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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.

Love Eurydice. (2006)
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Davismoon, S., & Rodger, J. (2006). Love Eurydice

This work is for large orchestra, mezzo-soprano (Eurydice) and three other women’s voices (SSA). Certain models of contemporary music visitations to classical legends, informed the research direction for this work, especially: Nono’s Prometeo and Xe... Read More about Love Eurydice..

Messiah (Dublin version 1742). (2006)
Digital Artefact
Malcolm, C. (2006). Messiah (Dublin version 1742)

A first-rate performance of Handel's Messiah in which the Dunedin Consort recreate the freshness, excitement and spontaneity of the work's first public performance in 1742. Unlike the thirty singers used in some later performances, this version featu... Read More about Messiah (Dublin version 1742)..

Popular Singing: a practical guide to Pop, Rock, Blues, Jazz, Country and Gospel (2006)
Book
Soto-Morettini, D. (2006). Popular Singing: a practical guide to Pop, Rock, Blues, Jazz, Country and Gospel. A & C Black

Donna Soto-Morettini is one of the top performance coaches in the industry and has worked as casting director and performance coach for the hit BBC reality casting shows, I'd Do Anything, Any Dream Will Do, and How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria.... Read More about Popular Singing: a practical guide to Pop, Rock, Blues, Jazz, Country and Gospel.

High. (2006)
Digital Artefact
Malcolm, C. (2006). High

Patricia's Songs. (2006)
Exhibition / Performance
Rodger, J., & Davismoon, S. Patricia's Songs. 1 January 2006 - 1 January 2006

The Cold Dancer. (2005)
Other
Dempster, K. (2005). The Cold Dancer

The work’s starting-point and source of inspiration is the poem, A Reel of Seven Fishermen by the Orcadian poet, George Mackay Brown and the music is structured closely around the form and ideas found in the poem. In the early stages of the work, the... Read More about The Cold Dancer..

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)
Exhibition / Performance
Dempster, K. Six feet of blood. 1 April 2005 - 1 April 2005

McEwan’s Fantasy Quintet. (2005)
Exhibition / Performance
Beeston, M., Bailey, M., Burrin, P., & Mutter, C. McEwan’s Fantasy Quintet. Performed at Edinburgh. 17 March 2005 - 17 March 2005

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..

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..

Water, reflected. (2004)
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Burton, K. (2004). Water, reflected. [Score]. Edinburgh, Scotland

“Water, reflected…” was composed in 2004 and is the third movement of a five-movement work for orchestra, a research project linking musical composition to architectural design, in particular that of the Chrysler Building. All five movements can be p... Read More about Water, reflected..