Groovin’ High and Low: exploring the jazz vernacular.
Presentation / Conference
Medbøe, H. (2013, April)
Groovin’ High and Low: exploring the jazz vernacular. Paper presented at Rhythm Changes 2013, Salford UK
Debate over origin and authenticity aside, the musical language of jazz is today spoken and understood amongst a diversity of communities the world over. Standard repertoire, ...
EMG
Other
Hails, J. (2012)
EMG. Edinburgh, Scotland
Work for solo piano requested and first performed by Nicholas Ashton.
This work samples vertical chord structures from an earlier piece for piano (EVEN MORE GEESE), which itse...
Nordic Tone: Redrawing borders of culture and boundaries of style.
Presentation / Conference
Medbøe, H. (2012, July)
Nordic Tone: Redrawing borders of culture and boundaries of style. Paper presented at International Musicological Society, Rome, Italy
Historians and educators have traditionally presented the century long evolution of jazz in a linear, canonical fashion. Applications of this model are often limited to the mu...
Poetry and symmetry as organizing forces in music
Thesis
Eccles, J. Poetry and symmetry as organizing forces in music. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5676
Aspects of poetry and symmetry are taken to represent the tension within the compositional process between spontaneous impulses and intuitive insights on the one hand, and mor...
Cultural identity and creative autonomy in Nordic jazz.
Presentation / Conference
Medbøe, H. (2011, September)
Cultural identity and creative autonomy in Nordic jazz. Paper presented at Rhythm Changes: Jazz and National Identities conference 2011, Amsterdam NL
Historians and educators have traditionally presented the relatively short evolution of jazz in a linear, epochal fashion. Applications of this model are often limited to the ...
DUO1
Other
Hails, J. (2011)
DUO1. Edinburgh, Scotland
DUO1 is a work for two bass clarinets.
It was requested and first performed by Sarah Watts and Heather Roche.
This work forms part of a series of works exploring different way...
Miniatures for Horn Trio.
Other
Burton, K. (2010)
Miniatures for Horn Trio. Plymouth, UK
This three movement work was first performed by members of the Research Ensemble at the Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival, 26 February 2010.
Material from the first ...
951912 for orchestra.
Other
Burton, K. (2009)
951912 for orchestra. Glasgow, Scotland
The work was premiered by the Orchestra of Scottish Opera, 30th September 2009. It was commissioned as part of the New Glasgow Harmonies Festival.
Much of the composition foc...
EMG 2008
Exhibition / Performance
Hails, J. (2007)
EMG 2008. Performed at Durham, United Kingdom. 4 December 2008 - 4 December 2008. (Unpublished
The work was written for and dedicated to the performer and received its world premiere at the University of Durham Musicon Concert Series on 4th December, 2008
Variations for Two Pianos by David Thomas Duncan
Exhibition / Performance
Duncan, D. T. (2007)
Variations for Two Pianos by David Thomas Duncan. Performed at Glasgow, Scotland. 30 November 2008 - 30 November 2008. (Unpublished
Premiere of the work at the University of Glasgow Sound Thought Contemporary Music Event 2008