USSS Resident 2013

The University of Sheffield Sound Studios is proud to offer an annual composer residency. What we offer is simple: Access to our studios for a period of up to three weeks during August. Please contact Adrian Moore and Adam Stansbie if you are interested in a residency.

We are delighted to announce the 2013 Resident is Rob Bentall.

Rob Bentall (b. 1989) is an electroacoustic composer based in Northern Ireland, where he is working towards a PhD in Composition at the Sonic Arts Research Centre at Queen’s University, Belfast. Rob’s current research focuses on gesture a musical parameter in the acousmatic medium, and is supervised by Dr. Paul Wilson and Dr. Simon Mawhinney. Rob gained a MusB (Hons.) from the University of Manchester, graduating in 2010 with the P.J. Leonard Prize for electroacoustic composition. He subsequently completed an MMus at the University of Sheffield, supervised by Dr. Adrian Moore and supported by a Julian Payne Postgraduate Scholarship. In 2012, Rob undertook a 3-month residency at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro where he worked with Prof. Rodrigo Velloso and was sponsored by the Santander Mobility Awards. Since his arrival in Belfast, Rob has founded a concert series called Sound in Motion, in order to disseminate acousmatic music in the region. This year, Rob is undertaking a residency in July at the EMS, Stockholm and is a finalist for the Franz Liszt Composition Prize in Weimar, where he will present a concert of his music and participate in workshops with Francis Dhomont. Outside of composing, Rob is also a double bass player, currently performing as part of free-improvising 15-piece ensemble QUBe and enjoys the odd game of table tennis.

Contact: robbentall@me.com
+447539215733