[Sursound] OT - New MA at the University of Birmingham

[Scott Wilson]

Hi All,

Apologies for making an off-topic post, but I wanted to make people aware of 
our new Music MA programme. We've spent a considerable amount of time 
developing it, and we feel that what we've come up with is arguably the most 
exciting masters programme in music in the UK. It's starting up at an opportune 
moment, coinciding with our moving into new facilities, the £16 million Bramall 
Music Building, which includes new studios, concert spaces designed for BEAST 
and electronic music, etc.

I should also mention that there are four fees scholarships available for study 
on this programme, two for home/EU applicants, and two for students from 
overseas. The application deadline for those is April 26th, and information on 
how to apply is available here: 
http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/calgs/scholarships/pgtfunding.aspx

Obviously, given the history of our place, we're very happy to have people 
interested in spatial audio. Details on relevant pathways are available below. 
If you have any questions please direct them to me, off-list, needless to say.

Best,

Scott
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Music MA



This MA is a flexible programme designed to cater for those with a wide range 
of interests and specialisms. It is conceived as a 'next step' after the 
undergraduate degree, either as a stepping stone to research, as a 
qualification for teaching in the FE sector or simply to satisfy a thirst for 
development.

While some modules are common to all pathways others cater more directly to 
your interests in musicology, performance or composition. You are encouraged to 
design your own path through the programme in consultation with the convenor. 
Where appropriate to your research interests, this can include modules from 
outside music, such as language study or ethnography. You will complete the 
course with a dissertation, recital, or composition portfolio.


Composition and Open Pathways:

 Mixed Composition
 Electroacoustic Composition/Sonic Art
 Instrumental/Vocal Composition
 Open Pathway without Performance
 Open Pathway with Performance
http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/students/courses/postgraduate/taught/music/music.aspx




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Dr. Scott Wilson
Senior Lecturer in Music (Composition and Live Electroacoustic Music)
Head of Postgraduate Studies, Research
School of Languages, Cultures, Art History, and Music
University of Birmingham

+44 (0)121 414 5767

Music Department
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham  B15 2TT
United Kingdom

Home: http://scottwilson.ca
Music Dept: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/music
BEAST: http://www. birmingham.ac.uk/beast
BEASTmulch: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/BEAST/research/mulch.aspx
COMPASS: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/compass


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Re: [Sursound] OT: Spatial music

[Newmedia]

Stefan/Robert/et al:
 
 Right on! Apple clearly wants to take over the world.

Not quite.  Apple is in fact very pleased to be a *minority*  market-share 
holder -- as it is in everything except iTunes and iPads (for the  moment) 
-- just as long as it gets UNNATURAL margins from its  products.
 
As perhaps the only ex-Wall Street analyst on this list, I can tell you  
that Apple's success has been founded on two principles 1) get your  
semiconductors at below market prices (to drive up gross margins, at the  
expense 
of all the other non-fab semi-conductor buyers) and 2) keep the system  
closed (so that the minority in the market who prize this end-to-end 
engineering  
will be happy *plus* to ensure that you have no direct competitors.)
 
And, it's worked pretty well . . . however, they will inevitably run out of 
 CHEAP-chip string.
 
In particular, IBM, Motorola, Intel and Samsung (i.e. the world's largest 
 semiconductor shops) have all gotten over having Apple as a 
semiconductor  customer.  
 
Btw, Apple's shift from Power to the Intel architecture was a direct  
result of IBM and Motorola refusing to subsidize Apple anymore, whereas (for 
a  
while) Intel was willing.
 
Then (for a while) Samsung was willing . . . now Hynix and others?
 
For what it is worth (which could be a lot, if you like to gamble shorting  
AAPL), gross margins at Apple cannot remain so far outside the industry 
norm  forever and at the first sign of declines, the stock will fall and never 
again  regain its lofty valuation.
 
Or so I used to tell my hedge-fund clients . . . g
 
Mark Stahlman
Brooklyn NY
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