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Assessment practices at primary school: lessons from the past
No full textThe paper presented at this event was later published as part of a conference proceedings book, please see item #1023
The impact of music technology on the teaching and learning of music - an exploratory study
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Time-dependent characteristics of performance evaluation
No full textConcertgoers, critics, teachers, and performers are often called upon to cast judgment on the performances they hear. Research to date has typically focused on the judgments themselves, with very few empirical studies of the processes and decisions that lead to these judgments. This paper details an investigation of time-dependent characteristics of performance evaluation. Thirty-three participants were played five recordings of a Bach Prelude and five of a Chopin Prelude. They rated the quality of each performance continuously, by moving a mouse cursor on a 7-point scale displayed on a computer screen, and using written scales. The results suggest that: the time taken to reach an evaluative decision was typically short (around 15–20 s); there was a significant difference between the initial and final ratings, with a tendency for ratings to improve as the performances progressed; and the largest revisions of opinion took place within the first minute of the performance
The legend of Melusine
No full textFor organ and boy treble, duration 12 minutes. This work was commissioned by the Royal College of Organists and the Southbank Centre
The man in the wind and the west moon
No full textFor solo harp, duration 7 minutes. This piece is dedicated to Helen Tunstall. It was commissioned by the Tanza Trust and first performed on 2 June 2014 at Milton Court Concert Hall, London, by Alexander Rider
Centauromachy: double concerto for clarinet and flugelhorn
No full textFor clarinet and flugelhorn soloists, and orchestra, duration 20 minutes.
In five movements: Two natures; Chiron’s dream; A centaur glimpsed through trees; Pitched battle; Elegeia.
First performed at St David's Hall, Cardiff, on 12 November 2010 by Robert Plane (clarinet) and Philippe Schartz (flugelhorn) with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by François-Xavier Roth
Raju Raghuvanshi is a ghost
No full textFor solo baritone, duration 4 minutes. The piece is dedicated to Omar Ebrahim and is recorded on The NMC Songbook (NMC D150) available here: https://nmc-recordings.myshopify.com/products/various-the-nmc-songbook
Icarus lamentations
No full textScored for two clarinets, cimbalom, harp, and strings, duration 16 minutes. This piece is based on the Greek mythological story of Icarus and was first performed on 28 May 1992 by the Guildhall New Music Ensemble conducted by Simon Bainbridge. It is the first part of the '3 for Icarus' trilogy which also includes Part 2 'Minotaur Games' (see https://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1437/), and Part 3 'Dædalus Remembers' (https://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1438/)
Banshee
No full textFor oboe and percussion, duration 10 minutes.
Commissioned by Melinda Maxwell, and dedicated to her and Richard Benjafield, the percussionist at the first performance.
This piece has been recorded twice: In 1997 by Melinda Maxwell and Richard Benjafield on NMC Recordings (NMC D042S):https://nmc-recordings.myshopify.com/products/various-melinda-maxwell-plays-birtwistle-maxwell-holt; and in 2003 by New Noise (Janey Miller, oboe, and Joby Burgess, percussion) on NNL Recordings (NNL1): https://www.discogs.com/New-Noise-Insomniac/release/10624237