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Research at the Department of Music, Drama and Performance

At the Department of Music, Drama and Performance, our staff conduct research and provide PhD supervision in a variety of areas including Musicology, Composition, Performance and Health and Well-Being. Within these broad designations, we have key strengths in:

  • Early Music;
  • 20th and 21st century Music;
  • Music and Literature (especially Shakespeare, from early modern to twentieth century);
  • Music pedagogy;
  • Historical Performance Pedagogy:
  • Repertoire Studies;
  • Popular Music;
  • Music Editing;
  • Welsh Music;
  • Acousmatic and Electroacoustic Composition;
  • Sonic Arts;
  • Contemporary Performance (including Interactive Performance with Electronics)
  • Theatre Directing
  • Dramaturgy

Most staff members are active in more than one field and often engage with research projects with colleagues working in other disciplines. 

Main Research Areas

Find out more about the research and PhD supervision that our staff conduct in these main areas. 

Find out more about the research and PhD supervision that our staff conduct in these main areas. 

Close-up of a violin being played

Musicology
Music score

Composition
two people looking at sheets of paper directing whilst another is filming behind them

Performance
Student on laptop wearing headphones

Health and Well-being

Research forum and seminars

Our thriving research culture of interdisciplinarity and collaboration extends to our research postgraduates, who are closely involved in the activities of the respective areas, presenting or publishing papers and collaborating with research projects.