research

PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

Creative Bridge Building in Northern Ireland: A case study of the utilization of open-source creative technologies amongst Protestant and Catholic youth in Northern Ireland as a tool for social capital development – Music and Diplomacy Conference – Tufts, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA – March, 2013

Extraction and Application of Figurative Instrumental Gesture – eNTERFACE 2012 – Metz, France – July, 2012.

Performance Space Frames – Pure Data Conference – Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland – May, 2012.

Live Performance Systems for Augmented Musical Instruments – Research Seminar at Stevens Institute of Technology – Hoboken, New Jersey, USA – April, 2012.

Expansion of Electronic Guitar Performance Practice through the Application and Development of Interactive Digital Music Systems – Doctoral dissertation for the University of Ulster, UK – Februrary, 2012.

A Live Performance System in Pure Data: Pitch Contour as Figurative Gesture – Published in the Proceedings of the Pure Data Convention – Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar, Germany – August, 2011.

Electronic Music Performance – Music Showcase Conference – Nerve Centre, Londonderry, UK – July, 2011.

Performance and Pure Data – Imagine Create Festival – University of Ulster, Londonderry, UK – March, 2011.

Considering Pitch Contour – Pure Data Conference – Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland – January, 2011.

The Communication of Musical Gesture in Real-Time Electronic Guitar Performance – SMI Annual Conference – University of Ulster, Londonderry, UK – May, 2010.

The Effects of Polyphonic Technology on Electric Guitar Performance – SMI PG Conference – DIT, Dublin, Ireland – January, 2010.

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