahmad, Hazel, and PI Kelly Jakubowski delivered outstanding presentation and posters. Our former lab member and master's student Aliyah Ramatally also presented her poster. #escom12 #musicandscience.

#Escom12 wrapped up on a high note! Our lab shined brightly this year with great participation. The final day featured an insightful presentation by Tuomas Eerola and a poster by Katie LaRue. A huge shoutout to the entire ESCOM12 team for organizing such a successful event! 👏

Group members and alum of MusicScienceDurham hanging out by a mountain, getting geared up for #smpc2024