Staff from the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance participate in many programs for community and government organisations, NGOs and the music industry.
Our research themes
Curating New Music and New Audiences
Supporting the Music Industry and Technologies for Music
Sustaining Communities and Cultural Relations
Teaching and Learning for the Next Generation
The Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance enjoys formal links with major research universities in Asia, North America and Canada, the UK and Europe. These links foster internationally significant, collaborative research, and in some cases student exchanges and joint postgraduate supervision are possible.
With our partners, we have established eight networks that inspire new and innovative research. These partnerships provide an international community and research opportunities for our staff and postgraduate students. Our research networks and partnerships include some of leading universities in the world including:
Anglia Ruskin University
Aarhus University
Centre national de création musicale, Lyon
De Montfort University
Durham University
Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustic/Music, Paris
Hamburg Institute for Advanced Studies
Helsinki University of the Arts and Institute of Education
Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
National University of Music, Bucharest
Royal College of Music, London
Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI)
Université Paris 1 Panthéon–Sorbonne
University College London
University of Birmingham
University of Edinburgh
University of Huddersfield
University of Leeds
University of Liverpool
University of Surrey
University of Sussex
University of the West of England
Arizona State University
Columbia University
Concordia University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Saint Louis University
Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Montreal
University of California
University of San Diego, California
University of Washington
Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata
Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing
Education University of Hong Kong
Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Government of India