Creative Technologies From Analogue to AI
Our experts are leading the way in exploring musical technologies in history and practice, and innovating in the use of technology in musical research.
We’re publishing research and building collaborations on topics including:
- Notations, scores and visual representations
- Instruments and musical interfaces
- Machines, robotics and creative AI
- Sound recording and music production
- Augmented and virtual realities
- Digital tools and methods for research
We are taking the lead in the University’s Creative and Digital research, and we work closely with the School of Computer Science and its innovative Mixed Reality Lab.
Explore our innovative research
- The Digital Score - investigating the transformation of the music score through computational technologies.
- A Woman in the Machine - new insights into the life and work of female electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram.
- The Symphony Reimagined - an educational app that allows users to create their own arrangements of Beethoven’s symphonies.
- Dirty Electronics - live large-group electronic music and DIY electronics, pushing the boundaries between music, performance art, electronics, and graphic design.
Find out about more of our funded research projects.
Spotlight on: Musical robot for inclusive music making
Researchers at the University of Nottingham have developed a musical robot that can help musicians with disabilities to improvise and access instruments in a way that hasn’t previously been possible.
Our research community
Research in this area emerges from a vibrant community of staff, research students and partnerships.
- Able Orchestra
- Daphne Oram Trust
- MIM Brussels
- Mixed Reality Lab
- N-Mesh
- Orchestras Live
- Sinfonia Viva
- Yorkshire Sound Women Network
Join us
Our staff welcome initial enquiries about research supervision at both Master’s or PhD level, or about sponsorship for externally-funded postdoctoral positions.