Prof Alan Williams' Outputs (46)

Projecting the voice: observations of audience behaviours in ICT-mediated contemporary opera (2014)
Journal Article
Lin, Y., & Williams, A. (2014). Projecting the voice: observations of audience behaviours in ICT-mediated contemporary opera. New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, 20(3), 207-223. https://doi.org/10.1080/13614568.2014.889224

This paper examines how audiences experience live opera performance and the behaviours they exhibit during live-streaming of the performance. It aims to contribute to our understanding of how audiences, who increasingly inhabit an environment saturat... Read More about Projecting the voice: observations of audience behaviours in ICT-mediated contemporary opera.

Projecting the voice : audience responses to ICT-mediated contemporary opera (2014)
Journal Article
Lin, Y., & Williams, A. (2014). Projecting the voice : audience responses to ICT-mediated contemporary opera. New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, 20(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/13614568.2014.889224

This paper examines how audiences experience live opera performance and the behaviours they exhibit during live-streaming of the performance. It aims to contribute to our understanding of how audiences, who increasingly inhabit an environment saturat... Read More about Projecting the voice : audience responses to ICT-mediated contemporary opera.

Portfolio of music compositions (2014)
Thesis
Efstathiou, D. Portfolio of music compositions. (Thesis). University of Salford

The following pages form a commentary on my own thoughts, notes, sketches and final printed texts of six pieces written between 2009 and 2013. The purpose of the text is twofold: to inform the reader of the intentions and poetic impulses of the compo... Read More about Portfolio of music compositions.

Portfolio of scores (2011)
Thesis
Rock, R. Portfolio of scores. (Thesis). University of Salford

My portfolio consists of a number of works written for wind and brass ensembles,exploring traditional and alternative forms of textures, sounds and compositional methods.
• The Hunter's Blade - A brass band work comprising three different styles. Th... Read More about Portfolio of scores.

Wonder: a scientific oratorio (movement 1) (2009)
Other
Williams, A. (2009). Wonder: a scientific oratorio (movement 1). [performance]

New product development implementation in indigenous Chinese organisations (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Williams, A., & Zhang, X. (2006, June). New product development implementation in indigenous Chinese organisations. Presented at 13th International Product Development Management Conference, Milan, Italy

Budapest (heart) NY: The New Music Studio, 1971-1980 (2005)
Journal Article
Williams, A. (2005). Budapest (heart) NY: The New Music Studio, 1971-1980. Perspectives of new music, 43(1), 212-235

This article sets the New Music Studio, a group of radical composers including Laszlo Vidovszky, Zoltan Jeney, and Laszlo Sary in its cultural context, exploring the influence of John Cage, Fluxus and other US musicians and artists on the composition... Read More about Budapest (heart) NY: The New Music Studio, 1971-1980.

Messages from the scrolls, BBC singers (2003)
Other
Williams, A. (2003). Messages from the scrolls, BBC singers. [Audio CD]

Chinese Joint Ventures & Implications for Design Management (2002)
Journal Article
Williams, A., & Zhang, X. (2002). Chinese Joint Ventures & Implications for Design Management. International journal of new product development & innovation management, 4(3), 213-230

Many Western and East Asian countries have found a 'haven' in China for those manufacturing industries losing their competitive edge. However, many western firms have lost millions trying to make in-roads into the sector. An increasingly confident br... Read More about Chinese Joint Ventures & Implications for Design Management.

Perspectives on Kurtág (2001)
Book
Williams, A., & Beckles-Willson, R. (2001). Perspectives on Kurtág. Harwood Academics

Quint for orchestra (2001)
Other
Williams, A. (2001). Quint for orchestra. [Audio CD]

Northern voices: smoke drifts at shift change
Other
Williams, A., & McMillan, I. Northern voices: smoke drifts at shift change

The Northern Voices project is an Arts Council England funded Research and Development project aimed at discovering the ways that regionl varieties of English could be incorporated into the operatic voice. The composer collaborated with renowned poet... Read More about Northern voices: smoke drifts at shift change.

Northern voices: tears like a bust pipe
Other
Williams, A., & McMillan, I. Northern voices: tears like a bust pipe. [score]

The Northern Voices project is an Arts Council England funded Research and Development project aimed at discovering the ways that regionl varieties of English could be incorporated into the operatic voice. The composer collaborated with renowned poet... Read More about Northern voices: tears like a bust pipe.

Northern voices: bow tie
Other
Williams, A., & McMillan, I. Northern voices: bow tie

The Northern Voices project is an Arts Council England funded Research and Development project aimed at discovering the ways that regionl varieties of English could be incorporated into the operatic voice. The composer collaborated with renowned poet... Read More about Northern voices: bow tie.

Northern voices opera project: Like me dad
Other
Williams, A., & McMillan, I. Northern voices opera project: Like me dad. [score]

The Northern Voices opera project is an ACE-funded research and development project, which explored the possibilities of using regional accents in operatic singing. The four songs/arias resulting were premiered publically in March 2015 and are aimed... Read More about Northern voices opera project: Like me dad.

Wonder: a scientific oratorio mvt 14 in comets and in meteorites sound file
Other
Williams, A. Wonder: a scientific oratorio mvt 14 in comets and in meteorites sound file

see mvt 1 for performance details

Wonder: a scientific oratorio movement 14 - in comets and in meteorites
Other
Williams, A. Wonder: a scientific oratorio movement 14 - in comets and in meteorites

See Movement 1 for performance details

Wonder: A scientific oratorio mvt 1 score
Other
Williams, A. Wonder: A scientific oratorio mvt 1 score

This is the score of the first movement to my oratorio 'Wonder' performed by the `BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Singers and Salford Choral Society, November 2009, Maxwell Hall, Salford, and also in Studio 7, BBC building, conducted by Tecwyn Evans.

Bog bodies
Other
Williams, A. Bog bodies. [Performance]

This piece was commissioned performed by GNU (Gruppo Novo da UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and broadcast as part of the Sala de Concierto series on Brazil's leading Classical Music Radio network, MEC. It was subsequently performed by NYOS Futures... Read More about Bog bodies.

The devil's squeezebox
Other
Williams, A. The devil's squeezebox. [performance]

A piano piece performed by Richard Casey at the Conservatoire Frederic Chopin, Paris, February 5th 2012