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A student playing cello as part of the Southampton University Symphony Orchestra.

We are a centre of excellence for research in music. In the 2021 REF 82% of our research was evaluated as world leading or internationally excellent and our research culture in the top 5% of the country. We collaborate with an array of ensembles, venues, research institutes, media and charities. These include the National Trust, Welsh National Opera, Wigmore Hall, Shooting Star Children's Hospices, Alan Turing Institute, London Sinfonietta, SWR Symphonieorchester and the BBC.

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An AI-generated image of a humanoid robot sitting at a desk in a music studio. It is playing notes on a musical keyboard, as recording software displays the soundwaves being recorded on 2 computer monitors.

Music and AI combine for quirky performance

AI, big data and analytics
Culture and creativity
Digital
Can artificial intelligence (AI) write a love letter? Southampton researchers in Music, English and Computer Science have shown that, with some help from humans, it can!

Working out if a computer can play jazz

AI, big data and analytics
Culture and creativity
A Southampton researcher was awarded an Alan Turing Institute fellowship to investigate whether AI can replicate the complexities of jazz improvisation.
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Centre for Modern and Contemporary Writing (CMCW)

The Centre for Modern and Contemporary Writing supports interdisciplinary research on 20th and 21st-century writing and culture.

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