School of Film, Media, and Creative Technologies, Faculty of Creative
and Cultural Industries, University of Portsmouth, Eldon Building,
Portsmouth, UK. PO1 2UP. Email: matt.bellingham@port.ac.uk
Membership
of professional bodies and organisations
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) since 2016
Member of PPIG (the Psychology of Programming Interest Group) since
2014
Member of the CHIME network (Computer Human Interaction and Music
nEtwork) since 2022
Qualifications
- PhD
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Choosers: A Visual Programming Language for Nondeterministic Music
Composition by Non-Programmers. The Music Computing Lab, Centre for
Research in Computing, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes.
MK7 6AA. Supervised by Dr. Simon Holland and Dr. Paul Mulholland. Third
party monitor: Prof. Helen Sharp. Awarded February 2022.
- MSc Music Technology (with distinction)
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University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton. WV1 1LY.
2009 to 2011.
- P.G.C.E. (Post Compulsory Education)
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Glyndŵr University, Mold Road, Wrexham, Wales. LL11 2AW. 2000 to 2002.
- BA (Hons) Popular Music and Recording (2:1)
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University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester. M5 4WT. 1992 to
1996.
- Professional qualifications
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iLEAD: Senior Leaders course (cohort 10), University of Portsmouth and
AdvanceHE. Completed January 2024.
- Training qualifications
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Avid Certified Instructor for Pro Tools, including annual
recertification from 2017 to present.
Occupational experience
- Academic Lead, School of Film, Media, and Creative Technologies
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University of Portsmouth, Eldon Building, Portsmouth, UK. PO1 2UP.
February 2023 to present.
- Senior Lecturer and Course Leader, BA (Hons) and BSc (Hons) Creative
Computing
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University of Portsmouth, Eldon Building, Portsmouth, UK. PO1 2UP.
October 2022 to present.
- Programme Leader for Audio Technology courses
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Programme leader for all Audio Technology-focussed courses at the
University of Wolverhampton. This included BSc (Hons) Audio Technology
and Production, BA (Hons) Music Technology, BA (Hons) Sound Production,
and FDa Music Performance Technologies. Responsible for managing
academic staff, undertaking teaching observations, coordinating course
teams, managing visiting lecturers and guest speakers, and mentoring new
members of staff.
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University of Wolverhampton, Walsall Campus, Gorway Road, Walsall. WS1
3BD. August 2021 to September 2022.
- Subject Leader and Senior Lecturer in Music Technology
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including BA (Hons) Music Technology, BA (Hons) Sound Production, and
FDa Music Performance Technologies. Lead for three successive JAMES
accreditations (2013, 2016, and 2019.
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University of Wolverhampton, Walsall Campus, Gorway Road, Walsall. WS1
3BD. August 2012 to July 2021.
- Acting Principal Lecturer, Admissions and Outreach
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Faculty of Arts, University of Wolverhampton. April 2014 to July 2015.
- Curriculum Manager, Music
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New College Telford, King Street, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire. TF1
1NY. August 2010 to August 2012.
- Music Production, Music Technology and Popular Music Lecturer
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New College Telford, King Street, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire. TF1
1NY. August 2001 to August 2012.
- Music Technology Tutor and Instrumental Teacher
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The Shropshire Music Service, The Music and Art Centre, Long Meadow,
Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury. SY3 0NU. November 1998 to July 2001.
- Instrumental, Rock Band and Improvisation Workshop Leader
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The Burton Borough School, Audley Avenue, Newport, Shropshire. TF10 7DS.
September 2000 to July 2001.
- Guitar Teacher
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The Manchester School of Music, Friends’ Meeting House, 6 Mount Street,
Manchester. M2 5NS. March 1998 to April 1999.
- Freelance producer, engineer, guitar teacher and musician
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June 1996 to present.
