PhD in CCT at UVA - application deadline 1/15 + Zoom Open House

[Matthew Burtner]

Greetings to all,

 Applications are being accepted for five-year fully funded PhD positions in Composition and Computer Technologies (CCT) at the University of Virginia to begin in fall of 2024.

 Deadline for applications: January 15, 2023

Apply at: https://applycentral.virginia.edu/apply/

The UVA Graduate School of Arts and Sciences’ competitive 5-year support PhD packages include monthly and summer stipends, full tuition, and health insurance for all admitted students (including for international students).

 UVA Music's CCT program emphasizes the integration of instrumental, electronic, and computer-based composition, considered as part of a diverse multimedia and interdisciplinary 21st Century field of art, design, and music.

 UVA Music faculty and staff collaborate to create a unique climate of creative and technical research. In addition to composing original works, students have opportunities to create their own new technologies and become involved with on-going CCT research groups. Current research involves multichannel digital audio composition, improvisation, motion capture , music for dance, installation, songwriting, new media opera, video game design, vocal and chamber music composition, visual music, ecoacoustics, and the creation of new interfaces for musical expression.

 Compositions by CCT composers are performed by visiting ensembles, faculty performers, and resident ensembles such as the New Music Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Mobile Interactive Computer Ensemble (MICE), and others. Recent visiting groups playing graduate student compositions include Loadbang, Meehan/Perkins, Dither, Da Capo Chamber Players, JACK Quartet, Talujon Percussion Quartet, and the Relache and Verge Ensembles. New music from CCT is also presented annually at the Digitalis and Technosonics Festivals. The Music Department brings many exciting scholars, technologists and artists to work with graduate students, and recently hosted SEAMUS 2020 and Co-hosted NIME 2018.

CCT Graduate Faculty include: 

JoVia Armstrong
Assistant Professor
https://www.joviaarmstrong.com 

Matthew Burtner
Eleanor Shea Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Music, Co-Director, Coastal Conservatory
https://www.matthewburtner.com

 A.D. Carson
Associate Professor of Hip Hop and the Global South
https://aydeethegreat.com

 Ted Coffey
Professor, Chair of the Department of Music
https://music.virginia.edu/people/profile/tcoffey

 Luke Dahl
Associate Professor of Music, and Electrical and Computer Engineering (by courtesy appointment)
https://music.virginia.edu/people/profile/ldahl

 Nicole Mitchell Gantt
Professor
https://www.nicolemitchell.com

 Leah Reid
Assistant Professor
https://www.leahreid.com  

Please share the attached brochure with your programs, students and colleagues. For questions about the program, prospective students are encouraged to contact me directly at mbur...@virginia.edu . Also, students interested in learning more about the program may join us for an Open House on December 4 from 2-4pm Eastern US Time (EST) via Zoom. Please contact me to RSVP and receive the meeting link.

Best wishes,
Matthew

 

Matthew Burtner
Eleanor Shea Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Music
Co-Director, Coastal Futures Conservatory
College of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia
http://www.matthewburtner.com/

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