‘There it is, another code ready to be used’. Repurposing comprovisation [Lecture-recital].
Presentation / Conference
Papageorgiou, D., & Sánchez Díaz, F. (2022, June)
‘There it is, another code ready to be used’. Repurposing comprovisation [Lecture-recital]. Presented at Performance Studies Network International Conference 2022, Department of Music and Media, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
‘There it is, another code ready to be used’ is a notational environment and a system for improvisation on any instrument of the saxophone family (with or without live electro...
Haphazard pathways: Students’ perceptions of their routes to music study in higher education in the United Kingdom
Journal Article
Moir, Z., & Stillie, B. (2018)
Haphazard pathways: Students’ perceptions of their routes to music study in higher education in the United Kingdom. Journal of Popular Music Education, 2(3), 199-216. doi:10.1386/jpme.2.3.199_1
This article reports on a qualitative study, which explored perceptions of fourteen first-year undergraduate music students in the United Kingdom regarding their secondary sch...
The shifting sands of UK secondary music curricula: problematising relationships between aural training and music literacy
Journal Article
Donn, R., Stillie, B., & Moir, Z. (2024)
The shifting sands of UK secondary music curricula: problematising relationships between aural training and music literacy. Music Education Research, 26(1), 58-70. https://doi.org/10.1080/14613808.2024.2309204
This article, which is intended as a contribution to wider conversations around music literacy, explores current conceptions of music literacy within the UK, using the area of...
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...
Challenging authenticity: fakes and forgeries in rock music
Journal Article
Atton, C. (2019)
Challenging authenticity: fakes and forgeries in rock music. Popular Music, 38(2), 204-218. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261143019000084
Authenticity is a key concept in the evaluation of rock music by critics and fans. The production of fakes challenges the means by which listeners evaluate the authentic, by ...
Appropriation, Additive Approaches and Accidents: The Sampler as Compositional Tool and Recording Dislocation
Journal Article
Harkins, P. (2010)
Appropriation, Additive Approaches and Accidents: The Sampler as Compositional Tool and Recording Dislocation. Journal of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, 1(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.5429/2079-3871%282010%29v1i2.3en
Brian Eno describes the recording studio as a compositional tool that has enabled composers to enjoy a more direct relationship with sound. This article will explore the use o...
(Dis)locating Democratisation: Grime, Digitalisation, and ‘The PlayStation Generation’
Presentation / Conference
Harkins, P. (2020, May)
(Dis)locating Democratisation: Grime, Digitalisation, and ‘The PlayStation Generation’. Paper presented at London Calling IASPM UK & Ireland Conference, Online/University of West London
For many commentators over the last two decades, digitisation represents nothing short of a watershed moment in how music is produced, stored, and consumed. Just as the era of...
Transmission Loss and Found: The Sampler as Compositional Tool
Journal Article
Harkins, P. (2009)
Transmission Loss and Found: The Sampler as Compositional Tool. Journal on the Art of Record Production, 4,
This article explores the use of the digital sampler as one of the studio tools that forms part of this creative process and focuses on interviews with a group of Edinburgh mu...
Digital Musicianship Training for Classically Trained Music Students in a Laptop Orchestra
Conference Proceeding
Cheng, L. (2016)
Digital Musicianship Training for Classically Trained Music Students in a Laptop Orchestra. In Proceedings of the 22nd International Symposium on Electronic Art (40-43
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 ...
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.