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SUMMARY:Machine Aesthetics in Live Music: Performance\, Improvisation\, Recording
DESCRIPTION:Join Alex Stevenson (Leeds Beckett University)\, Brendan Williams (University of Salford) and Dave Fortune (University of Salford) as they discuss machine aesthetics in contemporary popular music practice from multiple perspectives. The panellists consider how production technologies have influenced instrumental performance and the cyclical reciprocity of how these performances are presented in a contemporary recorded context. The discussion will also consider emerging electronic music improvisation practice in the Greater Manchester region. \nSpeakers\nAlex Stevenson\nCourse Director for postgraduate courses in Music and Sound\, in the Leeds School of Arts. He has published and presented on topics related to UK Hip Hop\, Popular Music Education\, Mixing Practice\, Music Performance and Electronic Music. He is currently undertaking a PhD at the University of Oslo entitled ‘Machine Aesthetics in Popular Music Performance’. \nDr Brendan Williams\nAssociate Professor in music technology in the School of Arts\, Media and Creative Technology at UoS. His text–based outputs currently focus on two distinct areas of practice. Working with acoustic ensembles he explores emerging spatialisation techniques within both live and recorded contemporary classical music. In the field of popular music\, Williams writes on the contemporary use of saturation techniques in drum kit recording and presentation. \nDave Fortune\nAcademic at the University of Salford\, where he teaches various disciplines within the field of music technology\, including his main specialisms which are composition\, production and live performance of electronic music. Dave’s research and creative practice explores the innovative use of various technologies and practices within in these domains. Dave co–runs the Bring Machines music event where participants take part in live jam sessions using various electronic instruments. This event is the focus of Dave’s most recent research output “Bring Machines: Observations and Proposed Frameworks for Improvised Electronic Music Performance”\, which he presented at the 2025 Innovation in Music Conference\, and which will be published later in 2026 by Routledge.
URL:https://music.salford.ac.uk/event/machine-aesthetics-in-live-music-performance-improvisation-recording/
LOCATION:Atrium – New Adelphi\, New Adelphi Building\, University Road\, Salford\, M5 4BR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Research,Salford Seminars in Sound and Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260302T173000
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DTSTAMP:20261104T084210Z
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SUMMARY:Liquidation as Quotation: Adventures in Folk Music and Deconstructive Compositional Technique
DESCRIPTION:Successfully integrating abstract issues of inspiration and creative motivation with concrete musical technique is essential for any composer. Referencing my points of musical inspiration\, folk music in particular\, necessitates a recompositional technique which allows these materials to be developed and explored more flexibly than through arrangement or simple quotation alone. Arnold Schoenberg’s concept of motivic liquidation provided me with a starting point to achieve this. Exploring this idea in new contexts and with reimagined interpretations allows me to ‘recompose’ the ideas which inspire me just as much as the process of recomposing the music itself. \nSpeaker\nDr Tim Johnston\nComposer and early career researcher making music which crosses stylistic boundaries between Anglo–Welsh folk music\, popular music\, and contemporary Classical repertoire. He studied his PhD at Cardiff University\, under the supervision of Dr Robert Fokkens and Dr Carlo Cenciarelli\, and is now based at the University of Salford where he teaches composition and arranging. \nRespondent\nProfessor Alan Williams\nComposer and writer on contemporary music and culture\, and Professor of Collaborative Composition at the University of Salford. He studied at the Universities of Edinburgh and Manchester and at the Liszt Academy\, Budapest. His music has been performed by world leading ensembles such as the BBC Philharmonic\, the BBC Singers\, the Philharmonia\, MDR Radio Choir\, and Psappha\, and has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3\, MDR (Germany)\, NEC (Brazil) and Bartók Rádió (Hungary). In 2016 he created a score for Val McDermid’s adaptation of The Kraken Wakens\, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016\, and in 2017 he wrote the ‘world’s first Northern opera’ with poet Ian McMillan. In 2023 he created Healing Tales\, a collaborative composition with NHS workers in Bolton telling the story of their experience of the COVID pandemic\, and this led him to develop the Listening Composer method of collaborative composition.
