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    • The electroacoustic building
    • Studio One - 32 channel surround
    • Studio Two - Sheila Beckles Studio
    • Studio Three - 10.2 surround
  • Research

    Themes and activities

    Projects

    • Keep•It•Human
    • Virtuoso
    • Game Audio
    • Locative Audio
    • dutch-UK Network
    • Tornado Project
    • Sines and Squares
    • Sonic Maps
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    • Audio recordings
    • Video recordings

    MANTIS Festival

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    • Postgraduate community
    • Associate artists, engineers and ensembles

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NOVARS

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NOVARS research centre

Innovation in sound, space and interactive art.

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Research

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Projects

View research projects and networks including Game Audio, Locative Audio and Sonic Maps.

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MANTIS Festival

Manchester Theatre in Sound presents compositions and performances enhanced by the use of new technology and digital media.

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Facilities

We boast state-of-the-art facilities for composition and performance including award-winning electroacoustic composition studios.

Study

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Courses

View undergraduate opportunities and specialist postgraduate courses.

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Why study here?

NOVARS is a centre of excellence and an international community that supports students from undergraduate to postgraduate levels.

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Electroacoustic building

Find out more about the internationally-renowned building that houses NOVARS.

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Events

Our events and festivals.

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Our events and festivals.

People

Browse our staff list.

Connect

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The NOVARS community

Meet the staff, composers, researchers, collaborators, resident artists and engineers who make up NOVARS.

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News

Keep up with the latest news and all things electoacoustic by following the NOVARS blog.

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Contact us

Get in touch with NOVARS or the Music department by email, telephone or in person.

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The University of Manchester
Oxford Rd
Manchester
M13 9PL
UK

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