from different departments across the University of Plymouth, including accomplished musicians who also hold PhDs in Music, Music Technology, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering and Bioinformatics. In addition to being interdisciplinary, ICCMR is a truly international centre, with staff, PhD students and post-doctoral researchers from all over the world.

ICCMR conducts research at the crossroads of music, technology and science. ICCMR believes that the relationship between the people who make music happen and computing technologies is pivotal for the future of the music industry. Computing technology is becoming increasingly ubiquitous in all aspects of music. Smart sound design and synthetic music pervades a wide range of creative practices, from avant-garde contemporary music to entertainment media for mass consumption. Computer technologies are having a profound impact on how music is studied, composed, performed, listened to, stored and distributed. For instance, software sound synthesis techniques offer musicians the possibility of creating bespoke digital musical instruments capable of producing an unprecedented range of novel sounds; and Artificial Intelligence techniques allow for the design of sophisticated composition methods that would have been impossible to conceive otherwise.

ICCMR contributes to the European Lifelong Learning Programme’s E-MoTion project with an impressive research activity of international significance, with over 100 peer reviewed research papers published within the last 5 years, books and music on CDs