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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

No abstract available.

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 (Unpublished)

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. (Unpublished)

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.

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.

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.

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

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, The University of Edinburgh

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, University of Burgundy, Dijon

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.

Continental Drift: 50 years of jazz from Europe (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Medboe, H., Bares, W., Webster, E., Frost Fadnes, P., Inglis, C., Kahr, M., Stefanie, R., & Heyman, M. (2016, July). Continental Drift: 50 years of jazz from Europe. Presented at Continental Drift: 50 years of jazz from Europe, Edinburgh, UK

Following popular exposure in France to the proto-jazz of James Reese Europe and his 369th “Harlem Hellfighters” Infantry Regiment during the latter years of WW1, the jazz bug took hold and, in the period that followed, spread throughout Europe. This... Read More about Continental Drift: 50 years of jazz from Europe.

Routes to Higher Popular Music Education: Curricular Alignment, Autodidacticism, and Access. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stillie, B., & Moir, Z. (2017, February). Routes to Higher Popular Music Education: Curricular Alignment, Autodidacticism, and Access. Paper presented at Music Research Seminar Series

The presence of popular music has, in recent decades, ‘grown in schools, colleges and universities’. While the authors are encouraged by the increase in popular music in formal music education, our roles as HE popular music educators, coupled with o... Read More about Routes to Higher Popular Music Education: Curricular Alignment, Autodidacticism, and Access..

Engaging Students Outside the Classroom (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stillie, B. (2017, February). Engaging Students Outside the Classroom. Paper presented at Edinburgh Napier University Innovations in Teaching and Supporting Learning Teaching Fellows Conference

Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) are an essential part of the learning infrastructure in university but are still commonly used as mere ‘file stores’ where lecture slides used in face-to-face lectures, and supplemental materials that support asse... Read More about Engaging Students Outside the Classroom.

David Bowie’s late revival belongs to a grand tradition dating back to Beethoven (2017)
Newspaper / Magazine
Frayn, A., & Durkin, R. (2017). David Bowie’s late revival belongs to a grand tradition dating back to Beethoven. https://theconversation.com/david-bowies-late-revival-belongs-to-a-grand-tradition-dating-back-to-beethoven-71031

On David Bowie's Blackstar as embodying aspects of late style, as discussed by Theodor Adorno and Edward Said.

https://theconversation.com/david-bowies-late-revival-belongs-to-a-grand-tradition-dating-back-to-beethoven-71031

Educational affordances and learning design in music software development (2017)
Journal Article
Cheng, L., & Leong, S. (2017). Educational affordances and learning design in music software development. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 26(4), 395-407. https://doi.org/10.1080/1475939x.2016.1267037

Although music software has become increasingly affordable and widely adopted in today’s classrooms, concerns have been raised about a lack of consideration for users’ needs during the software development process. This paper examines intra- and inte... Read More about Educational affordances and learning design in music software development.