Compositional Methods in Electroacoustic Music - Adrian Moore ...

dergraduate music degree at the University of Aberdeen, specialising in Acousmatic composition, under the
supervision of Pete Stollery, and, recently completed her MMus in Composition with distinction at the University
of Edinburgh under the supervision of Robert Dow. She is currently reading towards a PhD under the
supervision of John Young and Simon Emmerson at the Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre
(De Montfort University, UK) with the support of an AHRC Studentship. Louise recently secured joint first
prize in the prestigious concours dinterprétation spatialisée de l’Espace du Sons in Brussels.
Scott, Richard STEIM, Lancaster University
Dr. Richard Scott is an electroacoustic composer and free improviser residing in Berlin. He has been composing
and performing improvised music for over 25 years, performing and recording with artists such as
Grutronic, Twinkle, Clive Bell and Evan Parker. His work has been featured on BBC Radio 3 and 4, International
Computer Music Conference, London Jazz Festival, Bratislava NEXT Festival of Advanced Music,
BEAM, SARC Sonorities Belfast, Berlin Interaktion Improvised Music Festival and MANTIS Electroacoustic
Music Festival. Manchester. He has released more than 20 albums both solo and in collaboration with others.
He is co-curator of two underground concert series in Berlin: AUXXX Berlin and Basic Electricity.
In 1993 he was awarded a PhD from London University for a thesis discussing free improvisation. He wrote
extensively for Wire magazine, was administrator at the LMC (London Musician’s Collective) and has been
an active member of the improvising and electroacoustic communities in London, Manchester and Berlin. In
2010 he completed a MusM (distinction) in Electroacoustic Music Composition at NOVARS, Manchester University.
He is sometimes a Lecturer in Music at the Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (Lancaster
University) and an Artistic Resident at STEIM (Amsterdam) developing infra-red and gestural performance
technologies
Seddon, Ambrose City University, London
Ambrose Seddon composes musical works for fixed media in various formats. Having completed a Masters
degree in electroacoustic composition at City University, London in 2004, he is currently completing doctoral
studies at City University, supervised by Denis Smalley. He has a research interest in compositional structuring
processes, and has presented at various international conferences and festivals. His music has been performed
internationally in concert and on radio, and has been awarded numerous competition prizes and mentions.
Having had a background in electronica and experimental pop music, he continually strives to integrate
new and varied approaches into his compositional language.
Stansbie, Adam University of Sheffield
Adam Stansbie composes and performs electroacoustic music. In recent years, his works have been widely
performed, prized and published, with a solo CD of works released on the Sargasso label. Adam is currently
Lecturer in Music Technology at The University of Sheffield.
Stavropolous, Nikos Leeds metropolitan university
Nikos Stavropoulos studied Piano, harmony and counterpoint at the National School of Music and Nakas
conservatoire in Greece. In 2000 he graduated from the Music Department of the University of Wales, Bangor
where the next year he was awarded an MMus in electroacoustic composition studying with Dr. Andrew
Lewis. In 2005 he completed a PhD at the University of Sheffield Sound Studios with Dr. Adrian Moore specialising
in tape composition in stereo and multi channel formats, as well as music for video and live electronics.
His works ranges from instrumental to tape and mixed media. He has composed music for video and
dance and his music has been awarded mentions and prizes at international competitions. He joined the Music,
Sound and Performance Group at Leeds Metropolitan University in 2006 and is a founding member of the
Echochroma New Music Research Group.
Stollery, Pete University of Aberdeen
Pete Stollery studied composition with Jonty Harrison at the University of Birmingham, where he was one
of the first members of BEAST in the early ’80s. He composes music for concert hall performance, particularly
acousmatic music and more recently has created work for outside the concert hall, including sound installations
and internet projects. He has collaborated with practitioners from other artistic disciplines, particularly
dance and sculpture and has produced music and sound design for a number of UK visitor attrac-
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