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Keep•It•Human

A social venture exploring ways in which videogaming can be interlinked with philanthropy.

Violin player Ignacio Lara Romero

Virtuoso

Virtuoso (H-SIF award) is a collaborative project with Alliance Manchester Business School.

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Game Audio

A research strand started in 2008-09 by Ricardo Climent utilising game-engines, such as Blender, Unity3D, CryEngine and Unreal Engine 4 for composition purposes.

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Locative Audio

A collaborative Project between NOVARS, NoTours and Escoitar, featuring large scale network projects. Postgraduate outcomes include novel software.

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dutch-UK Network

Established in 2015 between the Institute of Sonology at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and the Music Composition department in Manchester.

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Tornado Project

Ricardo Climent and Paul Wilson conceived this project for American wind virtuosi Esther Lamneck (clarinet) and Elizabeth McNutt (flute).

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Sines and Squares

One of UK's first festivals and concert series celebrating the resurgence of analogue and modular synthesizers. Featuring Buchla, Serge, Eurorack, Hordijk and EMS modular systems.

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Sonic Maps

A GPS AudioTour platform and complete solution for sound geolocation created by a PhD Student at NOVARS as a compositional tool for his portfolio.

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