UACA team members, pilot project colleagues and wider University of Sheffield colleagues celebrated the official launch of UACA in style on Monday 3 July! Here we are outside the Humanities Research Institute: On the day, we were treated to a fantastic workshop on academic/cultural sector partnerships – ‘Making Partnerships Work’ …
Our project, Understanding Audiences for the Contemporary Arts (UACA) got its first public launch on 27 June, with our press release going live across the University of Sheffield website, as well as mainstream and industry media outlets. Read our press release HERE!
Sarah and Lucy have enjoyed presenting at the “Decoration of performance space: meaning and ideology” conference, which took place last week in Fondazione Cini, Venice. As well as exploring this beautiful city, Lucy and Sarah were able to take part in exciting discussions around the impact of venue on audiences …
Stephanie Pitts was part of a panel on ‘researching jazz’ at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival on Friday 29th April. Joining other researchers and jazz festival directors, she contributed to a day of sharing ideas across disciplines and contexts with a talk called ‘From first-timers to old-timers: audience experiences of live …
‘A mix of some really practical engagement for teachers and singers, and some deeply thought-provoking content for those with more scholarly interests’. The Music Department recently hosted an interactive choral research conference, organized by Dr Michael Bonshor, in collaboration with Professor Stephanie Pitts, SPARC, and the Institute of Musical Research. …
SPARC is hosting an exciting conference organised by Dr Michael Bonshor in his role as fellow of the Institute of Musical Research: Choral practice, performance and pedagogy: real world applications of choral research The conference will take place in the Department of Music, University of Sheffield on Friday 8th April …
Over 40 delegates attended a lively day of presentations and discussions at the RMA-sponsored ‘Listening to the Listener’ conference, organised by Sarah and Lucy as part of their doctoral studies. The keynote paper by John Sloboda and Karen Wise was a highlight, and last minute cancellations by speakers struck down …
Dr Michael Bonshor, who has recently joined SPARC in his role as IMR Research Fellow, is organising a conference on Friday 8th April 2016, with an emphasis on real world applications of choral research. Save the date in your diaries and come expecting to sing! The call for papers is open …
The SPARC team gave a panel presentation last weekend at the Listening Experience Database conference, held at the Royal College of Music. Amongst some fascinating papers about Samuel Pepys’ experience of music in the theatre, and a keynote from Prof Simon Frith on the sociology of listening, we presented on …
Registration is now open for our RMA Study Day on Monday 16th November, entitled Listening to the Listener: Contemporary Perceptions of Classical Music. Listening to the Listener Programme To purchase your ticket please visit our online shop here.