23 February 2016: ‘When creativity acts up: revitalising process and recognising progress’
Postgraduate Spring Forum
The University of York Department of Music
27th May 2015: ‘Swing it shake it move it make it’
Research Seminar
University of York Department of Music
19th October 2014: ‘“The thing comes alive”: theatricalising the concert hall in Remains of Elmet’
Music on Stage 5th Biennial Conference
Rose Bruford College
1st June 2014: Devising Workshop (with Michael Picknett)
Music and/as Process 2nd Annual Conference
Canterbury Christ Church University
25th February 2014: ‘Making music theatre (creating and avoiding a shambles)’
Postgraduate Forum
University of York
2nd October 2013: workshop/performance of glitch by PhD student Nektarios Rodosthenous
Postgraduate Forum: Composition Workshop (cello)
University of York
30th June 2013: performance of some Surrealist methods (by Elspeth Piggott & Giacomo Pozzuto)
Music and/as Process 1st Annual Conference
University of Huddersfield
12th & 19th June 2013: Paper Session Chair
MA Spring Conference
University of York
13th May 2013: ‘Creative Learning: Student Feedback’ (with Natalie Edwards and Alice Wright)
Creative Learning for Creative Teaching in Higher Music Education conference
University of York
13th February 2013: ‘some Surrealist methods: Collaboration, Narrative and Performance’
Postgraduate Forum
University of York
10th October 2012: workshop/performance of MA student Kristoffer To’s I
Postgraduate Forum: Composition Workshop (cello)
University of York
15th February 2012: ‘Dead or Alive? The relationship between spectator and performer – as the composer sees it’
Research Conference
University of York
18th October 2011: workshop/performance of um
Postgraduate Forum: Composition Workshop (composer), chaired by Nicola LeFanu
University of York
25th May 2011: workshop for educators plus performance to primary schoolchildren, supervised by Tim Brooks
John Paynter Composition Project
York St John University
Teaching
Higher Education
October 2018
Module Assistant: BA Music ‘The Body in Musical Performance’
Module leader: Dr Catherine Laws
University of York
May 2018: Composition Workshops (with Late Music Ensemble)
BA Music
Module leader: Dr David Lancaster
York St John University
April–May 2018
Module Assistant: BA Music ‘Performance in Context’
Module leader: Dr Catherine Laws
University of York
23rd March 2017: Composition Workshops (with Dr K. Sextet)
BA Music
Module leader: Dr David Lancaster
York St John University
23rd January 2017: ‘Music is Theatre’
Guest Lecturer: MA Seminar
Module leader: Dr David Lancaster
York St John University
January — December 2016
Lecturer: BA Music Foundation course Aural Perception module
University of York
18th October 2016: ‘Music is Theatre – finding facility’
Guest Lecturer: BA Music ‘The Body in Musical Performance’ module
Module leader: Dr Catherine Laws
University of York
February 2016: Composition Workshops
BA Music ‘Composition 1’ module
Module leader: Professor Roger Marsh
University of York
May 2015: Practical Seminar on Devising Music
Guest Lecturer: BA Music ‘Contemporary Music Theatre’
Module leader: Professor Roger Marsh
University of York
May 2015
Module Assistant: BA Music ‘Fumms Bo Wo’
Module leader: Dr Catherine Laws
University of York
May 2014: Composition Workshops
BA Music ‘Composition 1’ module
Module leader: Dr John Stringer
University of York
25th October 2013: ‘Something of note’
Guest Lecturer: BA Music ‘Composition 2’ module
Module leader: Dr Thomas Simaku
University of York
May 2013: Seminar (with Victoria Bernath)
Guest Lecturer: BA Music ‘Composition 1’ module
Module leader: Dr Martin Suckling
University of York
May 2013: Composition Workshops
BA Music ‘Composition 1’ module
Module leader: Dr Martin Suckling
University of York
6th November 2012: ‘Composer and Performer’ (with Victoria Bernath)
Guest Lecturer: BA Music ‘Composition 2’ module
Module leader: Professor Roger Marsh
University of York
Research
Publications | Papers & Conferences | Teaching
Publications
PhD — Music is Theatre: devising musical performance (2017)
portfolio of 12 compositions and commentary
‘A Student Perspective on Creativity in Higher Music Education’ (with Natalie Edwards and Alice Wright). In Creative Learning for Creative Teaching in Higher Music Education, edited by Liz Haddon and Pamela Burnard, 22-34. London: Routledge, 2015.