URL:https://music.salford.ac.uk/event/liquidation-as-quotation-adventures-in-folk-music-and-deconstructive-compositional-technique/
LOCATION:Atrium – New Adelphi\, New Adelphi Building\, University Road\, Salford\, M5 4BR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Research,Salford Seminars in Sound and Music
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DTSTAMP:20261104T084230Z
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SUMMARY:Improvising Across Boundaries: Performance and Practice as Research
DESCRIPTION:An evening of music and discussion as practice researchers Shirley Smart (Royal College of Music) and Dr Sarah Raine (University College Dublin) join forces to showcase their work and reflect on gender and inclusion in contemporary improvised music worlds. \nSpeakers\nDr Sarah Raine\nResearcher at University College Dublin\, Ireland. She is the PI of Improvising across Boundaries: Voicing the experience of women and gender–minority improvising musicians (2023–2027)\, funded by Research Ireland and in partnership with IMC (Improvised Music Company). Sarah is an Editor for Jazz Research Journal\, a co–Managing Editor of Riffs: Experimental writing on popular music\, and a Book Series Editor for Equinox Publishing (Music Industry Studies). Sarah has previously undertaken collaborative research with Cheltenham Jazz Festival\, Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival\, TradFest (Dublin)\, and Creative Scotland. Her research was included in the Misogyny in Music Parliamentary Report (2024). \nShirley Smart\nCellist and Professor of Musicianship and Improvisation at the Royal College of Music\, and Musician–in–Residence at St. John’s College\, Cambridge. Shirley is equally at home and well versed in jazz\, folk\, Middle Eastern and World Music\, as well as classical\, and her music draws upon this rich tapestry of influences. She trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem. Since moving back to London\, Shirley has established herself firmly on both the jazz and world music scenes. Recent projects include Issie Barratt‘s Interchange Dectet\, which released its debut album ‘Donna‘s Secret‘ in 2020\, and Nikki Yeoh‘s trio project Café Oran which debuted at the Ronnie Scotts International Piano Trio Festival in 2019\, and has since also opened for Avishai Cohen at the Barbican.
URL:https://music.salford.ac.uk/event/improvising-across-boundaries-performance-and-practice-as-research/
LOCATION:Atrium – New Adelphi\, New Adelphi Building\, University Road\, Salford\, M5 4BR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Research,Salford Seminars in Sound and Music
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SUMMARY:Play for Change: Exploring Games and Playful Interactions for Real-World Impact
DESCRIPTION:This research seminar showcases cutting–edge work from the University of Salford exploring how play\, serious games\, and playful interaction can address real–world challenges. From education and health to environmental awareness and social transformation\, our invited researchers investigate how playful design fosters learning\, engagement\, and meaningful change. \nSpeakers\nDr Chloé Germaine\nReader in Environmental Humanities at Manchester Metropolitan University and co–director of the Manchester Game Centre. Her research considers game play and game making practices in critical literacy\, activism and research. She also researches the environmental impact of game development alongside their potential in culture and society as agent of transformative change. \nJoseph Fowler\nPhD student at the University of Salford and teaches Creative Audio and Final Project on BA (Hons) TV and Radio. His research\, funded by the university’s Widening Participation Scholarship\, examines post–pandemic audience enjoyment of spatial audio and playful learning within heritage tourism. Joseph is an AV Artist\, specialising in alternative methods for humans to interface with music\, and produces heritage themed documentaries for BBC Radio 4 including the recent ‘How Trains Shrink Time and Space‘. His work has been presented at TEDx\, Dorkbot\, and Islington Mill. He also works as a sound designer for games and animation. \nProfessor Chloe James\nGraduated from the University of Edinburgh with a BSc (Hons) in Medical Microbiology and completed her PhD at the University of Liverpool\, where she began her long–standing work on bacteriophages. She went on to research polymicrobial dental biofilms at the University of Florida and antibiotic transport in Gram–negative bacteria at Aix–Marseille Université. Returning to Liverpool as a Wellcome Trust Postdoctoral Fellow\, she investigated