{"id":534,"date":"2026-01-28T15:37:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/mmp-conference\/?page_id=534"},"modified":"2026-03-10T14:19:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:19:26","slug":"mmp-2026-conference-schedule","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/mmp-conference\/mmp-2026-conference-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"MMP 2026 \u2013 Conference Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">MMP Conference 2026 Schedule<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Date<\/strong>: Tuesday 17 March 2026<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Venue:<\/strong> Room G08 \u2013 Merchiston Campus, Edinburgh Napier University<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/mmp-conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2026\/03\/MMP-Conference-2026-Book-of-Abstracts.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMP Conference 2026 Book of Abstracts<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<table style=\"height: 1010px\" width=\"1058\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"116\">\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Room G08<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"186\">\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"299\">\r\n<p><strong>Chair: <\/strong> Clara Balhetchet<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Lecturers present: <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Dr Paul Harkins<\/p>\r\n<p>Prof Zack Moir<\/p>\r\n<p>Dr Dimitris Papageorgiou<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"116\">\r\n<p><strong>Time<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"186\">\r\n<p><strong>Presenter<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"299\">\r\n<p><strong>Presentation title<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"116\">\r\n<p><strong>09:45\u201309:50<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"186\">\r\n<p>Clara Balhetchet\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"299\">\r\n<p><em>Welcome \/ Introductions\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"116\">\r\n<p><strong>09:50\u201310:15<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"186\">\r\n<p>Gordon McGruer<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"299\">\r\n<p><em>Putting the Pedal Steel on a Pedestal<\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"116\">\r\n<p><strong>10:15\u201310:40<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"186\">\r\n<p>Archie Lund<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"299\">\r\n<p><em>Composing With Space: My Methods in Site-Specific Practice<\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"116\">\r\n<p><strong>10:40\u201311:05<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"186\">\r\n<p>Douglas Foy<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"299\">\r\n<p><em>A Love for Video Game Audio, Explored through Practice-Led Research<\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"116\">\r\n<p><strong>11:05\u201311:15<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"186\">\r\n<p><strong>Break<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"299\">\r\n<p><strong>Break<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"116\">\r\n<p><strong>11:15\u201311:40<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"186\">\r\n<p>Cameron McGale<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"299\">\r\n<p><em>Seeing Further Inward: Using the Works of Giants to Inspire a Compositional Practice<\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"116\">\r\n<p><strong>11:40\u201312:05<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"186\">\r\n<p>Clara Balhetchet<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"299\">\r\n<p><em>Lesbianism and Lyricism: The Challenge of Objectivity<\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"116\">\r\n<p><strong>12:05\u201312:15<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"186\">\r\n<p><strong>Break<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"299\">\r\n<p><strong>Break<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"116\">\r\n<p><strong>12:15\u201313:45<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"186\">\r\n<p>DISCUSSION\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"299\">\r\n<p>DISCUSSION\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MMP Conference 2026 Schedule Date: Tuesday 17 March 2026 Venue: Room G08 \u2013 Merchiston Campus, Edinburgh Napier University MMP Conference 2026 Book of Abstracts Room G08 &nbsp; 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