 Michael Alcorn studied at the University of Ulster and completed a PhD in composition with John Casken at the University of Durham.In 1989 he was appointed composer-in-residence at Queen's University, Belfast, where he continues to teach in the School of Music.He is particularly active as a promoter of new music technologies and was appointed director of SARC, the Sonic Arts Research Centre based at Queen's University, Belfast, in 2001.