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The Impact of Cochlear Implants on Musical Experience (2013)
Book Chapter
Moir, Z., & Overy, K. (2013). The Impact of Cochlear Implants on Musical Experience. In V. Bates, A. Bleakley, & S. Goodman (Eds.), Medicine, Health and the Arts: Approaches to the Medical Humanities, 246-263. London: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

No abstract available.

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.

The Hold (2014)
Other
Dempster, K. (2014). The Hold. [Musical Score]. Edinburgh, UK

The Hold – a site-specific, promenade performance, staged at the National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, the result of a collaboration between Lung Ha’s Theatre Company and National Museums Scotland. The play is by Anglo-Canadian wri... Read More about The Hold.

Distant Voices (2016)
Other
Dempster, K. (2016). Distant Voices. [Musical Score]. Edinburgh, UK

Distant Voices - A unique multi-disciplinary performance, in which live musicians in Edinburgh connect, via video-link technology, with dancers on stage in Liverpool and Florida. This telematic creative research project explored the efficacy of VisiM... Read More about Distant Voices.

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.

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

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.

Following the Distributors: Syco Systems and the Selling of Musical Instruments. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harkins, P. (2018, September). Following the Distributors: Syco Systems and the Selling of Musical Instruments. Paper presented at Art of Record Production (ARP)/International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) UK & Ireland Branch Conference, University of Huddersfield, UK

Since the 1980s and 1990s, scholars in Science and Technology Studies (STS) and, more specifically, those adopting the Social Construction of Technology (SCOT) approach have been investigating ‘the user-technology nexus’. This continued a shift in th... Read More about Following the Distributors: Syco Systems and the Selling of Musical Instruments..

Edinburgh Festival Fringe - The Sandy Brechin Band (2018)
Exhibition / Performance
Brechin, S., & Currie, J. Edinburgh Festival Fringe - The Sandy Brechin Band. Performed at Merchants Hall, Edinburgh. 4 August 2018 - 4 August 2018. (Unpublished)

The wild man of Scottish accordion is back with his tip-top tunes, frighteningly fast fingering and hilarious hi-jinks and humour, accompanied by his groovin' five-piece band. It's folk music, Jim, but not as we know it! Sandy is one of Scotland's be... Read More about Edinburgh Festival Fringe - The Sandy Brechin Band.

Edinburgh's Hogmanay 2019 (2018)
Exhibition / Performance
Brechin, S., & Currie, J. Edinburgh's Hogmanay 2019. Performed at Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh. 31 December 2018 - 31 December 2018. (Unpublished)

Experience the best of Scotland at the Ceilidh under the Castle. Whirl or jig, fling or be flung under Edinburgh Castle. Join hands with old friends and new to dance in the New Year with a full ceilidh band and plenty of local food and drink to keep... Read More about Edinburgh's Hogmanay 2019.

Can Music be Digitised? Samplers, Democratisation, and 'the Digital Age' (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harkins, P. (2018, December). Can Music be Digitised? Samplers, Democratisation, and 'the Digital Age'. Paper presented at Music, Digitalisation, and Democracy

Rather than an abrupt or revolutionary shift from analogue to digital, I will argue in this paper that the use of digital technologies such as samplers have been part of a more gradual process of socio-musical change. As well as examining the argumen... Read More about Can Music be Digitised? Samplers, Democratisation, and 'the Digital Age'.

Haphazard pathways: Students’ perceptions of their routes to music study in higher education in the United Kingdom (2018)
Journal Article
Moir, Z., & Stillie, B. (2018). Haphazard pathways: Students’ perceptions of their routes to music study in higher education in the United Kingdom. Journal of Popular Music Education, 2(3), 199-216. https://doi.org/10.1386/jpme.2.3.199_1

This article reports on a qualitative study, which explored perceptions of fourteen first-year undergraduate music students in the United Kingdom regarding their secondary school music education as preparation for undertaking degree-level music study... Read More about Haphazard pathways: Students’ perceptions of their routes to music study in higher education in the United Kingdom.

Deacon (CD/DVD Set) (2009)
Other
Moir, Z. (2009). Deacon (CD/DVD Set)

DVD/CD set of commissioned work for the rehabilitation of adult cochlear implant users, published by MED-EL UK.

Challenging authenticity: fakes and forgeries in rock music (2019)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (2019). Challenging authenticity: fakes and forgeries in rock music. Popular Music, 38(2), 204-218. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261143019000084

Authenticity is a key concept in the evaluation of rock music by critics and fans. The production of fakes challenges the means by which listeners evaluate the authentic, by questioning central notions of integrity and sincerity. This paper examine... Read More about Challenging authenticity: fakes and forgeries in rock music.

Guest editorial (2018)
Journal Article
Platt, L., & Ali-Knight, J. (2018). Guest editorial. Journal of Place Management and Development, 11(3), 262-265. https://doi.org/10.1108/jpmd-08-2018-131

Authors are guest editors of special issue of Journal to Place Management and Development.

Special Issue: Grassroots Festivals and Place Making (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Special Issue: Grassroots Festivals and Place Making. Journal of Place Management and Development, 11(3),

Authors are editors of the special issue to Journal of Place Management and Development.