Nordic Tone: Redrawing borders of culture and boundaries of style.
Presentation / Conference
Medbøe, H. (2012, July)
Nordic Tone: Redrawing borders of culture and boundaries of style. Paper presented at International Musicological Society, Rome, Italy
Historians and educators have traditionally presented the century long evolution of jazz in a linear, canonical fashion. Applications of this model are often limited to the mu...
Groovin’ High and Low: exploring the jazz vernacular.
Presentation / Conference
Medbøe, H. (2013, April)
Groovin’ High and Low: exploring the jazz vernacular. Paper presented at Rhythm Changes 2013, Salford UK
Debate over origin and authenticity aside, the musical language of jazz is today spoken and understood amongst a diversity of communities the world over. Standard repertoire, ...
Towards a fusion of western classical/contemporary and traditional Scots bagpipe composition techniques: "Manntaireachd".
Thesis
Davidson, L. Towards a fusion of western classical/contemporary and traditional Scots bagpipe composition techniques: "Manntaireachd". (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from 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 ...
Towards a notion of cultural soundscape as an informant to original music composition - with particular reference to that of the Maltese Islands
Thesis
Zammit, V. Towards a notion of cultural soundscape as an informant to original music composition - with particular reference to that of the Maltese Islands. (Thesis)
Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6048
In this folio of compositions, which includes orchestral, chamber, electroacoustic and solo pieces, an attempt was made to capture some aspects that constitute the Maltese cul...
The Dancing-Master's Toolkit: a Summary of the Pochette of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries and its Role in Society
Journal Article
Durkin, R. (2017)
The Dancing-Master's Toolkit: a Summary of the Pochette of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries and its Role in Society. The Galpin Society journal, LXX, 65-79
The pochette or kit of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries survives in surprisingly large numbers in both specialist and general collections, and displays a variety of fo...
Sketching concatenative synthesis: audiovisual Isomorphism in reduced modes.
Conference Proceeding
Tsiros, A., LePlâtre, G. & Smyth, M. (2011)
Sketching concatenative synthesis: audiovisual Isomorphism in reduced modes. In 9th Sound and Music Computing Conference, 409-507
This paper presents a prototype allowing the control of a
concatenative synthesis algorithm using a 2D sketching
interface. The design of the system is underpinned by a
prelim...
Blake Schwarzenbach and the anxieties of American punk rock: 1991–present
Journal Article
Keeble, A. (2016)
Blake Schwarzenbach and the anxieties of American punk rock: 1991–present. Punk and Post Punk, 5(3), 295-310. https://doi.org/10.1386/punk.5.3.295_1
This article argues that Blake Schwarzenbach was a pivotal figure in the evolution of American punk from the early 1990s. Schwarzenbach’s journey as a punk figure has exemplif...
Why Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem still resounds today
Other
Ashton, N. (2014)
Why Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem still resounds today
‘The Clowns of God’:Jerry Springer the Opera
Journal Article
Soto-Morettini, D. (2004)
‘The Clowns of God’:Jerry Springer the Opera. Contemporary Theatre Review, 14(1), 75-87. doi:10.1080/1026716032000148546
When Is A Drummer Not A Drummer? Developing Coordination , Musicianship And Creativity Through Electronic Drum Performance
Book Chapter
Stillie, B. (2019)
When Is A Drummer Not A Drummer? Developing Coordination , Musicianship And Creativity Through Electronic Drum Performance. In Z. Moir, B. Powell, & G. Dylan Smith (Eds.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Education Perspectives and Practices (189-201). London: Bloomsbury Publishing
Many drummers now embrace technology to enhance and extend their setup, and what they can offer their band. Thus, it is important that drum kit education addresses this phenom...