Outputs (34)

Portfolio of published compositions and arrangements (2023)
Thesis
McDermott, M. (2023). Portfolio of published compositions and arrangements. (Thesis). University of Salford

The submission consists of a critical review to support the collection of compositions found within the portfolio of published works. The portfolio of published works (six in total) is comprised of three pieces for marching band, orchestra, choir an... Read More about Portfolio of published compositions and arrangements.

Sound And Vision - A Night of Live Music and Improvisation (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Robinson, P., France, T., Dewhurst, R., & Court, A. Sound And Vision - A Night of Live Music and Improvisation. [Video]. 23 March 2023 - 23 March 2023. (Unpublished)

The performance is a 45-minute long continuous act in which 3 music performers improvise based on a pre-agreed scale, but in response to a live sketch being drawn on the iPad and projected on a large screen behind them. The sketch is produced in proc... Read More about Sound And Vision - A Night of Live Music and Improvisation.

The baritone horn : an exploration of historical and contemporary repertoire (2022)
Thesis
Richardson, R. The baritone horn : an exploration of historical and contemporary repertoire. (Dissertation). University of Salford

The title of this portfolio, ‘The Baritone Horn: An exploration of historical and contemporary repertoire’, represents the mission behind the three projects that make up my course of study. The
aim behind these is to enhance the status of the barit... Read More about The baritone horn : an exploration of historical and contemporary repertoire.

The Distin legacy : the rise of the brass band in 19th-century Britain (2021)
Thesis
Farr, R. The Distin legacy : the rise of the brass band in 19th-century Britain. (Thesis). University of Salford

Throughout the nineteenth century the brass band movement emerged as part of the larger processes of social, cultural and political change, and the rapid progress of industrialization. The growth of the movement was determined, most significantly, by... Read More about The Distin legacy : the rise of the brass band in 19th-century Britain.

Performance Portfolio (2021)
Thesis
Hamami, M. Performance Portfolio. (Thesis). University of Salford

Arabic music continues to struggle to reach an international presence in the music world due
to one of two reasons: either it was not transcribed and notated properly, including stylistically
correct ornamentation, or it was never written down at a... Read More about Performance Portfolio.

Music for Cities - CITIES II (2021)
Exhibition / Performance
Court, A., Dewhurst, R., & Robinson, P. Music for Cities - CITIES II. [Video]. 1 July 2021. (Unpublished)

An improvisatory performance with Robin Dewhurst and Paul Robinson.

New perspectives : a reappraisal of the lap steel guitar (2021)
Thesis
Buckley, S. New perspectives : a reappraisal of the lap steel guitar. (Dissertation). University of Salford

As a critical study accompanying a creative project which involves composition, rearrangement and recording featuring my work as a performer on lap steel guitar, New Perspectives is invested in both a historical consideration of the role of the instr... Read More about New perspectives : a reappraisal of the lap steel guitar.

Performance portfolio David Richard Peter Childs DMA 2020 (2020)
Thesis
Childs, D. Performance portfolio David Richard Peter Childs DMA 2020. (Thesis). University of Salford

I have chosen to be assessed as an instrumentalist and interpreter of music. The criteria laid down by the University of Salford Senate Research and Graduate Studies Committee has influenced the selection of repertoire performed on both my studio rec... Read More about Performance portfolio David Richard Peter Childs DMA 2020.

Performance Portfolio Jamie Hood DMA 2020 (2020)
Thesis
Hood, J. Performance Portfolio Jamie Hood DMA 2020. (Thesis). University of Salford

This DMA portfolio contains materials and a written critical commentary relating to
the work I have completed towards a Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance Degree
at the University of Salford, Manchester, UK.
The genesis of this study was first... Read More about Performance Portfolio Jamie Hood DMA 2020.

Issues and challenges in the assessment of popular music performance within the UK HE music sector (2020)
Thesis
Mawby, R. Issues and challenges in the assessment of popular music performance within the UK HE music sector. (Dissertation). University of Salford

This thesis summarises that assessing popular music performance has it issues and challenges. These arise from: the interpretation of language, how we assess in group assessments versus solo performances, creating assessments within the degree framew... Read More about Issues and challenges in the assessment of popular music performance within the UK HE music sector.