Prof. Stephen Dance, BSc (Hons), PhD, FIOA, MASA, SFHEA

Prof Stephen Dance BSc (Hons), PhD, FIOA, MASA, SFHEA, MIABP
Position: Director of the Acoustics Group
Email: dances@lsbu.ac.uk
Phone: 0207 815 7672

Sunday, 22 November 2020

Publications 2020

1       D. Shearer, S. Dance*, L Gomez-Agustina, J. Randall, Flexible Control of Acoustic Conditions in a Music Rehearsal Space Using Airbeds, Applied Acoustics, 173, Feb 2021,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2020.107708

5.    S. Dance, D. Shearer, G. Zedipou, Sound exposure of staff at a conservatoire, Proc Institute of Acoustics, October 2020

6      S. Dance, D. Shearer. Measurement of absorption coefficients to ISO 354 using tall sources and microphones, Proc. Inter-Noise 2020, Seoul

7      J. Nixon, S. Dance. Sound of the rise of the drones, I-INCE Quiet Drones, Paris October 2020

Saturday, 7 September 2019

Publication in 2019


1.1  Eric Ballestero, Noé Jiménez, Jean-Philippe Groby, Stephen Dance, Haydar Aygun, and Vicente Romero-García Experimental validation of deep-subwavelength diffusion by acoustic Metadiffusers, Applied Physical  Letters, 115, 2019 doi: 10.1063/1.5114877
  2. S. Dance, D. Shearer, Face the Music: A 12 year study of the sound of performance and hearing of classical music students, Proc International Congress on Acoustics 2019, Aachen
33 R. Sanchez-Pizani, S. Dance, L. Gomez- Augstina, P Mapp, Subjective evaluation of permanently installed microphones in classrooms, IOA Reproduced Sound, Nov 2019, Bristol
  4. D. Shearer, L. Gomez-Agustina, E. Ballestero, S. Dance. Henry Wood Hall – The creation of a flexible acoustic using airbeds, Proc Internoise 2019, Madrid
   5. S. Dance, E. Dieckmann, R. Robinson, L. Sheldrick, C. Cheeseman, Sound absorption characteristics of air laid non-woven feather mats,  Proc. Internoise 2019, Madrid         
   6. K Coleman, S. Dance, Post occupancy perception of acoustics, ventilation and overheating within Residential Dwelling, Proc IOA 2019, Milton Keynes
77. S. Dance, D. Shearer, P. Menin, A low frequency absorber design suitable for music recital halls,  Proc IOA 2019, Milton Keynes 
   8.E. Ballestero, S. Dance, D. Shearer,  H. Aygun, Acoustic Conditions in Orchestra Pits: Can metadiffusers a potential solution?, Proc. IOA, 2018

Tuesday, 6 February 2018

Publications 2018

1     E.Dieckmann, S. Dance, R. Robinson, L. Sheldrick, C. Cheeseman, Sound absorption characteristics     
           of air laid non-woven feather fibre composites, Heliyon, 2018
2     S. Dance, L. Morales, B. Backus, A methodology to objectively assess the performance of sound field
       amplification systems demonstrated using fifty physical simulations of classroom conditions, Noise and
       Health, 20 (94), 77-82, 2018
      3.      L. Morales, G. Leembruggen, S Dance, B. Shield, A revised speech spectrum for STI   calculations,   Applied  Acoustics, 132, p33-42, 2018 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2017.11.008
      4.     S. Dance, B. Dymock. Noise and Vibration from Urban Wind Turbines, Proc. Inter-Noise 2018,      Chicago,  August         2018
5.    L. Gomez-Agustina, S. Dance, Community response from noise emissions from London heliport operation,  Proc.              ICSV, Japan 2018
      6.     S. Dance, B. Dymock, Urban wind turbines: A feasibility study, Proc. CIBSE Technical Symposium,  London, 2018
      7.    S. Dance, L. Gomez-Agustina, An investigation of the noise from London Heliport and the Effect on the  Local                 Residents, Proc. Euro-noise 2018, Heraklion 2018
      8.       S. Dance, J. Bernays, S. Liu, Singing and Loudness: A short study with the Royal Opera House, Proc.  Institute of            Acoustics, Acoustics 18, Cardiff 2018

Friday, 4 August 2017

Publications in 2017

  1. Sound Materials, Case study chapter with Anne Kyrro Quinn, Author Tyler Adam published by  Frame Publishers February 2017, ISBN10 9492311011
  2.  R. Sanchez-Pizani and S. Dance, Impact that Acoustic Design has on Higher Education for Non-English Speaking Students, Proc. International Congress on Sound and Vibration 24 July 2017, London
  3.  E. Ballestero and S Dance. Head tracked auralisation for a dynamic audio experience in virtual reality sceneries, Proc. International congress on Sound and Vibration, 24, July 2017, London
  4. G. Okten and S Dance. An investigation into the effect of acoustics on vocal strain of Opera Singers, Proc. International congress on Sound and Vibration, 24, July 2017, Lond
  5. S. Dance and D Shearer. Facing the Music:  A Before and after study of the hearing acuity of classical music students, Proc. International congress on Sound and Vibration, 24, July 2017, London

Thursday, 18 August 2016

Conference Papers Published 2016

1.  S. Dance. Facing the Music: Helping classical musicians comply with the Control of Noise at Work Regulations, Proc. Inter-Noise 2016, Hamburg
2.  D. Shearer, S. Dance, Measuring absorption below 100Hz with a particle velocity- pressure sensor, Proc. Inter-Noise 2016, Hamburg.

3.  S. Brown, S. Dance, The suitability of additive manufacturing materials in a 1:10 scale reverberation chamber, Proc. Inter-Noise 2016, Hamburg

Journal Publications 2016

N Durup, B Shield, S Dance, R Sullivan, How classroom acoustics affect the voice parameters of teachers, Journal of Building Acoustics, 22(3), 225-242, 2015

Thursday, 23 July 2015

Conference Publications 2015


L. Ritchie, S. Dance, B. Backus, C. Tarnari. An analysis of the noise exposure of passengers on the London Underground network, Proc of British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology, Liverpool 2015

.N. Durup, S. Dance, B. Shield, R. Sullivan, L. Gomez. How classroom acoustics affect the vocal load of teachers, Proc. 6th International Conference on Building Physic, Turin 2015

S. Dance, B. Dymock, Sound exposure and the hearing of musicians, Proc. Euronoise 2015, Maastricht