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Biography
Dr. Rupert Till is Professor of Music in the Department of Music and Drama, having worked at the University of Huddersfield since 2002. He is also Associate Dean International in the School of Music, Humanities and Media, responsible for overseeing international development and recruitment. In addition he is Director of the Popular Music Studies Research Group.
He has research interests in popular music and sound archaeology. He is a member of the executive committee of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music UK and Ireland Branch. He directs Huddersfield activities within the European Music Archaeology Project, a large 5 year European Union Culture Programme funded project.
He previously worked at Bretton Hall University College, and studied composition with minimalist Gavin Bryars, Scratch Orchestra founder member Christopher Hobbs, sound artist Katharine Norman, and with George Nicholson. His PhD included film music, music for dance, ambient techno and electronica compositions. He continues to write electronica and music for screen, and is also an active performer, he plays piano, keyboards, guitar, bass, percussion and sings. He has appeared on TV and Radio, including BBC Breakfast, BBC News, the Sky at Night, Mystery Quest, BBC Radio 2, 4, 5, 6 and World Service, LBC, various international stations, and speaks regularly on BBC Radio Leeds and Sheffield on popular music subjects.
Research Expertise and Interests
- Electronic Dance Music and its culture
- Popular Music Composition
- Popular Music Performance
- Popular Music and Religion
- Stardom and Celebrity Culture
- Arhcaeoacoustics, Music Archaeology and Sound Archaeology
- Postmodern Composition and Performance
- Art of Record Production
Keywords
- Electronic Dance Music
- Popular Music Composition
- Popular Music Performance
- Popular Music and Religion
- Stardom
- Celebrity Culture
- Archaeoacoustics
- Music Archaeology
- Sound Archaeology
- Postmodern Composition
- Performance
- Art of Record Production
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Projects 2013 2014
- 1 Finished
Songs of the Caves: acoustics and prehistoric art in Cantabrian caves
Till, R., Fazenda, B. & Scarre, C.
1/02/13 → 31/03/14
Project: Research › Research Council - AHRC
Research Output 2010 2019
Sound Archaeology: A Study of the Acoustics of Three World Heritage Sites, Spanish Prehistoric Painted Caves, Stonehenge, and Paphos Theatre
Till, R., 9 Aug 2019, In : Acoustics. 1, 3, p. 661-692 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
World Heritage Site
archaeology
cave
acoustics
acoustic property
Apollo and Dionysus: Sounds From Classical Antiquity. European Music Archaeology Project Volume 5
Till, R., Conner, S., Brown, B., Armstrong, C., Sutkowska, O., Kenny, J., Willberg, J., Till, R., Till, R. & Lake, D., 2018Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
Apollo
Classical Antiquity
Dionysus
European music
Sound
Ambient Music
Till, R., 6 Apr 2017, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Popular Music. Partridge, C. & Moberg, M. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Bloomsbury Academic, (Bloomsbury Handbooks in Religion).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Music
Religion
Spirituality
Stillness
Chill
An archaeoacoustic study of the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum on Malta
Till, R., Feb 2017, In : Antiquity. 91, 355, p. 74-89 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Malta
acoustics
religious behavior
Acoustics
Cave acoustics in prehistory: Exploring the association of Palaeolithic visual motifs and acoustic response
Fazenda, B., Scarre, C., Till, R., Pasalodos, R. J., Rojo Guerra, M., Tejedor, C., Ontanon Peredo, R., Watson, A., Wyatt, S., García Benito, C., Drinkall, H. & Foulds, F., 2017, In : Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 142, 3, p. 1332-1349 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
caves
acoustics
acoustic measurement
reverberation
Spain
Activities 2014 2018
Sound Archaeology: Producing the Ancient Past
Rupert Till (Speaker)4 Sep 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Crosstown Traffic: Popular Music Theory and Practice
Rupert Till (Organiser), Toby Martin (Organiser), Jan-Peter Herbst (Organiser), Austin Moore (Organiser), Mark Mynett (Organiser), Lisa Colton (Organiser), Catherine Haworth (Organiser)3 Sep 2018 → 5 Sep 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Samsara Festival
Rupert Till (Participant)11 Aug 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
An Introduction to Archaeoacoustics
Rupert Till (Speaker)20 Jul 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Ambient @40
Rupert Till (Organiser)23 Feb 2018 → 24 Feb 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
Press / Media
1969: When the Beatles Broke Up and the Party had to Stop
27/12/18
1 item of media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Classical CDs Weekly: Handel, William Howard, Professor Chill
13/10/18
1 item of media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
How I Made A Record With 30,000-Year-Old Bone Flutes
27/09/18
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment