Research

Research Group on Moving Loudspeakers — Sound in Motion — Sounding Influencer

● Peter Färber, ● Annkathrin Pöpel, Angela Stöcklin
ICST Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology, ZHdK Zurich

2021

Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), July 25th—31st 2021, Santiago, Chile
Online Paper Presentation: ≡ Kinetic Sound Sculpture: "Sounding Influencer" a new Instrument with moving loudspeakers
Peter Färber, Annkathrin Pöpel

2022

ICMC 2022, Standing Wave, Limerick, Ireland
Performance: "Metamorphosis II"
Peter Färber, Annkathrin Pöpel, Roxane Kalt

2024

ICMC 2024, Sound in Motion, 7 — 13 July 2024, Seoul, South Korea
Paper Presentation: ≡ "Was It Really Just The Dress? Change in Sound through Motion. A Comparison of Subjective Auditory Perception and Measurable Acoustic Phenomena in Swinging Loudspeakers and Moving Body"
Peter Färber, Annkathrin Pöpel, Angela Stöcklin

Performance: "RaumKlangKörper"
Peter Färber, Annkathrin Pöpel, Angela Stöcklin

2025

13th International Conference on New Music Concepts (ICNMC), March 21—22, 2026, Treviso, Italy
Paper Presentation: ≡ "Spatiality in Sound — a phenomenological exploration"
Peter Färber, Annkathrin Pöpel and Angela Stöcklin

Workshop: "Influence of Movement onto Sound" — Explorative Study
Peter Färber, Annkathrin Pöpel, Angela Stöcklin

2026

ICNMC March 21—22, 2026, Treviso, Italy
Performance: "Oblique Sounds"
Angela Stöcklin, Peter Färber, Annkathrin Pöpel

Workshop: "Space Sound and Movement — The playfully interacting threesome"
Angela Stöcklin, Peter Färber, Annkathrin Pöpel

Research Group on Music Therapy at Institute for Music Research (IMR), ZHdK Zurich

Sandra Lutz Hochreutener, Annkathrin Pöpel, Diandra Russo, Sarah Lebeck-Jobe, Peter Färber

2020—2024

Planning and conceptual development of a foundational musicological study
"Investigating the effects of live monochord sounds on the stress regulation of young adults, taking into account the interaction between the treating and the treated person"
Preparation of an ethics application for the Zurich Ethics Committee, approved in 2024

2025

Publikation:
≡ The effects of live vs. pre—recorded monochord sounds on healthy adults: Study protocol for a crossover randomized controlled trial
Diandra Russo, Annkathrin Pöpel, Sarah Elizabeth Lebeck-Jobe, Peter Färber, Hanne Mette Ridder & Sandra Lutz Hochreutener
Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, Received 22 Jan 2025, Accepted 01 Jun 2025, Published online: 30 Jul 2025,
Conducting the study with participants

2026

Congress "The Healing Arts — Forging Alliances of Arts & Medicine", June 18—20, 2026, Berlin, Germany
Paper Presentation: "Old Sounds in Modern Research — The effect of monochord sounds in music therapy across the lifespan"
Annkathrin Pöpel, Sarah Lebeck-Jobe, Diandra Russo, Peter Färber, and Sandra Lutz Hochreutener