Designing meaningful audio for interactive applications such as video games or sonic user interfaces, presents designers with several challenges. One challenge is the fact that the perception of musical meaning involves cultural or learned aspects when it comes to tonality (Huron, 2006; Patel, 2008). …

In this report the specific conditions for success in organising electronic dance music events were conducted and analysed. The Dutch event industry is currently being over-extended with events, such as musical festivals. Many organisations are having problems with the high level of competition and the …

Professoral inauguration speech, 25-06-2014

This essay is published for the occasion of the inauguration of Evert Bisschop Boele on June 25, 2014 as professor ‘New Audiences’ of the research group Lifelong Learning in Music, Centre of Applied Research and Innovation Art & Society/Prince Claus Conservatoire, Hanze University of Applied Sciences …

De beroepspraktijk van de musicus is net als de maatschappij aan verandering onderhevig. Orkesten, koren, operagezelschappen en gesubsidieerde muziekscholen worden uitgedund of opgeheven. Musici zullen als zelfstandig ondernemer een plek in de markt moeten veroveren. Alleen goed kunnen spelen of zingen …

This study focuses on the uses and functions of music in the life of individuals in the province of Groningen at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The study is an ethnomusicological study representing the sub-discipline of ethnomusicology-at-home. It uses Andreas Reckwitz’ formulation of practice …

The research has been planned to give support to the interpreter who desires to start a personal research about Sequenza XI, focusing on rhetorical features as means for its interpretation. The thesis is aimed to provide a method for both the performer who approaches the work and he who already knows …

This report examines the opportunities for the European Musical Instruments Guild (EMIG) to enter the market. The central question is made after consultation with the assignment provider and founder of EMIG, Dmitry Badiarov. The central question is as follows: "What are the possibilities for EMIG to …

Untrained listeners demonstrate implicit knowledge of syntactic patterns and principles. Untrained generative music ability, for example singing, humming, and whistling, is a largely unconscious or intuitive application of these patterns and principles. From the viewpoint of embodied cognition, listening …

Vormen van dans als thuiskunst Ruim driekwart van de leerlingen beoefent thuis een vorm van Urban dance; in hun eigen woorden - streetdance, breakdance of hiphop. Jongens hebben voorkeur voor breakdance, meisjes voor streetdance/hip hop. Net zoveel leerlingen vertelt internet te gebruiken als inspiratiebron. …