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Simon Emmerson is a Professor in Music, Technology & Innovation at De Montfort University's Leicester Media School. A composer and scholar with over 50 years of experience in electroacoustic music, he has worked extensively in live electronics, music analysis, and gender studies in sonic arts. His contributions include founding EMAS and serving on advisory boards for Sonic Arts Network, Sound and Music, and journals like Organised Sound and Journal of Sonic Studies.
- Education: BA in Natural Sciences and Education (Cambridge, 1972), PhD in Electronic Music (City University, 1982)
- External Roles: DAAD Edgard Varese Visiting Professor (Berlin, 2009-10), Silver Jubilee Visiting Professor (Perth, 2016)
His research focuses on electroacoustic music composition, live performance with electronics, and the relationship between technology and human perception. Recent projects examine crossadaptive processing, spatial sound design, and the evolution of electronic music terminology.
Key publications include The Language of Electroacoustic Music (1986), Living Electronic Music (2007), and The Routledge Research Companion to Electronic Music (2018). Awards span the Bourges Electroacoustic Prize (1985) and Arts Council Bursary (1987). He has served on editorial boards for Organised Sound, Radical Musicology, and Journal of Sonic Studies.
