320 datasets

ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare + UCL Research Data Repository2026 · dataset · unknown

This thesis identifies and examines the music and dance phenomenon of Irish Country music, specifically in the Western counties of Ulster. Using ethnographic data it considers the processes allowing an individual to take part, the experiences of the professionals involved, and the aesthetics of the scene as portrayed in televisual and social media, and analyses how the scene exhibits and continual

ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare2026 · dataset

<div>My research explores intersections between sound, music, and language, examining how fiction writers can utilise these connections. The critical component analyses Max Porter’s <i>Grief Is the Thing with Feathers</i> and is accompanied by a bridging statement discussing how music and writing interact during the creative process. This is paired with original music that depicts the world of my

DMU Figshare + UCL Research Data Repository2026 · dataset · unknown

The aim of this thesis is to identify and locate an experimental elec-tronic music ‘scene’ in Iran within a web of historical-social-political-religious-economic-technological agencies. Drawing from the growing traditions of digital ethnography and artistic research, this project doc-uments and analyses the processes, aesthetics, and practices that shape the ‘scene’, while exploring and feeding ba

ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare2026 · dataset · unknown

This thesis explores how concepts of space and place can inform compositional approaches to auditory virtual environments. It is practice-based artistic research that combines electroacoustic composition, storytelling, and field recording with the use of Extended-Reality (XR) technologies to examine these themes in context. A portfolio of works, together with this text, are the outcome of a creati

ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare + UCL Research Data Repository2026 · dataset · unknown

This is a portfolio-based PhD thesis within the academic framework of Composition in Sonic Arts. Interpreting resynthesis to mean recombination as well as reproduction, this thesis investigates the resynthesizing of club music's past along with the personal past as a form of compositional practice. This results in a portfolio of 23 pieces ranging from 3 to 9 minutes in length that explores the tro

ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare2026 · dataset · unknown

Music Performance Anxiety (MPA) is a prevalent yet often overlooked issue among music students, particularly in highly competitive conservatory settings in China. While previous studies have primarily focused on psychological and therapeutic interventions, limited empirical research has examined how instructional strategies might alleviate MPA. This study addresses that gap by investigating the im

ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare2026 · dataset · unknown

This portfolio is comprised of ten original compositions which explore a wide spectrum of style, artistic interests and mediums, all of which display the progression of my compositional voice over the course of the PhD studies. This body of work consists of five musical scores, one acousmatic piece and four audiovisual compositions. All ten pieces are linked through the utilisation of embedded and

ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare2026 · dataset · unknown

This thesis demonstrates an exploration of the temporal and spatio-political conditions of sonic performance in and around urban infrastructural environments. Where much so-called politically engaged art making is pragmatically satisfied with ‘playing’ the art system toward accommodation, this work seeks to counter that tendency by foregrounding its own fragilities and temporariness as it is re-li

ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare2026 · dataset · unknown

My PhD research explores how personalized experiences influence the creative process, encompassing decision making, critical thinking, reflections, and other related aspects. This written commentary introduces “self as a method, an exploration of the creative process”, presenting a portfolio of six original electroacoustic music works created as part of the doctoral research at Queen’s University

ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare + UCL Research Data Repository2026 · dataset · unknown

This research presents a nuanced account of inhabitants’ experiences of listening in everyday urban places. Using a methodology based on situated listening, the research turns a hearing perspective on Belfast City sites. As cities undergo various climate, health and social crises, sonic qualities of places too often remain a by-product of other planning and policy decisions. In Belfast, these issu

ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare2026 · dataset · unknown

The aim of this practice-based research is to identify how the internet’s involvement in music creation and dissemination influences choices related to the compositional and structural elements of music making. Throughout this writing, the author looks at the increasingly volatile structures surrounding recorded music in the early 21st Century as a result of streaming becoming one of the most domi

ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare + UCL Research Data Repository2026 · dataset · unknown

Evidence suggests music listening and personality can protect against the negative repercussions of everyday stress. Though there is extensive literature on the role of music listening and personality for stress management, genres and traits perceived to be socially aversive have been under-researched in relation to stress, possibly due to their perceived undesirability outside this context. There

ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare2026 · dataset · unknown

This portfolio employs an autoethnographic approach to the development of my own improvisatory practice. Through video documentation with voice-over commentary, I reflect on key moments in exploratory improvisation. These commentaries serve both my own learning and the experience of the listener. The process is iterative: what is discovered is enfolded back into the playing, where knowledge re-eme

