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Between Modernism and Postmodernism: Structure and Expression in John Adams, Kaija Saariaho and Thomas Ades (2018)
Book Chapter
(2018). Between Modernism and Postmodernism: Structure and Expression in John Adams, Kaija Saariaho and Thomas Ades. In The Routledge Research Companion to Modernism in Music (327 - 352). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315613291-15

This chapter conveys postmodernism both as a historical moment and as a force within modernism to expand its range of expression, examining four areas. The first one is postminimalism, particularly as represented by John Adams’s Harmonielehre, which... Read More about Between Modernism and Postmodernism: Structure and Expression in John Adams, Kaija Saariaho and Thomas Ades.

Sound design, composition and performance with interactive genetic algorithms (2018)
Thesis
Prescott, T. Sound design, composition and performance with interactive genetic algorithms. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/411221

A variety of work has been carried out investigating the suitability of interactive genetic algorithms (IGAs) for musical composition. There have been some promising results demonstrating that it is, in principle, an effective approach. Modern sound... Read More about Sound design, composition and performance with interactive genetic algorithms.