Dr Dance presents at Inter-Noise 2016

During Inter-Noise 2016, Dr Stephen Dance of the Acoustics Group of London South Bank University presented his research on musician hearing. His paper was entitled, "Facing the Music: Helping classical musicians comply with the Control of Noise at Work Regulations". The audience were engaged asking many probing questions on the results of the research!

ICSV 24 to be held in London, July 2017

The International Congress of Sound And Vibration is coming to London, 23-27 July 2017. The conference will be held at the Crown Plaza at Waterloo Station. The Acoustics Group of London South Bank University are involved in the Musical Acoustics theme and in arranging local tours. We hope as many local delegates can come and enjoy next summer's main event!

New iPhone Microphone from Inter-Noise

This is the new Zheyiang ASV instruments iSV1600 1/4" omni-directional measurement microphone. During Inter-Noise 2016 in Hamburg Dr Stephen Dance purchase this $10 mic from the Hangzhou Aihua Instruments Company. The students will be testing it's performance - claimed to be 50 Hz - 10 kHz at +/- 2 dB.

Seminar to the ISVR Advanced Course

For the 20th time Dr Stephen Dance was invited down to ISVR, University of Southampton to give his annual lecture. This time it was to the Advanced Course on Noise Control Engineering teaching room acoustic simulation. ISVR were excellent hosts, looking after all their delegates and lecturers. We all hope that we can all do it again next year,

Bridget Shield presents to Nordic Conferences

Emerita Professor Bridget Shield presented her work at two Nordic specialist voice and acoustics conferences this autumn. Bridget presentation was entitled, "Open plan schools- the acoustic challenges" to the Society of Voice Ergonomics  and the Nordic Voice Ergonomics Group. This was a European lead events bring leading researchers together, allowing plans for future collaboration to be discussed.

 

Nick Durup PhD candidate presents in Helsinki

In September 2016 PhD candidate Nick Durup from the Acoustics Group of London South Bank University was invited to Helsinki for two specialist voice and acoustics conferences.

Nick presented his research on Voice Paramets and Acoustics in Schools at the 5th symposium of the Finnish Society of Voice Ergonomics held at the Biomedicum research and educational institution for medical sciences, as well as the meeting of the Nordic Voice Ergonomics Group held at the Scandic Simonkentta hotel. The events brought together many of the leading researchers in the field from across Europe to exchange ideas and plan future joint projects.This along with unseasonably warm weather in Finland made for a good conference for all!

 

Hearing Project gives each student earplugs

Through the long standing collaboration between the Acoustics Group and the Royal Academy of Music each new student will be given a pair of Happy Ear earplugs. The earplugs now come in three sizes : small, medium and large, and are designed specifically for musicians. Every student loves a freebie!

Acoustics Exchange Day at Sheffield University

On the 13th September Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina attended the Acoustics Exchange Day, a networking event organised by the Institute of Acoustics and Sheffield University.  Luis gave a brief overview of the past and current acoustic research at London South Bank University and suggested potential collaborations. He also took the opportunity to introduce the Acoustic courses and lab facilities at LSBU. Perhaps next Exchange day could take place at LSBU ! Watch this space

The 3000th Royal Academy of Music Hearing Test

The continuing Royal Academy of Music project has now reached the 3000th student tested. Since 2007 every Royal Academy of Music student has been given a hearing test at London South Bank University. We hope the project continues so that future follow up studies can be undertaken!

10th Royal Academy of MusicSeminar

On the 8th and 9th September 2016, Dr Stephen Dance gave his 10th address to the new students of the Royal Academy of Music. The seminar discussed Musicians' Hearing and the Sound of Performance. This year it was divided into four groups: Vocal and Keyboards, Music Theatre, Wind/Brass/Percussion/Jazz and Strings. Let's hope they learned something!