Current/recent
responsibilities
Current managerial
responsibilities
- Academic Lead in the School of Creative Technologies since Feburary
2023
- Co-theme lead of Animation, Creative Computing, and Media
Technologies, including Animation, Computer Animation and Visual
Effects, Virtual Production, Creative Media Technologies, and Creative
Computing
- Line manager for five members of academic staff
- Recruitment and Outreach lead for the School, including visits to
and from colleges and schools, open days, taster days, and Open
Experience Days
- Member of the Faculty Marking and Recruitment committee (MRAC)
- Health and Safety Coordinator since December 2023
- Participation in the Global Engagement Development Programme, 2023
and 2024
- Occasional leave cover for the Head of School, including student
appeal meetings, summer 2023 and 2024
- Member of the Faculty Ethics Committee since September 2023
- Member of the Faculty Practice-Research Group since February
2024
Current teaching
responsibilities
- Course leader for the BA (Hons) and BSc (Hons) Creative Computing
courses
- Leader for the MSc Creative Technologies Music Technology
pathway
- Module leadership and delivery across a range of undergraduate
modules, including Audio Programming, Sound and Music Programming,
Hackrobatics, Music and Sound Synthesis, Applied Music Technology
Project, Creative Research and Project Initiation, Creative Coding
Practice, Creative Computing Exhibition Project, Creative Computing for
Music and Sound, and Generative Arts.
- Personal tutor
Current supervision
responsibilities
- First PhD supervisor for Enrico Dorigatti, due to complete March
2025
- First PhD supervisor for Sam Prouse, due to complete December
2026
- Second PhD supervisor for Steve Whitford, due to complete October
2027
- Internal Examiner for Adam Jerrett’s successful PhD viva and
amendments, Feb 2024
- Panel member for both annual and major PhD reviews
- Masters project supervision
- Undergraduate project supervision
- All required PG research supervision training is complete
Previous non-teaching
responsibilities
- Management of the closure of the Creative Computing foundation year
after an academic review of all foundation provision at the University
in which the course was commended. The process required the creation of
two new courses without a foundation year, and academic support of
foundation applicants who joined at Level 4.
- Member of the University of Wolverhampton Academic Reference Group
from September 2018 to September 2022
- Marketing, admission and outreach representative for the School of
Performing Arts, University of Wolverhampton, 2014 to 2021
- Link tutor for BMus (Hons) Professional Music, delivered at the
International College of Music (ICOM), Kuala Lumpur, 2020 to 2022
- Link tutor for FDa Music Performance Technologies, delivered at
South Staffordshire College, 2016 to 2022
- Acting Principal Lecturer, Admissions and Outreach for the Faculty
of Arts, University of Wolverhampton, during the 2014-15 and 2015-16
academic years
- Departmental lead on international links with Westerdals in
Oslo and AAT in India
- Key proposer of the BSc Audio Technology and Production course
- Key proposer of the MSc Audio and Creative Technology course
Curriculum design
- Redevelopment of Creative Media Technologies, May to October 2024,
with the aim to relaunch in September 2025
- Validation preparation for BSc (Hons) Virtual Production, April
2023
- Removal of the Creative Computing foundation year and reworking of
the BA and BSc UG programmes, summer 2023
- Member of the development team for BA (Hons) Creative Music
Technology, 2023
- Redesign of the Creative Computing foundation year, moving from
three 40-credit modules to six 20-credit modules, proposed October 2022
with detailed planning for delivery and assessment ongoing. Scheduled
for first run in 2023-24.
