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As Time Passes

Other
Burton, K. (2009)
As Time Passes. [Score]. Edinburgh, Scotland
Scored for a mixed chamber ensemble. In many ways a partner piece to 'Floating Sculptures' in that it is also inspired by the photographic work of Stephen Lawson, however her...

for St Gabriel's

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 ...

Floating Sanctuary

Other
Burton, K. (2017)
Floating Sanctuary
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 th...

Moon Palace II

Other
Burton, K. (2005)
Moon Palace II
Selected for performance at the New Music Weekend for Piano, Frederic Chopin Conservatoire, Paris. Premiered by Quentin Meurisse on 4th February 2012.

Music and Place: How Site-Specific Compositions can Complement the Architects' Vision

Presentation / Conference
Burton, K. (2018, April)
Music and Place: How Site-Specific Compositions can Complement the Architects' Vision. Presented at AMPS Moving Images - Static Spaces: Architectures, Art, Media, Film, Digital Art and Design, Istanbul, Turkey
Schafer (2011) said, ‘Without sound space feels lifeless.’ While some site-specific compositions seek to explore the acoustical properties of a building, with music that best ...

The Sound of Architecture - Guest Blog Historic Environment Scotland

Digital Artefact
Burton, K. (2021)
The Sound of Architecture - Guest Blog Historic Environment Scotland. [Website]
Historic Environment Scotland published a guest blog about my site-specific compositions for three post-war and contemporary churches in Scotland. The blog was published in J...

Music and Place

Presentation / Conference
Burton, K. (2018, November)
Music and Place. Presented at Inverness Architectural Association convention (2018), Inverness, Scotland
I was invited to present a talk on my site-specific practice at the Inverness Architectural Association convention at Eden Court Theatre, Inverness.

Music and Place Illustrated Lecture (with live performance)

Exhibition / Performance
Burton, K. Music and Place Illustrated Lecture (with live performance)
[Public talk]. Exhibited at Edinburgh, Scotland. 24 September 2018 - 24 September 2018. (Unpublished
I was invited by the Cockburn Association, organisers of Edinburgh Doors open Day, to present an illustrated lecture to kick off the Doors open Day 2018 Public Lecture Series.

for St Albert's

Other
Burton, K. (2021)
for St Albert's. Edinburgh, Scotland
A site-specific work informed by the architectural design of the Chapel of St Albert the Great, Edinburgh. The piece received multiple performances in the space on September 2...

Writing for Craigsbank (illustrated lecture with live performance)

Exhibition / Performance
Burton, K. Writing for Craigsbank (illustrated lecture with live performance)
[Illustrated lecture with live performance]. Exhibited at Edinburgh, Scotland. 30 November 2021 - 27 November 2017. (Unpublished
Following the premiere of my site-specific work for performance at Craigsbank Parish Church (originally titled Floating Sanctuary), I was invited to talk to the Church of Scot...
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City narratives in music: creating musical works that reflect urban realities relating to Valletta

2013 - 2019
"The research explores elements of community, identity, and cultural realities. It explores the way of...
Alexander Vella Gregory | Director of Studies: Mr. Ken Dempster | Second Supervisor: Dr Katrina Burton

Integrating multistylistic influences in a portfolio of compositions

2008 - date
My research involves the integration of elements from a variety of musical styles, with special emphasis on jazz and classical style...
Fraser Burke | Director of Studies: Mr. Ken Dempster | Second Supervisor: Dr Katrina Burton

A Compositional Exploration of Auditory-Visual Synaesthesia

2019 - date
The aim of my practice-based PhD is to determine whether tapping into one’s synaesthesia can assist in the music composition/production proce...
Corin Anderson | Director of Studies: Dr Zack Moir | Second Supervisor: Dr Katrina Burton

How can people explore a sense of space, place and narrative in music/songwriting workshops to benefit their personal growth and wellbeing?

2022 - date
Beth Karp | Director of Studies: Mr Bryden Stillie | Second Supervisor: Dr Katrina Burton

Musical reading of free-verse poetry: The compositional approach in Songs after Love

2019 - 2022
Ioannis Koufoudakis | Director of Studies: Dr Katrina Burton | Second Supervisor: Dr John Hails

Watching Play: Analysing Live Streaming's Affordances to Challenge the Traditional Ways of Understanding Play

2019 - date
Viviana Susanna | Director of Studies: Dr Tara Thomson | Second Supervisor: Dr Sarah Artt

The effectiveness of LOLA audio-visual streaming technology for distributed music education, rehearsal and performance over high speed research networks

2012 - 2016
Gill Davies | Director of Studies: Dr Paul Ferguson | Second Supervisor: Dr Katrina Burton

Representations of feminist and lesbian consciousness and the use of subversive strategies in selected poetry of Isabella Jane Blagden (1817-1873)

2009 - 2016
Sharon Gordon | Director of Studies: Prof Linda Dryden | Second Supervisor: Prof Bashabi Fraser

Nineteenth-century girls and authorship: adolescent writing, appropriation, and its representation in literature, c 1860-1900

2015 - 2019
My PhD research focuses on the lived experience and literary representation...
Dr Lois Burke | Director of Studies: Prof Anne Schwan | Second Supervisor: Dr Sarah Artt

An investigation into contemporary open musical forms: moving beyond practice emanating in response to the innovations of the New York School

2007 - 2014
Alexander Hunter | Director of Studies: Dr Katrina Burton