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Music and familiarity: listening, musicology and performance
Book
King, E., & Prior, H. Music and familiarity: listening, musicology and performance. The University of Hull

Familiarity underpins our engagement with music. This book highlights theoretical and empirical considerations about familiarity from three perspectives: listening, musicology and performance. Part I, ‘Listening', addresses familiarity as it relates... Read More about Music and familiarity: listening, musicology and performance.

Shaping popular music
Book Chapter
Prior, H., & Greasley, A. Shaping popular music.

Much of the research on musical shaping in performance focuses on Western classical music. Although this provides scope for interesting work, the extent to which its findings are applicable to Western popular music is unclear: what different concepti... Read More about Shaping popular music.

Equanimity
Digital Artefact
Mackay, R. Equanimity

The composition, <em>Equanimity</em> (for clarinet and computer), was commissioned by American clarinetist F. Gerard Errante for his CD project <em>Delicate Balance</em> (2012, Aucourant Records, USA). Taking a moonlit night on a beach in Majorca as... Read More about Equanimity.

Strata Sequence
Digital Artefact
Mackay, R. Strata Sequence

Composition cycle based on recordings of the Brantwood Musical Stones (developed as part of the Ruskin Rocks project) and text of John Ruskin in collaboration with Dame Evelyn Glennie.

The Piano Makers
Digital Artefact
Barnard, M. The Piano Makers

Furthering the research into the binaural method, and specifically the ‘ear-shot’ aesthetic, this piece also explores the evolving soundscape - more specifically, the disappearance of sounds and the significance of the recording process thereof. The... Read More about The Piano Makers.

Closely Observed Trains
Digital Artefact
Barnard, M. Closely Observed Trains

The binaural method was employed to capture the sonority of the overground and underground railways in England. As the binaural method works under the premise of recording what is heard by the recordist, the capture of sonic environments becomes intu... Read More about Closely Observed Trains.

Flow
Digital Artefact
Mackay, R. Flow

<em>Flow</em> is a composition for flute, electronics and video, commissioned by Mexican multimedia performance group Luminico. It was created in the studios of CMMAS (Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras) during October 2012, supported... Read More about Flow.

Sounds of Sea Swim
Digital Artefact
Mackay, R. Sounds of Sea Swim

<em>The Sounds of Sea Swim</em> is a collection of compositions, sound collages, and installations developed as part of commissioned work for the <em>Sea Swim</em> project, directed by Lara Goodband and John Wedgewood Clarke. Part swimming club and p... Read More about Sounds of Sea Swim.