UCL Research Data Repository2026 · dataset · unknown

The experience of engaging with music through listening, teaching and learning would be impossible without a bodily interface, through which movement and music can be physically produced, experienced and understood. Physical gestures form a central part of the communication established between the teacher-student dyad in the communication of symbolic and functional musical knowledge. Factors such

ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare2026 · dataset · unknown

The growing diversity of digital technologies adapted and adopted for disabled musicians reflects an evolving social ecosystem of inclusive music making with an expanding toolset of accessible musical instruments utilised by a group of disability allies. This thesis is an ethnographic study, qualitative in construct and embedded in third wave Human Computer Interaction research practice. It examin

ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare + UCL Research Data Repository2026 · dataset · unknown

Written for various forces, the portfolio works discussed in this commentary share an overarching interest in non-human natural phenomena – both biotic and abiotic – as sources of an untempered, uncanny musicality to be mimetically absorbed into my practice using a post-spectral approach. Existing spectral methods are first adapted with relative austerity into the compositional interplay of manusc

ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare + UCL Research Data Repository2026 · dataset · unknown

This practice-based research project investigates the application of music technology in inclusive music practices in Northern Ireland. In particular, the author shines a spotlight on issues surrounding the longevity of novel accessible digital musical instruments developed for research purposes. While such devices can be highly enabling for disabled musicians, they seldom see sustained use outsid

ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare2026 · dataset · unknown

This thesis is an examination of the notational styles of specific scribes found in the Edward Bunting manuscripts. Vol I of the submission aims to evaluate notational styles of select individuals, James Cody, Mary Ann McCracken, George Petrie and Edward Bunting. Vol II contains appendices to the music notated in the manuscripts.<br><br><i>NOT FOR CONSULTATION: Thesis embargoed in perpetuity.</i>

ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare2026 · dataset · unknown

In recent years, there have been increasing opportunities for developing new and diverse creative arts-based interventions for use in palliative care to benefit multiple patient outcomes. This research project covers the design and implementation of individual Listening Experiences and presents and discusses feedback from a feasibility study conducted at an outpatient service in Northern Ireland.

ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare + UCL Research Data Repository2026 · dataset · unknown

This composition portfolio consists of fifteen musical scores and recordings, supplemented by this written commentary. The included works represent my broad interest in different musical mediums: solo instruments, chamber music, vocal ensembles, and electroacoustic groups. The intention of this commentary is to provide an overview of the pieces within the portfolio and, using examples from these,

ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare2026 · dataset · unknown

This thesis explores double bass feedback systems, with a focus on the FAAB (feedback-actuated augmented bass)—a self-resonating vibrotactile feedback string bass instrument equipped with onboard DSP. Developing against a background of an extensive acoustic instrumental practice in improvised and experimental music, the thesis examines how salient properties of timbral complexity and performative

ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare2026 · dataset · unknown

The focus of this thesis is to provide a commentary on the sonic artworks created for a sound art portfolio. The research is practice-based, evolving through the creation of sound works inspired by the structural concepts identified by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. Those concepts are based around ideas related to labels such as Assemblage, Strata, Smooth and Striated Space, Temporal Space and

ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare2026 · dataset · unknown

A great deal of writing has been made on the subject of electronic musical instruments from a technical aspect. This document comprises a collection of critical notes on the findings which emerged during art-orientated practice research (2017-2022) on making do-it-yourself electronic musical instruments (DIY EMI). This is in support of a portfolio containing documents in a variety of formats: inst

ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare + UCL Research Data Repository2026 · dataset · unknown

Through a creative portfolio and critically reflective writing, this thesis explores how divergent sound-art practices can represent oral history narratives found in post-conflict societies, such as Northern Ireland and Bosnia. Recently collected interview materials have been transcribed, edited and transformed through the application of a newly devised artistic methodology that draws on the field

ZivaHub + Deakin Research Online + DMU Figshare2026 · dataset · unknown

Whilst there is much interest within the field of New Instruments for Musical Expression (NIME) and related research areas around player-centered design, few have empirically addressed player experience and perception during performer-instrument interactions. This thesis takes an exploratory approach to understanding interaction with new Digital Musical Instruments (DMIs) for musicians of differen