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I was recently commissioned to produce a new piece of acousmatic music for a sheffield-based project focussing on Furnace Park. The small patch of land, once home to an 18th Century foundry, was the subject of a sonic investigation and a sound-bank was created, involving recordings from in and around the park. My piece, Foundry Flux,…
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I recently presented a paper and piece at MuSA (Music and Sound Art) in Karlsruhe. Once again, the conference was a lot of fun, and included an interesting selection of papers on varied topics. My own paper considered the compositional methods employed in the creation of acousmatic, electroacoustic music, and questioned whether our discussion of…
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Adrian Moore and I recently hosted the Electronic Music Studies Network conference here in Sheffield. The conference coincided with Sound Junction and featured a keynote performance by Annette Vande Gorne and a keynote speech by Tatjana Mehner. Performances included works by Paul Fretwell, Dale Perkins, Neal Farwell, Alistair MacDonald, Robert Dow, Pete Stollery, alongside numerous…
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I’ve just found out that I’m due to perform in Arizona in early May. I’m currently looking for some funding to attend…
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I was very pleased to be included in a day about ‘authorship in music’ at the University of Oxford. My paper, called Upholding Authorship: rethinking the work-concept in light of contemporary compositional practice considered was in which we must rethink of conception of musical works rather than our understanding of authorship. The event was thoroughly…
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I recently gave a talk and presented a piece at IFIMPaC, Leeds. My paper abstract is pasted below. Corrective and Expressive Diffusion: interpreting acousmatic works in performance In recent years, the art of sound diffusion has received a great deal of critical and theoretical attention. Some of this attention has helped to rationalise the role…
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Some of you may be interested in taking part in the Leeds College of Music Summer School, which is dedicated to electroacoustic composition. Rob Bentall is running the 5-day event, which will focus upon the development of skills for composition. I shall be a guest composer on the final day, and look am looking forward…
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I am very honored to have been invited to judge musical works for the ICMC2015, which is taking place in Texas. Unfortunately, I am unable to attend the conference, but I’m looking forward to hearing the various pieces that have been submitted.
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The Research Excellence Framework (REF) has recently released results in which 48% of The University of Sheffield’s music research was judged as ‘world-learning’ – this was the 4th highest of any music submission in the UK. I was particularly pleased that feedback referred to ‘outstanding electroacoustic compositions’.
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Sound Junction – The University of Sheffield’s electronic music concert series – recently took place in Firth Hall. Concerts features works by staff and students, and attracted substantial audiences for all events. Andy Brown – a local photographer – took a series of excellent images of the event, including this one of us setting up:
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