- Key proposer, development, design, and validation of the BSc (Hons)
Audio Technology and Production at the University of Wolverhampton,
first run from September 2021
- Key proposer, development, design, and validation of the MSc Audio
and Creative Technology at the University of Wolverhampton, first run
from September 2021
- Key proposer, development, design, and validation of the FDa Music
Performance Technologies course validated by the University of
Wolverhampton and run at South Staffordshire College from September
2015
- Key proposer, development, design, and validation of the MSc Audio
Technology at the University of Wolverhampton, first run from September
2014
- Development and design of the BA (Hons) Music Technology and BA
(Hons) Sound Production courses at the University of Wolverhampton,
including a major redesign for September 2014
- Panel lead, rewrite of units for the Open College Network West
Midlands Access to Higher Education, March 2018
- Development and design of HND in Music Production at New College
Telford
- Development and design of HNC in Music Production at New College
Telford
- Development and design of A and AS Level Music Technology at New
College Telford
- Member of the development team for the BTEC HND and HNC in Music
Production, Edexcel
- Development and design of Certificate and Subsidiary Diploma in
Music Technology at New College Telford
- Member of the development team for the BTEC L3 in Music Technology
suite, Edexcel
- Development and design of Certificate and Subsidiary Diploma in
Music Technology at Gateway College, Leicester
- Member of the development team for the BTEC National Diploma in
Music Technology, Edexcel
Award nominations
- Nominated by students in both the PTE and UKE (postgraduate and
undergraduate) surveys for the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Staff
Excellence in the ‘Enriching the Learning Experience’ and ‘Innovation in
Student Engagement’ categories, July 2022
- Nominated by students in both the PTE and UKE (postgraduate and
undergraduate) surveys for the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Staff
Excellence in the ‘Enriching the Learning Experience’ category, July
2021
- Nominated by students in both the PTE and UKE (postgraduate and
undergraduate) surveys for the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Staff
Excellence in the ‘Enriching the Learning Experience’ category, July
2020
- Nominated by students in both the PTE and UKE (postgraduate and
undergraduate) surveys for the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Staff
Excellence in the ‘Enriching the Learning Experience’ category, May
2019
- Nominated by students for the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Staff
Excellence in the ‘Innovation in Student Engagement’ category, May
2018
- Nominated by students for the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Staff
Excellence in the ‘Enriching the Learning Experience’ category, May
2017
Research and scholarly
activities
Publications
Bellingham, M (2022) Choosers: A Visual Programming Language for
Nondeterministic Music Composition by Non-Programmers. PhD thesis,
Open University. http://oro.open.ac.uk/81935/
Bellingham, M., Holland, S. and Mulholland, P. (2019) Toward
meaningful algorithmic music-making for non-programmers, Proceedings
of the 30th Annual Workshop of the Psychology of Programming Interest
Group - PPIG 2019, Church, L., Mărășoiu, M, and Marshall, L.
(eds.). https://wlv.openrepository.com/handle/2436/623571
Bellingham, M., Holland, S. and Mulholland, P. (2018) ‘Choosers: The
design and evaluation of a visual algorithmic music composition language
for non-programmers’, Church, L and Basman, A (ed), Proceedings of
Psychology of Programming Interest Group Annual Conference 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2436/622034
Bellingham, M., Holland, S. and Mulholland, P. (2017) Choosers:
designing a highly expressive algorithmic music composition system for
non-programmers. 2nd Conference on Computer Simulation of Musical
Creativity – 11th to 13th September 2017, The Open University,
Milton Keynes, UK. http://hdl.handle.net/2436/621151
Bellingham, M., Holland, S. and Mulholland, P. (2016) Designing a
Highly Expressive Algorithmic Music Composition System for
Non-Programmers, In DMRN+11: Digital Music Research Network One-Day
Workshop 2016, Digital Music Research Network One-Day Workshop. http://oro.open.ac.uk/52732/
Bellingham, Matt, Holland, Simon and Mulholland, Paul (2014) ‘A
cognitive dimensions analysis of interaction design for algorithmic
composition software’, In Boulay, B. du and Good, J. (eds.),
Proceedings of psychology of programming interest group annual
conference 2014, University of Sussex, pp. 135–140. http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Users/bend/ppig2014/15ppig2014_submission_10.pdf
Bellingham, Matt, Holland, Simon and Mulholland, Paul (2014) An
analysis of algorithmic composition interaction design with reference to
cognitive dimensions, The Open University. http://computing-reports.open.ac.uk/2014/TR2014-04.pdf.
