Dr. Matt Bellingham

Academic Lead, School of Film, Media, and Creative Technologies, University of Portsmouth

Course Leader, Creative Computing

Curriculum Vitae October 2024

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
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)
University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton. WV1 1LY. 2009 to 2011.
P.G.C.E. (Post Compulsory Education)
Glyndŵr University, Mold Road, Wrexham, Wales. LL11 2AW. 2000 to 2002.
BA (Hons) Popular Music and Recording (2:1)
University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester. M5 4WT. 1992 to 1996.
Professional qualifications
iLEAD: Senior Leaders course (cohort 10), University of Portsmouth and AdvanceHE. Completed January 2024.
Training qualifications
Avid Certified Instructor for Pro Tools, including annual recertification from 2017 to present.

Occupational experience

Academic Lead, School of Film, Media, and Creative Technologies
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
University of Portsmouth, Eldon Building, Portsmouth, UK. PO1 2UP. October 2022 to present.
Programme Leader for Audio Technology courses
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.
University of Wolverhampton, Walsall Campus, Gorway Road, Walsall. WS1 3BD. August 2021 to September 2022.
Subject Leader and Senior Lecturer in Music Technology
including BA (Hons) Music Technology, BA (Hons) Sound Production, and FDa Music Performance Technologies. Lead for three successive JAMES accreditations (2013, 2016, and 2019.
University of Wolverhampton, Walsall Campus, Gorway Road, Walsall. WS1 3BD. August 2012 to July 2021.
Acting Principal Lecturer, Admissions and Outreach
Faculty of Arts, University of Wolverhampton. April 2014 to July 2015.
Curriculum Manager, Music
New College Telford, King Street, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire. TF1 1NY. August 2010 to August 2012.
Music Production, Music Technology and Popular Music Lecturer
New College Telford, King Street, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire. TF1 1NY. August 2001 to August 2012.
Music Technology Tutor and Instrumental Teacher
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
The Burton Borough School, Audley Avenue, Newport, Shropshire. TF10 7DS. September 2000 to July 2001.
Guitar Teacher
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
June 1996 to present.

Current/recent responsibilities

Current managerial responsibilities

Current teaching responsibilities

Current supervision responsibilities

Previous non-teaching responsibilities

Curriculum design

Award nominations

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

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

Validation and External Examination