Dr Seona Bromage
Key Research Areas: Image analysis of high speed footage of the vibrating lips of brass players - real and artificial.
About
Seona Bromage completed her PhD in Musical Acoustics at the University of Edinburgh in 2007 and holds a Bachelor of Science degree (with upper second class honours) in Physics with Music, also gained at the University of Edinburgh.
Her PhD involves several aspects of brass instrument behaviour including using an artificial mouth for comparitive studies of historic instruments and investigations of the brass player's lips. Artificial models of lips are increasingly used as these provide a more controllable/reproducible and easily accessible subject for investigation. The majority of Seona's work involves the application of high speed photography and image analysis to the study of the vibrating lips of real and artificial brass players. This has included analysis of the geometry of the lip opening during playing in order to aid the development of better physical models of the brass player's lips.
Publications
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Motion of the Brass Player's Lips During Extreme Loud PlayingJohn Chick, Seona Bromage, Murray Campbell, Samuel Stevenson, Joel Gilbert.
In proceedings of the 8ème Congrès Français d'Acoustique(2006). -
Experimental investigation of the open area of the brass player's vibrating lipsSeona Bromage, Joel Gilbert, Murray Campbell.
In proceedings of Forum Acusticum Budapest(2005). -
Influenece of the open area of a player's lips on brass instrument behaviourJoel Gilbert, Seona Bromage, Murray Campbell.
In proceedings of Forum Acusticum Budapest(2005). -
Transient behaviour in the motion of the brass player's lipsJohn Chick, Seona Bromage, Murray Campbell.
In proceedings of Forum Acusticum Budapest(2005). -
The acoustical identity of the bass trumpetArnold Myers, Seona Bromage, Murray Campbell.
In proceedings of Forum Acusticum Budapest(2005). -
Reproducibility and control of the embouchure of an artificial mouth for playing brass instrumentsS R Bromage, O F Richards, D M Campbell.
In proceedings of the Stockholm Musical Acoustics Conference(2003).
