Scrutton, Nichola Jane (2009) Hearing voices: electroacoustic composition portfolio and commentary. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.
Due to Embargo and/or Third Party Copyright restrictions, this thesis is not available in this service.Abstract
The concept of voice is a fundamental thread that underpins my PhD portfolio, with the human voice being present in all but one of the compositions. The drive to make what I think of as 'voice works' has, to a large extent, been influenced by various theatrical vocal practices that are in some way concerned with the development of the natural voice. Such practices help to facilitate a broad potentiality of expression, not only through, but before or beyond text. No one method or theory has had primary influence on my work but rather, in the broadest sense, I recognise a set of affinities with many notable influential practices including that of Roy Hart Theatre; Kristin Linklater; David Moss; Joan La Barbara; Sainkho Namtchylak; and Jaap Blonk.
The complicating factor, in every case, is that I also draw on a range of electroacoustic influences.Trevor Wishart's many ideas about 'the human repertoire' - vocal utterance, paralanguage, sound morphology and transformative compositional processes - are perhaps most relevant. But I have also drawn from Denis Smalley's spectromorphological concepts, particularly those pertaining to the aural perception of human gesture. My listening generally has been quite wide-ranging across genres but includes the work of Francois Bayle, Bernard Parmegiani, Francis Dhomont, Robert Normandeau, Natasha Barrett, Dennis Smalley, Yannis Kyriakides, Michel Chion and Heiner Goebels.
| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
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| Qualification Level: | Doctoral |
| Additional Information: | Due to copyright restrictions the full text of this thesis cannot be made available online. Access to the printed version is available. |
| Subjects: | M Music and Books on Music > M Music |
| Colleges/Schools: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Culture and Creative Arts > Music |
| Supervisor's Name: | Fells, Dr. Nick |
| Date of Award: | 2009 |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Marie Cairney |
| Unique ID: | glathesis:2009-1551 |
| Copyright: | Copyright of this thesis is held by the author. |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Feb 2010 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jan 2024 12:26 |
| Thesis DOI: | 10.5525/gla.thesis.1551 |
| URI: | https://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/1551 |
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