Abstracts for Reproduced Sound Submitted

The programme for the Institute of Acoustics Reproduced Sound conference is now available. The conference will be held in Manchester and will last 3 days during which Dr Luis Gomez will give his Peter Barnett Award lecture, entitled "Electro-acoustic design og voice alarm systems for underground stations", plus Lornezo Morales will give a paper entitled, "The importance of the speech spectrum on the STI calculations".  All wrapped round with a visit to MediaCity!

First Joint Masters Student Graduates

On the 26th September 2013 our first joint Masters student, Daniela Falzone, graduated from Politecnico di Torino. Daniela's thesis was entitled, "Influence of acoustics on vocal performance of lyric singers". The thesis was scored 104/110. So you can give 110% in Italy!

New Acoustics Students for 2013/14

On the 26th September 2013 the new recruits on the MSc and IOA Diploma course were welcomed to London South Bank University. Great to see so many happy faces!!

Visualising Sound at the Royal Academy of Music

Over the summer the Acoustics Group's long staying links with the Royal Academy of Music were put to good use with the help of Campbell Associates. A full orchestra rehearsal was used to  visualise music as performed in the Dukes Hall. The Norsonic acoustic camera was used to demonstrate how each instrument during the performance could be individually heard!

Acoustics Group at Internoise Innsbruck

The Acoustics Group were in Austria this week with Professor Bridget Shield and Nick Durup both presenting papers. The Internoise 2013 conference was held in the capital of the Tyrol region and included a wide range of acoustic topics.

Audiometry for the Royal Academy of Music

For the 7th year, the Acoustics Group is undertaking health surveillance for the Royal Academy of Music. The audiometric screening of 320 students should take most of September. Above you see Doc's Proplugs being modelled, useful for a night out in London!

Seminars to the Royal Academy of Music

On the 11th and 12th September 2013 Dr Stephen Dance gave his 7th annual series of seminars to the students of the Royal Academy of Music. The series was entitled, "Musicians hearing and the sound of performance". Lots of Q&A and interest in future developments!

Lecture at ISVR on Architectural Acoustics

On the 13th September 2013 for the 20th year Dr Stephen Dance gave his annual lecture at ISVR, Southampton University. The participates of the Advanced Course Course on Noise Control listened to a presentation on Sound Propagation in Non-diffuse Enclosures.