MMP Conference 2023 Schedule
Date: Monday 20th March 2023
Venues: Rooms C18, G21, G23 – Merchiston Campus, Edinburgh Napier University
Each session will be chaired by a member of the conference committee who will be leading the proceedings, and will be supported by an academic member of staff from the Music team.
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
| SESSION 1 | ROOM C18 | CHAIR – EVA MORE Lecturer present – Dr Paul Harkins |
| TIMESLOT | PRESENTER | PRESENTATION |
| 9:30 – 9:40 | CHAIR | Welcome/Introductions |
| 9:40 – 10:00 | Leo McCardle | Music, Aesthetics and Mechanics: How to Build an Adaptive Soundtrack. |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Neil Wallace | Music and Pictures: Practice Led research to assess how visual stimuli can affect composition |
| 10:20 – 10:30 | BREAK | BREAK |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Cian Parker | Music and Meditation |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | Gregor Smith | Therapeutic Lyric Writing |
| 11:10 – 11:30 | Eva More | Music Therapy and Autism – How does Music Therapy help Cognitive Behaviours? |
| 11:30 – 11:40 | BREAK | BREAK |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Callum Smith | Elements of a live DJ setting and their influence on an improvised performance |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Catriona Reid | The Androgynous Mind as “the path to creative freedom”; Gender Subversion in the Role of Kate Bush’s Career |
| 12:20 – 13:20 | DISCUSSION/FEEDBACK | DISCUSSION/FEEDBACK |
| 13:20 – 13:30 | CHAIR | Concluding remarks/Thanks |
| SESSION 2 | ROOM G21 | CHAIR – LAURA CARTER Lecturer present – Dr Zack Moir |
| TIMESLOT | PRESENTER | PRESENTATION |
| 9:30 – 9:40 | CHAIR | Welcome/Introductions |
| 9:40 – 10:00 | Connor Murray-Kirk | Mapping in Music: How the Non-Musical is made Musical |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Craig Morrison | Algorithmic and Process Based Music: The Heterophonic Isorhythmic System |
| 10:20 – 10:30 | BREAK | BREAK |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Heather Chung | Music Making in a Modern World: an Exploration Through Neo-Soul |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | Ursula Grant | Alternative versions: An Investigation into the Professional, Domestic and Social Expectations of Women in the Music Industry |
| 11:10 – 11:30 | Laura Carter | Exploring the Positive and Negative Effects of Community Choral Singing for Adults with Learning Disabilities |
| 11:30 – 11:40 | BREAK | BREAK |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Finlay Smith | The Versatility of a Drum Pedalboard: A Study into Performing with FX Pedals Together with a Drum Kit |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Sam Linn | The Effect Technological Advancements Have Had on How Music is Promoted |
| 12:20 – 13:20 | DISCUSSION/FEEDBACK | DISCUSSION/FEEDBACK |
| 13:20 – 13:30 | CHAIR | Concluding remarks/Thanks |
| SESSION 3 | ROOM G23 | CHAIR – ROBERT MCLAUGHLIN Lecturer present – Dr Dimitris Papageorgiou |
| TIMESLOT | PRESENTER | PRESENTATION |
| 9:30 – 9:40 | CHAIR | Welcome/Introductions |
| 9:40 – 10:00 | Jessica Robinson | Visual Music: How visuals can impact the development of a sonic scape. |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Claire Tootill | Prison Choir Resource |
| 10:20 – 10:30 | BREAK | BREAK |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Jonathan Richardson | The Benevolent band leader: Compositional communications, ensemble wide improvisational practice and collective music creation. |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | Benjamin Counsell | Wheel it, selector: a foray into remix culture through the lenses of humour, genre, and clipping |
| 11:10 – 11:30 | Robert McLaughlin | Permission to Fail: An investigation into the importance of improvisation in music education. |
| 11:30 – 11:40 | BREAK | BREAK |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Ben Shanks | Piano Transcription: A study of the Art |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Dee Surtees | Applying Olivier Messiaen’s Serial techniques to an exploration of polyphony |
| 12:20 – 13:20 | DISCUSSION/FEEDBACK | DISCUSSION/FEEDBACK |
| 13:20 – 13:30 | CHAIR | Concluding remarks/Thanks |
