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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. He has research interests in popular music and sound archaeology. He is Chair of the International Executive Committee of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, and a member of the Executive Committee of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music UK and Ireland Branch. He directed Huddersfield activities within the European Music Archaeology Project, a large 5 year European Union Culture Programme funded project (2013-18). He is Editor of the Cambridge University Press Elements in Popular Music series.
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.
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Research Expertise and Interests
- Electronic Dance Music and its culture
- Popular Music Composition
- Popular Music Performance
- Popular Music and Religion
- Stardom and Celebrity Culture
- Archaeoacoustics
- Music Archaeology
- Sound Archaeology
- Postmodern Composition and Performance
- Art of Record Production
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Projects
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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
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Ambient music
Till, R., 13 Jul 2023, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Popular Music. Partridge, C. & Moberg, M. (eds.). 2nd ed. London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 423-434 12 p. (Bloomsbury Handbooks).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Presenting Archaeoacoustics Results Using Multimedia and VR Technologies
Till, R., 22 Dec 2023, In: Open Archaeology. 9, 1, 25 p., 20220340.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Songs of the Caves: Klangwelten Archäologischer Stätten
Till, R., 25 Oct 2023, Archaeologie in Deutschland, 28, p. 64-69 6 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Sound Archaeology: An interdisciplinary perspective
Till, R., 1 Jul 2021, In: Chinese Music. 170, p. 94-102 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
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Pop Song: Composing Popular Music
Rupert Till (Speaker)
1 Nov 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Electric Sufi: Collaborative Syncretism and Post-Pandemic Production of Electronic Chillout and Ambient Music
Rupert Till (Speaker)
19 Oct 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Virtual Reality and Sound Archaeology
Rupert Till (Speaker)
27 Sep 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Virtual Reality and Sound Archaeology
Rupert Till (Speaker)
23 Oct 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Presenting archaeoacoustics results using multimedia and VR technologies
Rupert Till (Speaker)
21 Oct 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Press/Media
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1969: When the Beatles Broke Up and the Party had to Stop
27/12/18
1 item of Media coverage
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Classical CDs Weekly: Handel, William Howard, Professor Chill
13/10/18
1 item of Media coverage
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