All Outputs (12)

The Ambisonic Canvas: A Portfolio of Spatial Music Compositions in the Ambisonic Domain (2025)
Thesis
Bagshaw, J. (2025). The Ambisonic Canvas: A Portfolio of Spatial Music Compositions in the Ambisonic Domain [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5432990

The portfolio presented is a series of compositions created within, and specifically for, the technical spatial format of Higher-Order Ambisonics (HOA). The format provides a suitable framework within which to compose and produce spatial music; that... Read More about The Ambisonic Canvas: A Portfolio of Spatial Music Compositions in the Ambisonic Domain.

Nightports at Hull Minster: Transporting a Site-Specific Musical Work Across Physical and Virtual Spaces (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Barnard, M., Martin, A., & Slater, M. (2024). Nightports at Hull Minster: Transporting a Site-Specific Musical Work Across Physical and Virtual Spaces. Proceedings of the 49th International Computer Music Conference – ICMC 2024 – Seoul (2024-July, pp. 250-256). International Computer Music Association, Inc. https://www.icmc2024.org/

‘Nightports at Hull Minster’ is a musical project that harnesses spatialisation techniques to present music composed of the sounds of Hull Minster, UK, in both the location itself and alternative performance spaces, whilst still expressing the spatia... Read More about Nightports at Hull Minster: Transporting a Site-Specific Musical Work Across Physical and Virtual Spaces.

Nightports at Hull Minster: Physical, Hybrid and Virtualized Live Loudspeaker Array Spatialization of Electronic Music Performance (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Barnard, M., Martin, A., & Slater, M. (2023, September 5-7). Nightports at Hull Minster: Physical, Hybrid and Virtualized Live Loudspeaker Array Spatialization of Electronic Music Performance [Paper presentation]. 2023 Immersive and 3D Audio: from Architecture to Automotive (I3DA 2023), Bologna, Italy. https://doi.org/10.1109/I3DA57090.2023.10289518

'Nightports at Hull Minster' is a musical project that harnesses spatialization techniques to present music composed of the sounds of Hull Minster, UK, in both the location itself and alternative performance spaces, whilst still expressing the spatia... Read More about Nightports at Hull Minster: Physical, Hybrid and Virtualized Live Loudspeaker Array Spatialization of Electronic Music Performance.

Adapting live loudspeaker array spatialisation methods for a site-specific live electronic music performance in physical, virtual and hybrid contexts (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Barnard, M., Slater, M., & Martin, A. (2023). Adapting live loudspeaker array spatialisation methods for a site-specific live electronic music performance in physical, virtual and hybrid contexts. Proceedings of the AES 2023 International Conference on Spatial and Immersive Audio (pp. 260-267). Audio Engineering Society. https://aes2.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22191

Nightports at Hull Minster is a musical project that harnesses spatialisation techniques to present music composed of the sounds of Hull Minster, UK, in both the location itself and alternative performance spaces, whilst still expressing the spatiali... Read More about Adapting live loudspeaker array spatialisation methods for a site-specific live electronic music performance in physical, virtual and hybrid contexts.

Nightports at Hull Minster [Musical Work] (2023)
Digital Artefact
(2023, April 7). Nightports at Hull Minster [Musical Work] [audio recording]. The Leaf Label. http://www.theleaflabel.com/en/releases/view/282/Nightports/Minster/NIGHT%2011E

Following rare access to the bell tower at Hull Minster in September 2021, this immersive electronic work is made entirely of recordings of the bells that have rung out over the city of Hull for centuries, and of the clock mechanism that has marked t... Read More about Nightports at Hull Minster [Musical Work].

Nightports at Hull Minster for the Awakening Festival (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Slater, M., Barnard, M., & Martin, A. (2023, March 17). Nightports at Hull Minster for the Awakening Festival [Performance]. Hull Minster. http://www.theleaflabel.com/en/news/view/766/AD

'Nightports at Hull Minster' is a practice-research project that explores site-specific composition, production, performance and real-time audio spatialisation. Underpinning this research is the creation of a new 30-minute original musical work for l... Read More about Nightports at Hull Minster for the Awakening Festival.

Nightports at Hull Minster on BBC Radio 3 (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Slater, M., Martin, A., & Barnard, M. (2023, January 9). Nightports at Hull Minster on BBC Radio 3 [Performance]. Manchester. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001gtrb

'Nightports at Hull Minster' is a practice-research project that explores site-specific composition, production, performance and real-time audio spatialisation. Underpinning this research is the creation of a new 30-minute original musical work for l... Read More about Nightports at Hull Minster on BBC Radio 3.

Nightports at Hull Minster [video] (2022)
Digital Artefact
(2022, August 28). Nightports at Hull Minster [video] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pBToHDIZUQ]. Freedom Festival Arts Trust.

Following rare access to the bell tower at Hull Minster in September 2021, this immersive electronic work is made entirely of recordings of the bells that have rung out over the city of Hull for centuries and of the clock mechanism that has marked th... Read More about Nightports at Hull Minster [video].

The Studio (2020)
Book Chapter
Barnard, M. (2020). The Studio. In H. Schulze (Ed.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Anthropology of Sound (pp. 369-383). Bloomsbury Academic & Professional. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781501335402.ch-028

Woche (with apologies to Ruttmann and Brock) (2019)
Digital Artefact
Barnard, M. (2019, November 7). Woche (with apologies to Ruttmann and Brock) [.wav sound file].

This composition represents an exploration and animation of an aesthetic framework outlined by the composer in previous research. The in-ear binaural method of recording and reproduction (and its headphone-based dissemination) is the focus of critica... Read More about Woche (with apologies to Ruttmann and Brock).

The Piano Makers (2012)
Digital Artefact
Barnard, M. (2012). The Piano Makers [mp4]. https://soundcloud.com/mattt/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.
Th... Read More about The Piano Makers.

Closely Observed Trains (2008)
Digital Artefact
Barnard, M. (2008). Closely Observed Trains [mp4]. The University of Hull. https://soundcloud.com/mattt/closely-observed-trains

Comprising of reconstructed and transformed soundscape material, derived entirely from journeys I have undertaken on the train and undergound networks of England, Closely Observed Trains is a comprehensive study of the sonic environments experienced.... Read More about Closely Observed Trains.