The Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC) has since it was officially opened by Karlheinz Stockhausen during the Sonorities Festival in April 2004 seen a dramatic growth in research activities and interests.

An established centre of excellence dedicated to the research of music technology, SARC is a unique interdisciplinary environment which has united internationally recognised experts in the areas of musical composition, signal processing and Human Computer Interaction.

The Centre is established in a purpose-built facility located alongside the engineering departments of Queen's University Belfast. SARC’s centrepiece, 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.

If you wish to contact SARC or join our mailing list, please email sarc@qub.ac.uk