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Digital Ensemble Skills in a Laptop Orchestra (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lee, C. (2018, August). Digital Ensemble Skills in a Laptop Orchestra. Presented at 2018 International Computer Music Conference, Daegu, Korea

The emerging practices and growing number of laptop orchestras associated with university music programs raise questions about the capability of the laptop orchestra to develop students' ensemble skills, and how skills development differs from other... Read More about Digital Ensemble Skills in a Laptop Orchestra.

Musical competency development in a laptop ensemble (2018)
Journal Article
Cheng, L. (2019). Musical competency development in a laptop ensemble. Research Studies in Music Education, 41(1), 117-131. https://doi.org/10.1177/1321103x18773804

The laptop ensemble is a platform that has recently been made possible by computer technology that enables individuals to perform music collaboratively. Research in this area has largely focused on the performance aspects, with very few studies focus... Read More about Musical competency development in a laptop ensemble.

for St Gabriel's (2018)
Other
Burton, K. (2018). for St Gabriel's. [PDF score]. Prestonpans, Scotland

A site-specific work informed by the architectural design of St Gabriel's RC church, Prestonpans. The piece was presented at St Gabriel's on July 7th 2018 by Caitlin Monaghan (percussion) and Joanna Stark (cello), programmed as part of the 3 Harbours... Read More about for St Gabriel's.

Becoming a User? Science & Technology Studies (STS) and the Design/Use of Digital Synthesizer/Sampling Instruments (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harkins, P. (2018, June). Becoming a User? Science & Technology Studies (STS) and the Design/Use of Digital Synthesizer/Sampling Instruments. Presented at Workshop on Objects of Electronic Sound & Music in Museums, National Science and Media Museum, Bradford

This provocation will give an overview of a research project about the historical and contemporary uses of digital synthesizer/sampling instruments. One of the problems I faced when developing a theoretical and conceptual framework was that the field... Read More about Becoming a User? Science & Technology Studies (STS) and the Design/Use of Digital Synthesizer/Sampling Instruments.

All These People Are Me (2018)
Physical Artefact
Hook, D., Samson, A., & Duffy, D. All These People Are Me. [CD/ Vinyl/ Digital]. A Modern Way Recordings

‘All These People Are Me’ is a 14-track album concerned with identity, expression and contradiction.

The aim in creating the album was to attempt to portray the writer as an individual, while championing inconsistencies and conflicts in human natu... Read More about All These People Are Me.

DingDing (2018)
Other
Cheng, L. (2018). DingDing. Hong Kong

Ding Ding is a video-and-music work that recreates the experience of a soundwalk on the tramway with pre-recorded artefacts, synthesized and instrumental sound.

Music and Place: How Site-Specific Compositions can Complement the Architects' Vision (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Burton, K. (2018, April). Music and Place: How Site-Specific Compositions can Complement the Architects' Vision. Presented at AMPS Moving Images - Static Spaces: Architectures, Art, Media, Film, Digital Art and Design, Istanbul, Turkey

Schafer (2011) said, ‘Without sound space feels lifeless.’ While some site-specific compositions seek to explore the acoustical properties of a building, with music that best exemplifies the resonance of the space, others are borne out of a desire to... Read More about Music and Place: How Site-Specific Compositions can Complement the Architects' Vision.

Canonic (2018)
Other
Cheng, L. (2018). Canonic. Hong Kong

Canonic is a collaborative electronic improvisation using graphic notation in a spatial setting. The musical content is in four-part canonic structure in which different parts improvise based on the same graphical materials starting at different time... Read More about Canonic.

Pathways Towards Popular Music Education in the UK (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z., & Stillie, B. (2018, February). Pathways Towards Popular Music Education in the UK. Paper presented at Teaching Fellows Conference, Edinburgh, UK

No abstract available.

Can You Hear What I Feel? (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z. (2017, December). Can You Hear What I Feel?. Paper presented at Art of Record Production, Royal College of Music, Stockholm, Sweden

No abstract available.

IDDM (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Moir, Z. IDDM. Performed at Royal College of Music, Stockholm. 1 December 2017

No abstract available.

