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1. Wind and Wood : Affordances of Musical Instruments: The Example of the Simple-System Flute
Sammanfattning : The aim of this doctoral dissertation is to explore and describe the relationship and interaction between musicians and their instruments. In order to achieve a high level of detail, a certain instrument is in focus: the simple-system flute. LÄS MER
2. SHUT UP 'N' PLAY! Negotiating the Musical Work
Sammanfattning : 'SHUT UP ’N’ PLAY! Negotiating the Musical Work’ is a piece of artistic research that attempts to merge artistic practice, qualitative research methods and critical analysis in a project concerned with contemporary performance practices, and specifically how these practices are created and transmitted in the interaction between composer and performer. By way of a critical reading of the musico-philosophical discussion of the ontology of the musical work and by way of a deconstruction of the concept of musical interpretation I propose a model in which the identity of the musical work is analysed as the result of interaction between multiple agents: composer, performer, instrument, score and electronics, among others. LÄS MER
3. A Field of Possibilities: Designing and Playing Digital Musical Instruments
Sammanfattning : This thesis focuses on a set of digital musical instruments I have designed and developed with ensemble improvisation in mind. The intention is not to create a universal improvisational instrument, but rather to create a set of instruments which each realize one musical idea. LÄS MER
4. Timber and timbre : Affordances of the simple-system flute
Sammanfattning : While the simple-system flute was primarily developed as a product of 19th century Western art music, it has since become established in other genres and traditions. The aim of the present study is to explore approaches towards the simple-system flute as it is used across genres and traditions today. LÄS MER
5. Singing the body electric : Understanding the role of embodiment in performing and composing interactive music
Sammanfattning : Almost since the birth of electronic music, composers have been fascinated by the prospect of integrating the human voice with its expressiveness and complexity into electronic musical works. This thesis addresses how performing with responsive technologies in mixed works, i.e. LÄS MER