Compositional Methods in Electroacoustic Music - Adrian Moore ...

6 Biographies
Akama, Ryoko University of Huddersfield.
Ryoko Akama is a UK-based composer, a performer and a sound artist whose works have primarily components
of acoustic and electroacoustic music. Since her career in 2000, her works have been performed, commissioned
and published worldwide. She is a member of collective, the Lappetites, with other female composers
- Eliane Radigue / Kaffe Mattews / AGF, whose first album was selected in the top 10 recordings
of 2005 by The Wire (London). The recent extension to integrate with dancers and participatory activities
have expanded her career in uniquely innovative ways. Apprenticeship to Mrs. Yatotaka Kineie on Nagauta
since has taken her artistic insight to deeper experimentation sound of Japanese traditional music. She develops
concept of ‘Tradition and Experimentation in Sound’ with own ensemble, GEN. The score works include,
transmigration (dedicated to MMM... ensemble), Tsurukame etc. She is currently a PhD researcher
at CeReNem(Centre for Research in New Music) at the University of Huddersfield under the guidance by
Lim and Monty Adkins. Awards and funds received in the past include Huddersfield of University Fee Waiver
Scholarship, Anglo Foundation Scholarship, Kirklees Council Art Fund and Japan Foundation Grants.
Andean, James Bevan Centre for Music and Technology Sibelius Academy Helsinki, Finland
Babcock, Andrew University of Florida
Born in Buffalo, NY, Andrew Babcock has been working in a variety of contexts with music and multimedia
for over 10 years. After studying composition with Samuel Pellman at Hamilton College, he worked in
New York City as a composer and sound designer for television, radio, and film. Andrew recently completed
an MA in composition at the University at Buffalo, where he studied with Cort Lippe and Jeffrey Stadelman.
Andrew’s main interests lie in acousmatic music and exploring the transformative potential of mundane sound
materials and their ability to yield complex sonic associations and narrative structures. He was awarded first
prize in the 2011 Sound in Space competition sponsored by Harvard University, Northeastern University, and
the Goethe-Institut and was a finalist in the Metamorphoses 2012 competition in Belgium. His works have
been featured internationally at festivals such as Sonorities, ICMC, TES, NYCEMF, and SEAMUS. Andrew
is currently working towards his PhD in composition at the University of Florida, studying with Paul Koonce.
Batchelor, Peter De Montfort University
Peter Batchelor is a composer and sound artist living in Birmingham, UK. He has studied with Jonty Harrison
and Andrew Lewis and is currently a lecturer at De Montfort University, Leicester. Predominantly working
with fixed-media, his output ranges from two-channel ‘tape’ compositions for concert diffusion to largescale
multi-channel installation work. Compositions have received recognition from such sources as the Concours
de musique electroacoustique de Bourges and the International ElectroAcoustic Music Contest of São
Paulo and have been performed internationally.
Bedard, Martin Montreal Conservatory school of music
Martin Bedard graduated in instrumental composition from the University Laval (Quebec, Canada).
Following a course of five years with the composer Yves Daoust and André Fecteau, he graduated with the
high distinction from the Conservatory of Music of Montreal in electroacoustic composition. He recently completed
a PhD in electroacoustic composition at the University of Montreal with the composer Robert Normandeau.
His works have been presented in more than 50 national and international events and festivals. He is the winner
or finalist of eleven international competitions. Including an “Award of dictinctions” at the 2010 Ars
Electronica competition.
Besides his activities as a composer, he teaches aural perception, composition and analysis of electroacoustic
music at the Music Conservatory of Montreal and electroacoustic composition at the University of Montreal
as a lecturer.
Bentall, Robert Queen’s University, Belfast
Rob Bentall is an electroacoustic composer hailing from North London, England. Having gained a first degree
in Music from the University of Manchester, graduating in 2010 and winning the P.J. Leonard Prize for
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