The Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC) is a newly established centre of excellence, dedicated to the research of music technology. This unique interdisciplinary project has united internationally recognised experts in the areas of musical composition, signal processing, internet technology and digital hardware.
The Centre is established in a purpose-built facility located alongside the engineering departments of Queen's University.
The centrepiece of SARC, the Sonic Laboratory, provides a unique space for cutting-edge initiatives in the creation and delivery of music and audio. The Sonic Laboratory's uniqueness is vested in the degree of flexibility it can provide for experiments in 3D sound diffusion and for ground-breaking compositional and performance work within a purpose-built, variable acoustic space.
The Centre was completed in October 2003 and was officially opened by Karlheinz Stockhausen during the Sonorities Festival in April 2004.
Professor Michael Alcorn, Director of SARC and Head of the School of Music and Sonic Arts, together with Dr Pedro Rebelo have been the driving force in the Silver Sounds creative partnership as well as having composed two of the soundscapes.
Florian Hollerweger, a PhD research student at the Centre has been responsible for the development of the innovative sound technology.
