Acoustics and Music of British Prehistory Research Cluster
Second Symposium – Birley Room, Hatfield College, University of Durham
Wednesday 2nd September 2009
Directions can be found at:
http://www.dur.ac.uk/hatfield.college/directions/
10.00am Arrive coffee/tea
10.30am Keynote speaker – Steven Waller – Rock Art and Archaeoacoustics
11.00am Advantages and disadvantages of acoustic measurement and
modelling approaches by Damian Murphy, Audiolab, University of York
11.30 Introduction to best practice and methodology
12.00 Methodology discussion in 3 interdisciplinary groups
1.00pm Lunch (provided)
1.30pm Informal demonstration of various prehistoric instrument models by Simon
Wyatt and Graeme Lawson
2.00pm Multimedia artwork presentation by Aaron Watson and John Crewdson
2.30pm Reports from discussions
3.00pm Discussion of Future Plans
4pm end
Expenses forms are available for travel and other reasonable expenses, all those attending can claim reasonable travel expenses, as long as you provide receipts/invoice and/or mileage details.
Attendance and lunch are free of charge.
To reserve a place please contact Rupert Till: R.Till@hud.ac.uk
Acoustics and Music of British Prehistory Research Network First Symposium
Friday 19th June 2009, University of Cambridge
Pippard Lecture theatre, Cavendish Laboratory
J. J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE
The network will have its first public open event on 19th June. Registration and attendance is open to all, students, researchers. academics, heritage professionals and of course the general public. Please contact r.till@hud.ac.uk to confirm your attendance and let us know you are coming. We will be hearing from a number of experts in the field, as well as giving plenty of time to discussion. We will in particular be looking at what the main research questions might be in relation to the study of the acoustics and music of British prehistory.
Directions at http://www.phy.cam.ac.uk/contact/directions.php
Those arriving by car can park on Clerk Maxwell Road and walk to the main
building, or they can use the Madingley Road Park & Ride. The #4 bus from
the park & ride stops directly in front of the Cavendish. Unfortunately
on-site parking will not be available.
Timetable:
1oam Arrival and Coffee
10:30 Presentations by
Ian Cross – Lithophonics in Prehistory, University of Cambridge
Aaron Watson – Multimedia monuments: exploring sound and vision in prehistory
Paul Devereux – Natural Sound Behaviour in Archaeological Contexts
Graeme Lawson – Evidenced Acoustical Behaviours and Acoustical Space: Re-integrating Sound-tools and Landscapes in Ancient Acoustics
Seb Jouan – Arup Acoustics Glasgow
Gry Baelum Nielsen – Odeon Software and Acoustics of Roman Theatres and Odea
Sarah May – English Heritage – Reverence and a Noisy Experiment at Silbury Hill
12.45 – 1.45 Lunch
1.45 – Arnd Adje Both – Chair of the ICTM Study Group for Music Archaeology
Research Questions in the Acoustics and Music of Prehistory: A Synthesis.
2.30 – Research Question Discussion
3.30 – 4.30 Round Table Discussion
4.30 Finish
Acoustics and Music of British Prehistory Research Network Second Symposium
Wednesday 2nd September 2009, University of Durham
Topic: Methodologies
Further details to be announced
Third conference of the ICTM Study Group for Music Archaeology and Twelfth conference of the Research Center for Music Iconography, City University of New York, The Graduate Center
New York, 23–25 September 2009
I Hear Too: Improving Heritage Experience Through Acoustic Reality and Audio Research [Science and Heritage Research Network
Virtual/Augmented Acoustic Acoustic Auralisation; Arup/DDS Soundlab; Glasgow
Wednesday 23rd September 2009
The 7th Conference of the International Study Group on Music Archaeology
Monday 20th – Saturday 25th September 2010, Tianjin Conservatory of Music, Tianjin, China
Acoustics and Music of British Prehistory Research Network 
May 17, 2010 at 3:35 am
Great posting. Looking forward to seeing you write a lot more about this subject.