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Towards a notion of cultural soundscape as an informant to original music composition - with particular reference to that of the Maltese Islands (2008)
Thesis
Zammit, V. Towards a notion of cultural soundscape as an informant to original music composition - with particular reference to that of the Maltese Islands. (Thesis). Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6048

In this folio of compositions, which includes orchestral, chamber, electroacoustic and solo pieces, an attempt was made to capture some aspects that constitute the Maltese cultural identity in a sonic way. One of the most important factors is the omn... Read More about Towards a notion of cultural soundscape as an informant to original music composition - with particular reference to that of the Maltese Islands.

Songs from the pleasure garden. (2007)
Digital Artefact
Guerney, T., Langridge, P., Owen-Norris, D., & Layfield, M. (2007). Songs from the pleasure garden

Philip Langridge is joined by a fine cast of musicians for this recording of songs from the Georgian era, centred around the rural paradises in and around London, the Pleasure Gardens.

Featuring works by some of the foremost composers of the day,... Read More about Songs from the pleasure garden..

Todd Edwards & the microsample: speed & spirituality in UK Garage. (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harkins, P. (2007, October). Todd Edwards & the microsample: speed & spirituality in UK Garage. Paper presented at Mediation, Movement and Microrhythm in Groove-Based Music Workshop

My paper will examine the role of New Jersey producer Todd Edwards within the development of UK Garage by focussing on his use of microsamples which Simon Reynolds describes as a “technique of cross-hatching brief snatches of vocals into a melodic-pe... Read More about Todd Edwards & the microsample: speed & spirituality in UK Garage..

The cold dancer. (2007)
Digital Artefact
Beeston, M., Bailey, M., Burrin, P., & Mutter, C. (2007). The cold dancer

Dempster's 2005 quartet, his fourth, is entitled The Cold Dancer, and is immediately compelling through its savage attacks with scrunchy chords, searing melodic lines and seething textures. It's a bit Bartok-y in this respect, with huge expressive su... Read More about The cold dancer..

Sohal’s String Quartet No.2 (2006)
Exhibition / Performance
Burrin, P., Bailey, M., Beeston, M., & Mutter, C. Sohal’s String Quartet No.2. Performed at Edinburgh. 25 July 2006 - 25 July 2006

No abstract available.

Towards the water’s edge. (2006)
Other
Davismoon, S. (2006). Towards the water’s edge

This is an electroacoustic sound-installation work over 16 channels which forms a pyramid-like structure to surround the audience.

There are many examples in the electroacoustic repertoire that take natural elements as the focal point for a work,... Read More about Towards the water’s edge..

Towards a fusion of western classical/contemporary and traditional Scots bagpipe composition techniques: "Manntaireachd". (2006)
Thesis
Davidson, L. Towards a fusion of western classical/contemporary and traditional Scots bagpipe composition techniques: "Manntaireachd". (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6492

The body of research that this document accompanies and which forms a folio
of compositions has sought to develop a new type of music utilising elements
from both the western art music and bagpiping 1 traditions.
The orchestral2 medium is combined... Read More about Towards a fusion of western classical/contemporary and traditional Scots bagpipe composition techniques: "Manntaireachd"..

Clarinet and String Quartet. (2006)
Exhibition / Performance
Beeston, M., Bailey, M., Burrin, P., Mutter, C., & Dempster, K. Clarinet and String Quartet. Performed at Edinburgh. 10 June 2006 - 10 June 2006

No abstract available.

Five senses. (2005)
Exhibition / Performance
Bailey, M., Beeston, M., Burrin, P., & Mutter, C. Five senses. Performed at Glasgow. 29 September 2005 - 29 September 2005

Five Senses' (2005, SSAA/String Quartet), commissioned by the Edinburgh Quartet with funding from the Scottish Arts Council; performances by the Edinburgh Quartet with Scottish Voices in Glasgow and the Miwako Abe Quartet with Halcyon in Melbourne.

Organ Concert 23 September 2005. (2005)
Exhibition / Performance
Harris, M. Organ Concert 23 September 2005. Performed at Ediburgh, Scotland. 23 September 2005 - 23 September 2015

Six feet of blood. (2005)
Other
Dempster, K. (2005). Six feet of blood

The work is based on the poem, 'So many make one' by Norman MacCaig. The poem expresses the development, as well as the passing, of the many different stages in our lives; and by employing a technique of continually recurring musical material, Kennet... Read More about Six feet of blood..

In Perpetuity. (2005)
Other
Ferguson, P., & Hook, D. (2005). In Perpetuity

Haftor Medboe writes...The music was written in Edinburgh in the autumn of 2004 as a development of ideas that had evolved through collaboration with fellow musicians and friends Signy Jakobsdottir, Sue McKenzie and Chris Greive. The four of us had a... Read More about In Perpetuity..

De contemplationis digitis. (2003)
Other
Hails, J. (2003). De contemplationis digitis. [Musical score]. Cheltenham, UK

In this piece, my research aim was to develop the contrary relationship of the flute (blown, sustained sound) to piano (struck, decaying sound) in the context of a playful formal scheme relating text and music.

Initial conversation with the flauti... Read More about De contemplationis digitis..