CfC: Practice Based PhD Students – 21st Century Music Practice Virtual Research Centre

As part of the new 21st Century Music Practice Virtual Research Centre which will launch later in the year we are also starting a podcast for music practice researchers and we want to feature a PhD student in each of the monthly episodes. We’re looking to be as inclusive and wide ranging as possible so you might be working in any musical practice (including the business and distribution side as well as ‘making’), in any musical style (including contemporary performance of historical repertoire) and in any part of the world (although to start with, the podcast will be in English - although we can try to supply language / translation support if needed).
What you would need to do:

  1. Produce a 20 minute video presenting your research in which at least half of the research element is best presented in either audio or visual content. Of course you can use language to provide context and nuance but we’re looking for presentations where the video and/or the music are key to making your research point. The video should establish a research problem or question and then address it in some way - either a proposed solution or some insights that shed further light on it.
  2. Participate in the podcast recording - we will produce short and long edits - where you and other participants will discuss each other’s work and other topics that emerge. The short edit will form part of a 20 minute audio podcast and there will be longer video edits of the discussion on the website.
  3. The website will host online discussions and Q&A about both your video presentation and the discussion in the podcast and you will be expected to ‘check in’ for a month or so after the episode and respond to questions and comments.
  4. You would also contribute a short list of either practice-based or text-based sources that you consider important to the context of your research so that we can provide links on the website.

How to Apply:
Email podcast[at]c21mp[dot]org with a 100 word bio - who you are, what and where you are studying - and a 200 word summary of what you propose to do in your video.

We look forward to hearing from you!
The C21MP Podcast Team