We are hosting a series of public events celebrating the culmination of the Understanding Audiences for the Contemporary Arts study. You are warmly invited to attend, so please do save the date! UACA was set up under the umbrella of the Sheffield Performer and Audience Research Centre at the University of Sheffield, …
The SPARC team is excited to announce the release of the Understanding Audiences for the Contemporary Arts Handbook, designed as an introduction to the main findings of the Understanding Audiences for the Contemporary Arts (UACA) project. A series of forthcoming publications will dig into the data in more detail. You …
Just published! Check out the new Cultural Trends article from @SPARCsheffield‘s finest, @SarahMPrice1 & Stephanie Pitts – “Spontaneity and planning in arts attendance: insights from qualitative interviews and the Audience Finder database” tinyurl.com/y4vr4ave
Please save the following date in your diaries: 3-5 July 2019, Sheffield University – Sheffield Performer and Audience Research Centre (SPARC) conference
Our SPARC colleague and Music Psychology lecturer, Dr Michael Bonshor, ha sjust published his new book on building confidence in choirs! The Confident Choir: A Handbook for Leaders of Group Singing’ is a practical guide, provideingconductors and scholars with transformative advice for building confidence in choirs. Congratulations, Michael! You can find …
Calling all audience researchers! The AHRC-funded project “Modern Fairies and Loathly Ladies” is looking for a vibrant researcher to join the team. The Research Associate role is 2 days a week, based at the University of Sheffield Music Department, beginning 1st February 2018 to 31st August 2019. This role will involve working …
The AHRC-funded project ‘Understanding audiences for the contemporary arts’ is now recruiting a post-doctoral research associate, for a 30 month full-time position starting on 1st May 2017. Details of the post are available at sheffield.ac.uk/jobs and full details of the project and reports on its pilot stage can be found …
Long-time friends of SPARC, the ‘Understanding Audiences’ team at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, are advertising a funded PhD project in partnership with the Barbican, with an application deadline of March 28th 2016. The project will focus in the area of understanding audiences and investigate concepts of ‘audience …
We are holding a RMA Study Day on Monday 16th November, entitled Listening to the Listener: Contemporary Perceptions of Classical Music. Research students, academics and practitioners are warmly invited to contribute to the day. Submit proposals up to 250 words for 20 minute papers (followed by 10 minutes for discussion). …
Many thanks to all those who attended and presented at our one day symposium on ‘Understanding audiences for the contemporary arts’, which included a report of our collaboration with Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, invited talks from Philip Thomas (University of Huddersfield) and Kealy Cozens (Sound and Music), as well as …