University of Edinburgh Reid Hall Concert Series (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Ashton, N. University of Edinburgh Reid Hall Concert Series. Performed at Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh. 21 November 2017 - 22 November 2017

Piano Recital, Nicholas Ashton,

Programme:
Mendelssohn Gondolierlied op 19 no 6
Liszt Nuages gris
Debussy Snow is dancing
Debussy Des pas sur la neige
Ligeti arc-en-ciel
Berio Wasserklavier
Liszt Ondine (Gaspard de la Nuit)
Debussy Ondine... Read More about University of Edinburgh Reid Hall Concert Series.

Two Hearts Beating (2017)
Other
Dempster, K. (2017). Two Hearts Beating. [Musical Score]. Edinburgh, UK

Grassmarket Community Project
• Composition: Two Hearts Beating for soprano and guitar.
• Performance 1: Grassmarket Community Project during Edinburgh Doors Open Day on 23 September 2017.
• Performance 2: Stockbridge Parish Church, in a v... Read More about Two Hearts Beating.

Floating Sanctuary (2017)
Other
Burton, K. (2017). Floating Sanctuary. [PDF score]. Edinburgh, Scotland

A site-specific work for solo cello written for Edinburgh Doors open Day. The piece is informed by the architectural design of Craigsbank Parish Church and was presented in the space at regular intervals on September 23 2017. It was performed by Joan... Read More about Floating Sanctuary.

Questioning the Digital Revolution: Continuity and Change in the Design and Use of Music Technologies (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harkins, P. (2017, June). Questioning the Digital Revolution: Continuity and Change in the Design and Use of Music Technologies. Paper presented at 19th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music

The use of digital technologies since the 1980s have changed the way in which music is stored, distributed, and consumed. The use of digital technologies has also reshaped the processes of musical production. This paper, though, challenges the view t... Read More about Questioning the Digital Revolution: Continuity and Change in the Design and Use of Music Technologies.

Promotion anxieties: Jazz promoters within the UK scene (2017)
Journal Article
Medbøe, H., & Moir, Z. (2017). Promotion anxieties: Jazz promoters within the UK scene. Jazz Research Journal, 11(1), 7-27. https://doi.org/10.1558/jazz.32504

Definitions and roles of the promoter within the ecology of the music industries have over recent years become the subject of attention by academics working within the eld of popular music studies. It has become accepted that precise de nitions are... Read More about Promotion anxieties: Jazz promoters within the UK scene.

Flipped Learning: Engaging Music Technology Students Outside the Classroom. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stillie, B. (2017, June). Flipped Learning: Engaging Music Technology Students Outside the Classroom. Paper presented at Association of Popular Music Education Conference, Denver, CO

Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) are an essential part of the learning infrastructure in university but are still commonly used as mere ‘file stores’ that give students online access to materials that have already been used in class. VLEs are not... Read More about Flipped Learning: Engaging Music Technology Students Outside the Classroom..

Following the Fairlight CMI and its Users: The Digital Reproduction of 'Real' Instruments and Sounds (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harkins, P. (2017, June). Following the Fairlight CMI and its Users: The Digital Reproduction of 'Real' Instruments and Sounds. Paper presented at Galpin Society/AMIS Conference on Musical Instruments

This paper will focus on the Fairlight Computer Musical Instrument (CMI), which is generally regarded as the first commercially available digital sampler. However, its designers, Peter Vogel and Kim Ryrie, were primarily interested in the use of digi... Read More about Following the Fairlight CMI and its Users: The Digital Reproduction of 'Real' Instruments and Sounds.

'The Rest is History': Writing a History of Music Technologies and their Users (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harkins, P. (2017, March). 'The Rest is History': Writing a History of Music Technologies and their Users. Presented at Burgundy School of Business Research Seminar

The socio-musical practice of sampling is closely associated with the re-use of pre-existing sound recordings and the technological processes of looping. These practices, based on appropriation and repetition, have been particularly common within the... Read More about 'The Rest is History': Writing a History of Music Technologies and their Users.