Conferences
- Workshop, CHIME network (Computer Human Interaction and Music
nEtwork), Music and Human Computer Interaction, July 2022
- Workshop, University of Wolverhampton Annual Research Conference
2021
- Workshop, University of Wolverhampton Annual Research Conference
2020
- Paper and presentation, PPIG (Psychology of Programming Interest
Group) 30th Annual Conference, Newcastle, 28th-30th August 2019. http://www.ppig.org/library/paper/toward-meaningful-algorithmic-music-making-non-programmers
- Paper and presentation, PPIG (Psychology of Programming Interest
Group) Annual Conference, London, 5th-7th September 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2436/622034
- Dalgleish, M. and Bellingham, M. (2018) ‘Embracing openness: Music
technology pedagogy and curricula after the decline of the studio’,
Coventry University [Online]. Available at http://conf.owlteh.org/contributions/published/embracing-openness-music-technology-pedagogy-and-curricula-after-the-decline-of-the-studio/
- Choosers: The design and evaluation of a visual algorithmic
music composition language for non-programmers, Annual Research
Conference, University of Wolverhampton, 11th June 2018
- Paper and presentation, Computer Simulation of Musical
Creativity conference, Open University, 11th to 13th September
2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2436/621151
- Presentation: Flipped Learning using Video on Canvas,
Faculty of Arts Learning and Teaching Conference, University of
Wolverhampton, 10 July 2017
- Workshop and presentation: Choosers: a developing user
interface, Annual Research Conference, University of Wolverhampton,
20th June 2017
- Poster: ‘Designing a highly expressive algorithmic music composition
system for non-programmers’, DMRN+11 Digital Music Research Network
one-day workshop, 20 December 2016. http://oro.open.ac.uk/52732/
- Presentation: ‘Existing and emerging notations for the
representation of algorithmic music’, Centre for Creativity, History and
Identity in Performance research symposium, University of Wolverhampton
14 September 2016
- Smalltalk and OOP programming workshop, Open University, 20 Apr
2016
- AES-Midlands Workshop on Intelligent Music Production, 8 Sep
2015
- CRC conference, The Open University, 9th and 10th July 2015
- Sines and Squares Festival, 25th October 2014. Presentation: Ghosts
of the Modular.
- Paper and presentation, PPIG (Psychology of Programming Interest
Group) Annual Conference, Brighton, 25th-27th June 2014. http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Users/bend/ppig2014/15ppig2014_submission_10.pdf
- Centre for Research in Computing Conference, Open University, 19th
and 20th March 2014.
Research bids
Principal Investigator for an XR Network+ R&D grant for £60,000:
Parameterising Movement for Real Time & Live Performance .
June 2024. Unsuccessful.
Creation of standardised psychoacoustics auditory descriptors to
evaluate the tone of musical instruments: Tonescaping
Current research interests
- Algorithmic composition software development with a focus on
interaction design
- Open Source audio software, particularly the Ardour DAW project
- Assistive music technology
- General user interface and interaction design
- Practice-based computer music research making use of SuperCollider,
Pure Data, Max, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Ardour and other specialist
software
- Learner and practitioner introversion in the field of Music
Technology
Validation and External
Examination
- External Examiner, University of Salford—October 2023 to September
2027
- BSc (Hons) Creative Computing
- External Examiner, University of South Wales—September 2020 to
November 2024
- MSc Music Engineering and Production
- Award External Examiner, University of Portsmouth—2018-2019 academic
year
- BSc (Hons) Computing and Digital Sound
- BSc (Hons) Music and Sound Technology
- BSc (Hons) Music Computing
- Validation panel, Open College Network West Midlands Access to
Higher Education Recognition panel, February 2018
- External Examiner, University of Portsmouth - February 2016 to
September 2019
- BSc (Hons) Computing and Digital Sound
- BSc (Hons) Music and Sound Technology
- BSc (Hons) Music Computing
- External academic, London College of Music framework validation, May
2016
- BA (Hons) Music Technology and Music Performance
- BA (Hons) Music Technology and Music Composition
- BA (Hons) Music Technology and Popular Music Performance
- BA (Hons) Music Technology and Video Production
- BA (Hons) Music Technology and Radio Broadcasting
- BMus (Hons) Music Performance and Recording
- Key proposer, FdA Music Performance Technologies. To be run at South
Staffordshire College from October 2016.
- External academic, London College of Music framework validation,
June 2015
- BA (Hons) Music Technology
- BA (Hons) Music Technology L6 Top Up Part Time
- BA (Hons) Music Technology – Audio Post Production
- BA (Hons) Music Technology – Recording and Production
- BA (Hons) Music Technology – Mixing and Mastering
- BA (Hons) Music Technology – Electronic Music Production
- BA (Hons) Live Sound Production
- Validation team member, University of Wolverhampton, May 2015
- BA (Hons) Drama (Top-up) Collaborative delivery with Coláiste
Dhúlaigh College of FE, Dublin
- BA (Hons) Broadcasting and Journalism (Top-up) Collaborative
delivery with Coláiste Dhúlaigh College of FE, Dublin
- Key proposer/departmental lead, University of Wolverhampton, August
2013