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Professor Martin Clayton is a leading scholar in Ethnomusicology at Durham University's Department of Music. He holds a BA in Music/Hindi (SOAS, 1988) and a PhD in Ethnomusicology (SOAS, 1993). His work focuses on Hindustani classical music, rhythmic analysis, and embodied musical interaction. He has directed major research projects like the EU-funded EnTimeMent and AHRC-funded 'Interpersonal Entrainment in Music Performance.' Clayton is a Fellow of the British Academy (2020) and former editor of the British Journal of Ethnomusicology. His research explores cross-cultural musicology, computational analysis of performance, and rhythmic entrainment across global traditions.
- Education:
- Bachelor of Arts in Music and Hindi (SOAS, University of London, 1988)
- Doctor of Philosophy in Ethnomusicology (SOAS, University of London, 1993)
Research Interests: Clayton’s work bridges ethnomusicology with computational methods, focusing on rhythmic structures in Indian classical music, embodied performance practices, and cross-cultural musical interactions. His studies analyze gesture-sound relationships, temporal frameworks in rag performance, and the social dimensions of musical entrainment. Recent projects integrate machine learning and computer vision to classify ragas and analyze performer movements in ensemble contexts.
Publications Overview: His 15+ years of research span theoretical works (e.g., Time in Indian Music, 2000), edited volumes (e.g., Experience and Meaning in Music Performance, 2013), and interdisciplinary studies combining ethnography with computational analysis. Recent work emphasizes multimodal data collection to study synchronization in global music traditions, including Japanese gagaku and Indian khyal.
- Awards: British Academy Fellowship (2020), Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship
Advising & Grants: Supervised doctoral students focusing on Indian music, global guitar practices, and embodied music interaction. He led a £1.2M AHRC grant (2016–2018) on interpersonal entrainment and co-investigated projects on Khyal music and South Asian cultural networks.
Labs/Teams: Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams on projects like the Interpersonal Entrainment in Music Performance (IEMP) initiative, developing tools such as the movementsync R package for synchrony analysis. Active in global music research networks, including ESEM and the British Forum for Ethnomusicology.
