Two year AHRC Early Career Grant success for the Music Department

Dr Laura Leante has been awarded an AHRC Early Career Grant of over £168,000 for a two year project that will start in October 2009. The project, Reception of performance in North Indian classical music, will involve studying various ways in which performance is experienced by those who participate in it (including both musicians and listeners). The study of performance won't be limited to the artists and the music they make, but will be extended to elements which have often been considered as part of performance 'context' rather than performance per se - with particular emphasis on audience response and interpersonal dynamics.

This study will involve comparing music made in two distinct North Indian regions, and this will allow Dr Leante to determine how the reception of music performance relates to cultural background and context.

Dr Laura Leante and Prof Martin Clayton are co-organising the XXV European Seminar in Ethnomusicology (ESEM), which will be taking place in September 2009. For more information see: http://www.esem-music.eu/