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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.

Real Sounds, Real Instruments: Discourses of Fidelity and Authenticity in the Design and Use of Digital Sampling Technologies (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harkins, P. (2016, December). Real Sounds, Real Instruments: Discourses of Fidelity and Authenticity in the Design and Use of Digital Sampling Technologies. Paper presented at Art of Record Production (ARP) conference, University of Aalborg

This paper explores how an ideology of realism was central to the designers of early digital synthesizer/sampling technologies and how discourses of authenticity remain important to the contemporary users of digital technologies in the production of... Read More about Real Sounds, Real Instruments: Discourses of Fidelity and Authenticity in the Design and Use of Digital Sampling Technologies.

Beyond Borealism: New Perspectives on the North (2016)
Book Chapter
Medboe, H. (2016). Beyond Borealism: New Perspectives on the North. In Beyond Borealism: New Perspectives on the North (149-166). Norvik Press

Since the 1970s, jazz from Scandinavia has represented a distinct reimagining of the erstwhile American music form with the term “Nordic tone” being liberally applied in the marketing and critical discussion of jazz from the region. While undoubtedly... Read More about Beyond Borealism: New Perspectives on the North.

enlightenment (2016)
Other
Hails, J. (2016). enlightenment. [Musical score]. London, UK

Musical work for solo or duo microtonal trumpet(s) and fixed media.

An autoethnography of Scottish hip-hop: social commentary, outsiderdom , locality and authenticity (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hook, D. (2016, June). An autoethnography of Scottish hip-hop: social commentary, outsiderdom , locality and authenticity. Paper presented at It Ain't Where You're From, It's Where You're At: International Hip-Hop Studies Conference

Hip-hop’s export, practise, appropriation and reuse can be found in cultures around the globe from Aborigines in Australia, to Palestinian hip-hop in the Middle East. While a number of academic works already exist examining the development of hip-hop... Read More about An autoethnography of Scottish hip-hop: social commentary, outsiderdom , locality and authenticity.

Digital Musicianship Training for Classically Trained Music Students in a Laptop Orchestra (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cheng, L. (2016, May). Digital Musicianship Training for Classically Trained Music Students in a Laptop Orchestra. Presented at 22nd International Symposium on Electronic Art, Hong Kong

Laptop orchestra is a music platform that focuses on collaborative music making within a computer-mediated environment. It is usually formed by an interdisciplinary team with expertise in different disciplines such as music, composition, multimedia,... Read More about Digital Musicianship Training for Classically Trained Music Students in a Laptop Orchestra.

Nine for ones in nine: a schizophrenic cyborg love story. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hails, J. (2016, April). Nine for ones in nine: a schizophrenic cyborg love story. Paper presented at Edinburgh Napier Staff Conference

By appropriating the images of the schizophrenic and the cyborg from Deleuze and Guattari, and from Donna Haraway respectively, this paper seeks to discuss the relationship between human and computer, composer and performer in a way that undermines a... Read More about Nine for ones in nine: a schizophrenic cyborg love story..

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.

for one (2016)
Other
Hails, J. (2016). for one. [Musical score]. Print manuscript in the possession of the composer

Musical work (duration 19') for oneunspecified melodic sustaining instrument. Work employs specific tuning related to just intervals.

Sir James Macmillan/Hebrides Ensemble LoLa Research between UK and Italy (2015)
Digital Artefact
Ferguson, P. (2015). Sir James Macmillan/Hebrides Ensemble LoLa Research between UK and Italy. [Video]

This video documents the use of Edinburgh Napier University's low-latency research by Sir James Macmillan and the Hebrides Ensemble. The resulting Macmillan Horn Quintet masterclass took place between three sites: Edinburgh, London and Trieste (Ital... Read More about Sir James Macmillan/Hebrides Ensemble LoLa Research between UK and Italy.

Sh (2015)
Other
Hails, J. (2015). Sh. [Score]. Edinburgh, Scotland

Sh is a work for solo guitar that lasts around three minutes.

enlightenment (2015)
Other
Hails, J. (2015). enlightenment

Work for solo harp with optional fixed media. Written for harpist Milana Zaric to play and dedicated to the memory of the poet Simon Howard. First performance on 24th March 2015 at City University (Milana Zaric, harp; Richard Barrett, electronics).

for three (2015)
Other
Hails, J. (2015). for three. [Musical score]. Print manuscript in possession of composer

Musical work (duration 41') for three unspecified melodic sustaining instruments. Work employs specific tuning related to just intervals.