Grandchildren of Experimental Music - Performing the Compositional Act by Creating Intriguing Situations in Which Musical Sound May Occur

Ingamells, Andy (2018) Grandchildren of Experimental Music - Performing the Compositional Act by Creating Intriguing Situations in Which Musical Sound May Occur. Doctoral thesis, Birmingham City University.

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Abstract

This portfolio of work explores alternative methods of musical composition that question the distinction between composer and performer, presenting an integrated and interdisciplinary artistic approach that aims to engage a broader public in the production of experimental music. The seventeen pieces in the portfolio are playful outcomes of a practice that, whilst rooted in musical concerns, does not privilege the sounding result.

In the accompanying commentary the heritage of experimental music and Fluxus is used as a starting point to reconsider the traditionally separate roles of composer and performer. I assert that these roles currently remain distinct and separate in contemporary practice, despite the challenge that experimental music and Fluxus posed to conventional music-making. In order to address this I reconfigure the relationships between composer, performer and listener through an interpretation of a diagram by experimental composer George Brecht, and develop a framework in which the act of composition can be performed through ‘reading’, ‘character’ and ‘playing’.

Item Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
Additional Information:	First and foremost I would like to thank Tiffany Slater for her love and support throughout this project. I would also like to thank Michael Wolters, Howard Skempton and Ron Woodley for supervising me, and Ed Bennett, Mel Brimfield and Laurence Crane for being my examiners. I am grateful to my family, and to the following people (in alphabetical order) who have shaped this project in many different ways: Andrew Hamilton, Bill Drummond, Chris Dingle, Claire Doherty, David Pocknee, Ed McKeon, Edward Henderson, Eoghan McTigue, Errollyn Wallen, Gavin Friday and the Bristol Citadel Corps, Gavin Wade, Georgina Bolton, Jennifer Walshe, Joe Cutler, Josh Spear, Louis d’Heudieres, Ludwig Abraham, Maya Verlaak, Michael Baldwin, Neil Luck, Oli Clark, Patrick Giguère, Paul Norman, Richard Stenton, Seán Clancy, Steven Takasugi, Susan Philipsz, Tadas Stalyga, Tim Cape. Finally, thank you to the Arts and Humanities Research Council for financial support via the Midlands3Cities Doctoral Training Partnership.
Dates:	Date Event 3 May 2018 Completed
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Experimental Music, performance, composition, George Brecht, contemporary music, composer-performer, interdisciplinary
Subjects:	CAH25 - design, and creative and performing arts > CAH25-02 - performing arts > CAH25-02-02 - music CAH25 - design, and creative and performing arts > CAH25-02 - performing arts > CAH25-02-03 - drama CAH25 - design, and creative and performing arts > CAH25-01 - creative arts and design > CAH25-01-04 - cinematics and photography
Divisions:	Doctoral Research College > Doctoral Theses Collection
Depositing User:	Kip Darling
Date Deposited:	11 Mar 2019 14:50
Last Modified:	12 Jan 2022 16:57
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/7196