Projects

A Collection of Small Choices

Researcher

Building on the success of the TlotT App (2012) and associated music / sound-design research this project will investigate new opportunities for site-specific promenade performances afforded by Bluetooth Low Energy technology. It aims to produce a proof of concept prototype that demonstrates how, for promenade performance works, BLE could interface with a mobile App to:

Facilitate non-linear compositional architectures by developing a cross- disciplinary modular compositional method appropriate to BLE beacon technology for music, sound-design, and playwriting.
Deliver a responsive, proximity-based, integrated sound and lighting system.
Develop a technological platform that makes the Internet of Everything (IoE) an accessible artistic reality.

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Links

http://www.hannahbruce.org/small-choices.html

Other projects

Off Grid: The Magic of Microtones

This project brings together ongoing research into the use of microtones from compositional, performance and analytical perspectives.
Words and Music

This project brings together writings and compositions which interrogate the issue of combining words with music. An ongoing series of articles by Roger Marsh, William Brooks and others, addresses the many ways in which composers go beyond conventional word setting routes, exploring significant instances of writers crossing into musical territories and composers composing with words. Articles are linked to related compositions, presented as recordings and videos, with commentaries on collaborative and creative processes.
Player Piano

Player Piano is an interdisciplinary performance created as part of the research project ‘Performance, Subjectivity and Experimentation’, led by Catherine Laws, at the University of York and the Orpheus Research Centre in Music, Ghent.
Edgelands

Roam the Barbican foyers using headphones to experience this free audio journey, which reframes the sounds and sights of the iconic arts centre.
Representing Rehearsal

This research project, led by Catherine Laws (Senior Lecturer in Music), Jon Hook (Lecturer in Interactive Media) and Tom Cornford (Lecturer in Theatre) has been funded by the University of York’s Research Priming Fund.
Expressive Nonverbal Communication in Ensemble Performance

The Expressive Nonverbal Communication in Ensemble Performance network comprises three projects, exploring aspects of how musicians communicate in groups:

Movement and sonic gestures in ensemble performance
Achieving excellence in ensemble singing
Teaching and learning of ensemble communication