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Rita Torres joins INET-md as an Assistant Researcher
Rita Torres (DeCA | UA) joins INET-md as an Assistant Researcher, in the framework of the +Stimulus Competition for Institutional Scientific Employment promoted by FCT, promoted by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), with a project entitled "Multiphonics in the guitar without limits (GUITPHONICS)".
She researches the guitar, combining theory and practice and paying special attention to the technique of multiphonics. She also studies her creative processes as a composer.
About Rita Torres
Rita Torre has a PhD in Science and Technology of the Arts from the Portuguese Catholic University and diplomas in Chemical Engineering, Guitar, Musicology/Musical Informatics, and Composition. She was a research fellow at CESEM (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa and Universidade de Évora); and a doctoral researcher at CITAR (Universidade Católica Portuguesa) and, as a guest, at IMWI (Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe). Her research focuses on the technique of multiphonics on the guitar, as well as on creative processes.
About GUITPHONICS project
It aims to develop new knowledge of the technique of guitar multiphonics and its sounds. The project will systematically investigate the spectral content of a myriad of sounds, covering all three bass strings; and, through practice-based research, develop new ways of using this technique. The amplification of the sounds will be considered in both cases, as this allows for perceiving an even greater diversity of tone colors. The project will also create an open-access online platform to explain the technique and convey the project results to the artistic community and the public. New guitar pieces will be created, thus enriching the limited repertoire in which the technique is employed.