MA by Research — Composing and devising music theatre (2012)
portfolio of 8 compositions and commentary
Papers & Conferences
28th April 2018: ‘Music is theatre: “it’s not too late for us to have bodies”‘
CeNMaS Sound Agendas Conference
University of Sheffield
4th October 2016: ‘Music is Theatre’
Composition Seminar
University of York
7 April 2016: ‘Music (is) Theatre’
Instrumental vs. Electroacoustic: Remixing Contemporary Classical Music’
Institute of Musical Research conference
University of Sheffield
23 February 2016: ‘When creativity acts up: revitalising process and recognising progress’
Postgraduate Spring Forum
The University of York Department of Music
27th May 2015: ‘Swing it shake it move it make it’
Research Seminar
University of York Department of Music
19th October 2014: ‘“The thing comes alive”: theatricalising the concert hall in Remains of Elmet’
Music on Stage 5th Biennial Conference
Rose Bruford College
1st June 2014: Devising Workshop (with Michael Picknett)
Music and/as Process 2nd Annual Conference
Canterbury Christ Church University
25th February 2014: ‘Making music theatre (creating and avoiding a shambles)’
Postgraduate Forum
University of York
2nd October 2013: workshop/performance of glitch by PhD student Nektarios Rodosthenous
Postgraduate Forum: Composition Workshop (cello)
University of York
30th June 2013: performance of some Surrealist methods (by Elspeth Piggott & Giacomo Pozzuto)
Music and/as Process 1st Annual Conference
University of Huddersfield
12th & 19th June 2013: Paper Session Chair
MA Spring Conference
University of York
13th May 2013: ‘Creative Learning: Student Feedback’ (with Natalie Edwards and Alice Wright)
Creative Learning for Creative Teaching in Higher Music Education conference
University of York
13th February 2013: ‘some Surrealist methods: Collaboration, Narrative and Performance’
Postgraduate Forum
University of York
10th October 2012: workshop/performance of MA student Kristoffer To’s I
Postgraduate Forum: Composition Workshop (cello)
University of York
15th February 2012: ‘Dead or Alive? The relationship between spectator and performer – as the composer sees it’
Research Conference
University of York
18th October 2011: workshop/performance of um
Postgraduate Forum: Composition Workshop (composer), chaired by Nicola LeFanu
University of York
25th May 2011: workshop for educators plus performance to primary schoolchildren, supervised by Tim Brooks
John Paynter Composition Project
York St John University
Teaching
Higher Education
October 2018
Module Assistant: BA Music ‘The Body in Musical Performance’
Module leader: Dr Catherine Laws
University of York
May 2018: Composition Workshops (with Late Music Ensemble)
BA Music
Module leader: Dr David Lancaster
York St John University
April–May 2018
Module Assistant: BA Music ‘Performance in Context’
Module leader: Dr Catherine Laws
University of York
23rd March 2017: Composition Workshops (with Dr K. Sextet)
BA Music
Module leader: Dr David Lancaster
York St John University
23rd January 2017: ‘Music is Theatre’
Guest Lecturer: MA Seminar
Module leader: Dr David Lancaster
York St John University
January — December 2016
Lecturer: BA Music Foundation course Aural Perception module
University of York
18th October 2016: ‘Music is Theatre – finding facility’
Guest Lecturer: BA Music ‘The Body in Musical Performance’ module
Module leader: Dr Catherine Laws
University of York
February 2016: Composition Workshops
BA Music ‘Composition 1’ module
Module leader: Professor Roger Marsh
University of York
May 2015: Practical Seminar on Devising Music
Guest Lecturer: BA Music ‘Contemporary Music Theatre’
Module leader: Professor Roger Marsh
University of York
May 2015
Module Assistant: BA Music ‘Fumms Bo Wo’
Module leader: Dr Catherine Laws
University of York
May 2014: Composition Workshops
BA Music ‘Composition 1’ module
Module leader: Dr John Stringer
University of York
25th October 2013: ‘Something of note’
Guest Lecturer: BA Music ‘Composition 2’ module
Module leader: Dr Thomas Simaku
University of York
May 2013: Seminar (with Victoria Bernath)
Guest Lecturer: BA Music ‘Composition 1’ module
Module leader: Dr Martin Suckling
University of York
May 2013: Composition Workshops
BA Music ‘Composition 1’ module
Module leader: Dr Martin Suckling
University of York
6th November 2012: ‘Composer and Performer’ (with Victoria Bernath)
Guest Lecturer: BA Music ‘Composition 2’ module
Module leader: Professor Roger Marsh
University of York