Making Connections.
Other
Burton, K. (2014)
Making Connections. Edinburgh, Scotland
The piece is written for an ensemble of alto/bass flute, alto saxophone, viola, vibraphone/bongos and piano.
Written as part of a telematic research project connecting musici...
Improvisation in the digital age: New narratives in jazz promotion and dissemination.
Journal Article
Medbøe, H., & Dias, J. (2014)
Improvisation in the digital age: New narratives in jazz promotion and dissemination. First Monday, 19, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v19i10.5553
Those that create, promote and disseminate jazz are experiencing a period of radical change. The dwindling interest from the major labels in releasing jazz has led to a mushro...
Dictated dichotomies: Locating Scandinavian jazz.
Presentation / Conference
Medbøe, H. (2014, September)
Dictated dichotomies: Locating Scandinavian jazz. Paper presented at Rhythm Changes 2014 - Jazz Beyond Borders
Scandinavian jazz is arguably the most established appropriation of the genre outside the United States, with a uniquely defined cultural identity stretching back to the early...
Why Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem still resounds today
Other
Ashton, N. (2014)
Why Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem still resounds today
Pied Beauty.
Other
Hails, J. (2014)
Pied Beauty. Edinburgh, Scotland
Composition for soprano and two scordatura violas (alternatively, for soprano and stereo fixed media playback)
The Hold
Other
Dempster, K. (2014)
The Hold
The Hold – a site-specific, promenade performance, staged at the National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, the result of a collaboration between Lung Ha’s Theat...
from Webern to dance to Burton.
Other
Burton, K. (2014)
from Webern to dance to Burton. Dublin, Ireland
Commissioned by the Concorde Ensemble. Paul Roe gave the premiere performance at the RHA Gallery, Dublin, 23rd February 2014.
The piece is informed by the choreography of Ji...
The Viola d'Amore - its heritage reconsidered
Journal Article
Durkin, R. (2013)
The Viola d'Amore - its heritage reconsidered. The Galpin Society journal, 66, 139-147
The origins of the viola d’amore – identified as the addition of sympathetic strings to a viol – has, as a research field remained largely untouched since the work of Harry Da...
Dialogue for bass clarinet and bassoon
Other
Burton, K. (2013)
Dialogue for bass clarinet and bassoon. London, UK
This work specifically focuses on the lower register of both instruments, an area I've been led to explore as a result of my profound high frequency hearing loss.
It was se...
Cultural identity and transnational heritage in contemporary jazz: a practice-based study of composition and collaboration
Thesis
Medbøe, H. Cultural identity and transnational heritage in contemporary jazz: a practice-based study of composition and collaboration. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6124
This study focuses on three albums of original music performed and recorded by the author as the leader of the Haftor Medbøe Group and released variously by Linn Records and F...