Opera samples in electroacoustic music: A portal for music discovery
(2023)
Presentation / Conference
Blackburn, M., & Baird, K. (2023, November). Opera samples in electroacoustic music: A portal for music discovery. Paper presented at Electronic Music Studies Network, (EMS), De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
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The representation of diversity in sample packs (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Blackburn, M. (2023, May). The representation of diversity in sample packs. Presented at NoiseFloor 2023
Finding the Female Users: A Feminist Historiography of the Fairlight CMI (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Blackburn, M., Harkins, P., & Paul, H. (2022, June). Finding the Female Users: A Feminist Historiography of the Fairlight CMI. Presented at Centre for Research in New Music (CeReNeM), University of Huddersfield, UK
Fragmenting the archive for creativity: developing digital sample packs of Indian musical instrument sounds (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Blackburn, M., Nayak, A., Suviste, H., & Batchelor, J. (2021, March). Fragmenting the archive for creativity: developing digital sample packs of Indian musical instrument sounds. Presented at Digital Archive and Canon workshop, 2nd Maximillian-Bickhoff Colloquium
Need we say more: Contemporary Responses to the Fairlight CMI (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Blackburn, M., Harkins, P., Puricelli, R., & Lacedelli, S. (2020, December). Need we say more: Contemporary Responses to the Fairlight CMI. Paper presented at Sound Instruments and Sonic Cultures: An Interdisciplinary Conference, National Science & Media Museum, Bradford/OnlineOften described as the first digital sampler, the Fairlight Computer Musical Instrument (CMI) was primarily a digital synthesizer and computer workstation. Launched in 1979, it was one of the technologies that were used to re-shape the practices of m... Read More about Need we say more: Contemporary Responses to the Fairlight CMI.
Negotiating diversity and prejudice: a case study in successful cross-cultural collaboration (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Blackburn, M., & Nayak, A. (2020, January). Negotiating diversity and prejudice: a case study in successful cross-cultural collaboration. Paper presented at Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Music Higher Education Conference, City University
International conference on the history of nursing (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Tomkins. (2020, January). International conference on the history of nursing. Presented at International conference on the history of nursing, Florence
Marginal ¡como tú! Las clases altas tradicionales limeñas construyendo ciudadanía a través de la música fusión (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Montero Diaz, R. (2019, July). Marginal ¡como tú! Las clases altas tradicionales limeñas construyendo ciudadanía a través de la música fusión. Presented at 4th SIMM-posium – organized by the SIMM-platform (Social Impact of Making Music), Bogota, Colombia
Gentrification in the House! John Lanchester’s Capital, Brian Platzer’s Bed-Stuy is Burning, and the House as Nexus of Glocal Forces. (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Peacock. (2019, July). Gentrification in the House! John Lanchester’s Capital, Brian Platzer’s Bed-Stuy is Burning, and the House as Nexus of Glocal Forces. Presented at Literary London Conference: Neighbours of Ours, University of Notre Dame, LondonNo abstract available.
Working with brevity: Short soundfiles in electroacoustic composition (2019)
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(2019, June). Working with brevity: Short soundfiles in electroacoustic composition. Presented at International Computer Music Conference, New YorkWorking with short soundfiles en masse in the fields of fixed media (acousmatic) and mixed music (instruments and electronics) has raised questions regarding useful assemblage and handling techniques. This paper traces out some different processes an... Read More about Working with brevity: Short soundfiles in electroacoustic composition.
Old Music for New Sounds, Quoting and recycling music of the past (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Blackburn, M. (2018, June). Old Music for New Sounds, Quoting and recycling music of the past. Paper presented at Electronic Music Society Network Conference, Florence, Italy
Responding to migration: sound art practices promoting social transformation (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Blackburn, M. (2017, October). Responding to migration: sound art practices promoting social transformation. Paper presented at World on the Move conference, University of Manchester, UK
Other people’s sounds (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Blackburn, M. (2017, September). Other people’s sounds
Female composers and the sonic home: interactions with domestic sound (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Blackburn, M., & Martin, B. (2017, September). Female composers and the sonic home: interactions with domestic sound
Other people’s sounds: examples and implications of borrowed audio (2017)
Presentation / Conference
(2017, September). Other people’s sounds: examples and implications of borrowed audio. Presented at Electroacoustic Music Studies Network Conference, Nagoya, JapanThe starting point for much electroacoustic music is the capture of audio from the sounding world around us. Recorded sound (field and studio recordings) provides the composer with pliable audio data, inspiration and impetus for the creation of new w... Read More about Other people’s sounds: examples and implications of borrowed audio.
Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response as platform for creative work in digital fixed media (2017)
Presentation / Conference
(2017, July). Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response as platform for creative work in digital fixed media. Presented at Electronic Visualisation and the Art Conference, London, UKASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response) is the name given to a pleasant sensation that can be felt most commonly on the scalp and can be triggered by various gentle sounds (like whispers, crinkles or tapping), smooth and repetitive visual stimuli... Read More about Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response as platform for creative work in digital fixed media.
From ‘concert’ to ‘screening’: visual anecdotes in Electroacoustic Music presentations. (2014)
Presentation / Conference
(2014, June). From ‘concert’ to ‘screening’: visual anecdotes in Electroacoustic Music presentations. Presented at Electroacoustic Music Studies Network Conference, Berlin, GermanyIn line with the spectro-morphological tradition of much of the electroacoustic repertoire, video works produced by artists of electroacoustic provenance are predominantly abstract, especially in terms of the featured imagery. Nonetheless, despite th... Read More about From ‘concert’ to ‘screening’: visual anecdotes in Electroacoustic Music presentations..
Performer as Sound Source: interactions and mediations in the recording studio and in the field (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Blackburn, M. (2013, June). Performer as Sound Source: interactions and mediations in the recording studio and in the field. Paper presented at EMS conference 2013, Lisbon, Portugal
Illustration and the compositional process: an update on pedagogical and creative uses (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Blackburn, M. (2013, January). Illustration and the compositional process: an update on pedagogical and creative uses. Paper presented at From Tape to Typedef: Compositional Methods in Electroacoustic Music, From Tape to Typedef: Compositional Methods in Electroacoustic Music Conference Programme University of Sheffield
Improvisation, Dynamic Form and the Acousmatic Music Composer: Perspectives on Triple Retort (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Blackburn, M. (2012, December). Improvisation, Dynamic Form and the Acousmatic Music Composer: Perspectives on Triple Retort. Paper presented at INTER/actions Symposium, 2012, University of Bangor, WalesThis paper introduces the semi-improvised mixed work Triple Retort (2011) for flute, cello, mezzo-soprano and three laptops, and presents the concept of constructing dynamic form as a means of enabling and encouraging variation with each performa... Read More about Improvisation, Dynamic Form and the Acousmatic Music Composer: Perspectives on Triple Retort.