Portfolio of original compositions with written commentary

carolinelucas@hotmail.co.uk

Caroline Lucas, originally Worcester, now Leeds. Composer, fiddler, flashmob convenor. Interests: Englishness, folk musics and composting. Previous study at Leeds University: Master of Music in Composition and BA Popular and World Music. WLTM like minded individuals to share in long walks and cartography. Must have own wheelbarrow.

Degree Supervisor : Dr Mic Spencer and Professor David Cooper

External Link : http://leeds.academia.edu/CarolineLucas

• Composition
• Nationalism - Englishness/Britishness
• Identities
• Cultural Theory

Current Modules

• MUSI 1020 Music in History and Culture
• MUSI 1320 Practical Skills: Songwriting
• MUSI 1320 Practical Skills: Jazz and Popular Harmony
• MUSI 1812 Planet Pop: Around the World with Music

Contributions to books and conference proceedings

• Conference convenor - 'Enterprising Creativity' Postgraduate conference, held at University of Leeds, November 2009.
• Conference convenor - 'Collaborations in Practice Led Research', to be held at University of Leeds, October 2010.

Conference papers (oral)

• White Power, Black Metal and Me: Reflections on Composing the Nation. Presented at 'Heavy Fundametalisms: Metal, Music and Politics' Conference, Salzburg, November 2009.
• Inventing Tradition and Mythologising the Nation in the English Metal Scene. Presented at 'Image, Music, Identity' RMA Study Day - University of Nottingham, May 2009.

• Stanley Burton Scholarship for Doctoral Study at University of Leeds

• Research Postgraduate Representative
• Library Committee member
• SSF Committee member
• SLTC Committee member

• Member of the RMA