MMP Conference 2024 Schedule
Date: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Venues: Rooms F5, F6, G4, G9 – 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 F5 | CHAIR – Ewan McAtier Lecturer present – Dr Paul Harkins |
| TIMESLOT | PRESENTER | PRESENTATION |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | CHAIR | Welcome/Introductions |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Ewan McAtier | And The Beat Goes On… – Stimulaic Practice and Compositional Processes Within Sample-Based Music |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Jan Pukkila | Film/Music Analysis |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | Jack Duffield | D.A.W. of the Dead: A Study of Production Techniques as Devices for Musical Storytelling |
| 11:10 – 11:30 | Daniel Tracey | Exploring cultural positionality: Musical compositions using Haiku as initial Stimuli |
| 11:30 – 11:40 | BREAK | BREAK |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Fraser McLean | An exploration into whether social media is advantageous or disadvantageous to the live music scene. |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | James Kennedy | Western Perspectives on Socialist Realism Aesthetics |
| 12:20 – 12:30 | BREAK | BREAK |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | DISCUSSION | Group discussion Lecturer feedback Chair concluding remarks |
| SESSION 2 | ROOM F6 | CHAIR – Sonny Scott Lecturer present – Prof Zack Moir |
| TIMESLOT | PRESENTER | PRESENTATION |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | CHAIR | Welcome/Introductions |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Sonny Scott | Documenting Musical Communities: Exploring the Value, Challenges, and Best Practice |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Matthew Blance | Identity and Authenticity in the Nu Metal Era: An Overview |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | Darragh Akhtar | Music and autobiographical memories |
| 11:10 – 11:30 | Craig McDermott | Positionality and Progress |
| 11:30 – 11:40 | BREAK | BREAK |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Erin McKenzie | Music for Skandar and the Unicorn Thief |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Douglas McNeill | The Multivariate Accordion and Me |
| 12:20 – 12:30 | BREAK | BREAK |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | DISCUSSION | Group discussion Lecturer feedback Chair concluding remarks |
| SESSION 3 | ROOM G4 | CHAIR – Anna Cooper Lecturer present – Dr Dimitris Papageorgiou |
| TIMESLOT | PRESENTER | PRESENTATION |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | CHAIR | Welcome/Introductions |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Anna Cooper | Modern Rave and commercialised communitas |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Finlay Bradshaw | When The World Falls Apart, Some Things Stay In Place; A Study into the Evolution of Compositional Techniques and Marketing Strategies of Popular Music under Margaret Thatcher’s Premiership |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | Manuele Manieri | Melodies of Belonging: Italian Progressive Rock and the Expression of National Identity |
| 11:10 – 11:30 | Rachel Nicolson | Imposter Syndrome in Female Instruments |
| 11:30 – 11:40 | BREAK | BREAK |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Sam Rae | The Undercurrents of Living Water Artistry – researching Thriving Culture of Christian Creativity |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Cameron Black | Urban and Natural World in Harmony: A Practice-Led Inquiry into Tokyo’s Soundscape Experience |
| 12:20 – 12:40 | Alex McLean | Untold Tales – LGBTQ+ Stories Through Song |
| 12:40 – 12:45 | BREAK | BREAK |
| 12:45 – 13:30 | DISCUSSION | Group discussion Lecturer feedback Chair concluding remarks |
| SESSION 4 | ROOM G9 | CHAIR – Will Saywell Lecturer present – Bryden Stillie |
| TIMESLOT | PRESENTER | PRESENTATION |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | CHAIR | Welcome/Introductions |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Will Saywell | The Role of a Producer in the Context of Recording Amateur Musicians |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Andrew McInnes | Understanding and Developing Roads In Musical Collaboration |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | Seamus Dailly | Remote Collaboration: An experiential study of the compositional process |
| 11:10 – 11:30 | Alistair McBride | Bedroom Productions- The Creative Processes of Home Studio Producers |
| 11:30 – 11:40 | BREAK | BREAK |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Niamh MacLennan | The Evolution of Scottish Gaelic Singing: Traditional Purism |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Natalia Zoladkiewicz | Authenticity of Vocal Performance |
| 12:20 – 12:30 | BREAK | BREAK |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | DISCUSSION | Group discussion Lecturer feedback Chair concluding remarks |