phage effects on cystic fibrosis. Since joining the University of Salford in 2012 and becoming Chair in Microbiology in 2022\, her research has focused on temperate bacteriophages\, host–pathogen interactions\, and antimicrobial resistance. She is also committed to open science and public engagement in microbiology. \nDr Juan Hiriart\nCreative technologies specialist whose teaching spans games\, extended reality\, and interactive storytelling. With more than twenty years of experience as an artist\, designer\, and coder\, his professional work includes illustration\, design\, and game development. His research focuses on how gaming and immersive technologies can be used for social good\, particularly through the design of educational games in history\, heritage\, and the sciences. A key area of his current work involves collaborations with South American Indigenous communities\, using participatory and community–led methods to help revitalise endangered languages through digital and immersive media. \nDr Adam Hart\nLecturer in Music Technology at the University of Salford. His research explores gaming technologies within inclusive education practices\, and is currently focused on the use of Minecraft to support neurodivergent inclusivity in youth work. He co–leads the Neurodivergent Researchers Network at the British Educational Research Association.
URL:https://music.salford.ac.uk/event/play-for-change-exploring-games-and-playful-interactions-for-real-world-impact/
LOCATION:Science\, Engineering & Environment Building\, Science\, Engineering & Environment Building\, University Road\, Salford\, M5 4BR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Research,Salford Seminars in Sound and Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251020T173000
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DTSTAMP:20261104T084317Z
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SUMMARY:Sound\, Music and the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a panel discussion bringing together composers\, sound artists\, and researchers to explore the intersections of sound\, music\, and environment. We will investigate how place and environment shape creative work\, how we perceive our everyday soundscapes\, and how artistic practices can raise awareness of acoustic ecology. \nSpeakers\nProfessor Bill Davies (University of Salford)\nBill Davies is a leading researcher in soundscape studies\, psychoacoustics\, and aural diversity. His work investigates how humans perceive and respond to complex sound environments. He is currently Director of LAURA at the University of Salford\, other previous major projects include the Positive Soundscape Project and S3A: Future Spatial Audio. \nHayley Suviste (University of Manchester)\nHayley Suviste is a sound artist and composer working with field recordings\, archival material\, and oral histories. Her work explores community\, culture\, and environment\, often focusing on Manchester’s rural and urban narratives through interviews and collaboration. Her practice spans installation\, immerisve audio\, live performance\, and long–form composition. \nDr. David Vélez (Independent / University of Huddersfield)\nDavid Vélez is a Colombian sound artist\, composer\, and researcher whose interdisciplinary practice engages field recordings\, found objects\, and acoustic ecology. His work often examines the acoustics of plants and ecosystems. Recent projects include The Calder in Your Bones\, which uses underwater and subterranean recordings of the River Calder to explore environmental themes and material resonance. \nEmily Zurowski (University of Salford / Spirit Studios)\nEmily Zurowski is a Scottish composer\, sound designer\, and performer based in Manchester. Her practice encompasses immersive\, interactive\, and socially engaged projects. She regularly collaborates with filmmaker Maire Tracey (BBC\, National Geographic) and has performed with artists such as The Orielles and WH Lung. Emily is currently developing an immersive audio project with Manchester communities focused on green spaces threatened by urban development. \nChair: Dr. Simon Connor (University of Salford)\nSimon Connor is a lecturer\, composer\, and sound designer whose research and practice explores the intersection of field recording and instrumental composition\, particularly within audiovisual landscapes.
URL:https://music.salford.ac.uk/event/sound-music-and-the-environment/
LOCATION:Atrium – New Adelphi\, New Adelphi Building\, University Road\, Salford\, M5 4BR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Research,Salford Seminars in Sound and Music
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