Aiming to enhance inspiration in improvisation and composition in contemporary modal music, through and towards her artistic practice, this research will first explore in-depth aspects of…
In this project, Rohana aims to further develop and enrich his improvisation and composition skills and techniques, and to develop a framework to continually expand his performance repertoire.
This project investigates the textural gap between music that can be improvised and that which can be practiced and learned to play. Specifically focussing on the the rich multi-textural nature of…
Music performance with technological instruments questions the relationship between embodied experience, situated cognition and the instrument. Key elements that constitute a present, aware and…
By exploring the possible functions of freedom and fixity as they exist in composition this research aims to be relevant not only to musicians and scholars but also to listeners in general.
Hoewel de gitaar al eeuwenlang deel uitmaakt van de klassieke muziektraditie blijft het schrijven voor de gitaar voor veel componisten een moeilijke opgave. Terwijl componisten bij het ontwikkelen…
This is the first monographic study on harp pedal techniques, tracing the historical way to pedal on the early pedal harps with a single-action pedal mechanism, the “harpe organisée”, the term used…
Naar de cello in Italië, Frankrijk en Duitsland is door veel wetenschappers en musici al uitgebreid onderzoek gedaan. De artikelen over de cello in de Nederlanden zijn echter op de vingers van één…
