Orpheus - footage captured at Project: Trinity 19th November 2018 - Performance by Dr Phil Brissenden (Raph), Dr Adam Hart (Signal processing) (2019)
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Orpheus. Experimental piece involving live Raph (and vocal performance from Phil Brissenden and live signal processing, MAX/MSP programming by Adam Hart, and contemporary dancers from the University of Salford

Study (II) (2019)
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The second of two studies written to explore more advanced performance on the Raph. This study (currently untitled) is designed to be slightly at a slightly easier standard than the previous, Nocturne, and to provide a more sustained exploration of t... Read More about Study (II).

Harp Dream (Brissenden, Shepherd 2019) (2019)
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A duet recorded with Hugh Shephard, graduate of MA Music (IMASP) at UoS - kora player. The kora is a nylon strung west African Harp

The Fairest Rose (Traditional Arr: Brissenden) (2019)
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An arrangement of the traditional folk song The Fairest Rose for Raph and Voice. The Raph part explores tremolo counter melodies to the vocal line. The arrangement mixes formal three stave notation with a less structured section which allows more spo... Read More about The Fairest Rose (Traditional Arr: Brissenden).

Salud D'Amour - Elgar (Arr: Brissenden for Violin & Raph) (2019)
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This is an arrangement of Elgar's Salud D'Amour for violin and Raph. The Raph arrangement is developed from the piano part of the piano and violin version of this piece - it follows this part relatively closely, but achieves more harp like textures t... Read More about Salud D'Amour - Elgar (Arr: Brissenden for Violin & Raph).

Salud D'Amour - Elgar (Arr: Brissenden for solo Raph) (2019)
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An arrangement of Elgar's Salud D'Amour for solo Raph. This arrangement uses two stave notation, melody (tremolo) on the string face and lower stave left hand on the keyboard. A performance recording accompanies this score within this collection.

Salud D'Amour - Elgar (Arr: Brissenden for solo Raph - Performance Recording) (2019)
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This performance recording accompanies the notated arrangement of the Elgar's Salud D'Amour for solo Raph.

Bach’s Fantasie (Partita No. 3 in A minor BWV- 827) Arr- Brissenden - Performance Recordings (2019)
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Two alternative performances of Bach’s Fantasie (Partita No. 3 in A minor BWV- 827) Arr- Brissenden, performed with varying levels of tremolo in different sections.

Hoe Down - Copeland, from Rodeo (Arr: Brissenden for violin and Raph) (2019)
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An arrangement of Copeland's Hoe Down from the ballet Rodeo arranged for violin and Raph. Performed in the Spring of 2017.

Nocturne (Version I) (2019)
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The first of two studies written to explore the advanced performance capability of the Raph. Notated using two staves.

Nocturne (Version 2) (2019)
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The first of two studies written to explore the performance capability of the Raph from an advanced perspective. The piece was composed in the Autumn of 2017 and re-arranged into the final three stave rendering in January of 2018.

Celebration of the Redevelopment of Peel Park. Performance in Conjunction with Walk the Plank. (2019)
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Performance of contemporary music given by Phil Brissenden (Raph), Adam Hart (Technology) and Cally Statham (various instruments) to accompanying the fire sculpture installation. The poster of the event illustrates the placement of the ensemble withi... Read More about Celebration of the Redevelopment of Peel Park. Performance in Conjunction with Walk the Plank..

SPARC 2017 - Experimental Instrument Ensemble} (2019)
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Recordings developed from the performance given at SPARC 2017. Experimental Instrument Ensemble consisting of Phil Brissenden (raph) Adam Hart (digital theremin) Aden Peets (prepared udu), Alan Williams (accordion).

1. The Last Train Goes Under th... Read More about SPARC 2017 - Experimental Instrument Ensemble}.

Salford Festival of Research 2018 (2019)
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Presentation given at Festival of Research, Media City in 2018. Performance included live performance. The event was covered by Channel M

Prototype 6 - Three 2d images and a 3d rendering (2019)
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Key innovations for prototype 6. 3 dimensional rendering re-imagines the zither body with string speaking lengths equivalent to acoustic guitar. In addition strings which fall into the mid frequency and bass frequency range are rendered with increase... Read More about Prototype 6 - Three 2d images and a 3d rendering.

Adelphi Contemporary Music Group Performance in Collaboration with Michael Cretu (2019)
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This concert was given in the New Adelphi band room in collaboration with internationally recognized double bass player Michael Cretu. Three items have been selected from the concert programme, and are discussed within the accompanying commentary.... Read More about Adelphi Contemporary Music Group Performance in Collaboration with Michael Cretu.

Data relating to the ICA publication "Pupil dilation reveals changes in listening effort due to energetic and informational masking" (2019)
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This repository contains the results and analysis script for the experiment described in:

J Woodcock, BM Fazenda, TJ Cox and WJ Davies (2019). "Pupil dilation reveals changes in listening effort due to energetic and informational masking". In Proc... Read More about Data relating to the ICA publication "Pupil dilation reveals changes in listening effort due to energetic and informational masking".

Snow All The Way To The Cage - Brissenden, for solo flute and Raph. Performed at Sonic Fusion, February 2015} (2019)
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Snow All the Way to the Cage, a study for flute and Raph. The Raph part is designed to make the most of the intermediate technique developed to this point. Timbral variation and elements of counterpoint are present. This was the first public performa... Read More about Snow All The Way To The Cage - Brissenden, for solo flute and Raph. Performed at Sonic Fusion, February 2015}.

Clair de Lune - Debussy (Arr; Brissenden for solo Raph) (2019)
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The current notation for Debussy's Clair de Lune arranged for solo Raph. This piece has been worked on since 2009 and was one of the first pieces of technical standing identified as suitable for arranging for the Raph. It was recorded in 2012 and was... Read More about Clair de Lune - Debussy (Arr; Brissenden for solo Raph).

Critical Commentary: Performance, Composition and Arranging for the Reverse Action Piano Harp 2014-2019 (2019)
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This critical commentary details the elements of this collection and analyses the exploration that took place within each component.