School of Music
Lecturer
+44 (0) 113 343 2605
ALCM, LLCM (Napier), BA, PGCLTHE, Mmus, PhD, (Leeds)
Ewan's other duties within the School of Music include Joint Honours Science Tutor, Programme Manager for Mmus Music Technology and Computer Music and Deputy Taught Postgraduate Tutor.
- Electroacoustic composition
- Interactive music
- Improvisation
- Sound diffusion practice
- Applied music technology
Ewan is a member of Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific Research in Music, Sonic Arts Network and Leeds University Group for Improvised Music. He is actively involved in collaborative projects, particularly in the field of improvised music incorporating live electronics. His primary research interest is live or acousmatic electroacoustic composition. Recent compositions include works commissioned for guitar, trumpet, percussion, brass ensemble and various electroacoustic events. Ewan's works have been performed internationally for over 10 years now. Subjects of recent compositions have included the use of spoken voice within programmatic acousmatic music. Collaborations with performers have been concerned with the use of improvisation and interaction between performer and computer. Ewan is also interested in microtonality, which features in several of his electroacoustic works. Compositions such as SansCulture explore the integration of popular and avant-garde musics and he is interested in questioning the conventional boundaries of musical genres. Ewan's current research interests include investigation of the use of video in an acousmatic performance context and ongoing experimentation with sound diffusion and surround sound in a performance context. He is also continuing to create programmatic works designed for smaller listening environments inspired by the work of Jarman, Chion, Dhomont and others.
Current Modules
- MUSI 1812 Planet Pop
- MUSI 1320 Practical Skills (introduction to music software option)
- MUSI 1611 Introduction to the Science of Music
- MUSI 1612 Introduction to Music Technology
- MUSI 2220 Composition (electroacoustic option)
- MUSI 2620 Music Technology Skills and Techniques
- MUSI 3120 Minor Dissertation
- MUSI 3140 Major Dissertation
- MUSI 3220 Minor Composition (electroacoustic option)
- MUSI 3240 Major Composition (electroacoustic option)
- MUSI 3620 Minor Music Technology
- MUSI 3640 Major Music Technology
- MUSI 5162 Dissertation
- MUSI 5260 Composition folio (electroacoustic option)
- MUSI 5660 Music Technology and Computer Music
- Undergraduate and Postgraduate Dissertations
Module Coordinator for
- MUSI1611
- MUSI1612
- MUSI2620
- MUSI3620
- MUSI3640
- MUSI5660
Other Teaching
- Texts and Contexts (Electroacoustic Music; Acousmatic Music; Musique Concrte)
- Programme Manager, MMus Music Technology and Computer Music: course leader and tutor for this postgraduate programme.
- Joint Honours Science Tutor: personal / academic tutor for students taking programmes combining Psychology, Maths, Computing and Artificial Intelligence with Music.
- MME tutor: tutor in Music for students taking the BA / BSc Music, Multimedia and Electronics programmes
- Deputy Director of Taught Postgraduate Studies: responsible for shadowing the duties of the Director of Taught Postgraduate Studies
Periodical articles
- Commodity Music, Journal of Electroacoustic Music (Sonic Arts Network, 2002).
Compositions
Selected Compositions
- Almost Suspended (acousmatic) 2007
- We See Into the Life of Things (Brass sextet and live electronics) 2006. Commissioned by Alliance Brass.
- Lametta (acousmatic) 2006
- Beginnings (acousmatic) 2005. Selected for the Bourges 32nd international music competition in the programme music category.
- ColdStone (acousmatic), improvised with Christophe de Bezenac, 2004.
- Boden (acousmatic) 2003.
- Tilt (acousmatic) 2002.
- blue balloons (acousmatic) 2001.
- Forza [Trumpet, Percussion, live electronics and CD] Forza was commissioned by Duo Contour.
- SansCulture (acousmatic) 1999 Commissioned by the Arts Council of England and Sonic Arts Network.
- Senecio (Guitar and electronics) 1998 Senecio was commissioned by the guitarist Francesco Mariani.
- Altoft Suite (acousmatic) 1998 Altoft Suite was commissioned by the trumpet player Steve Altoft.
- Seashells (acousmatic) 1998.
- Zal (acousmatic) 1998.
- A Garden Retreat (acousmatic) 1997 Commissioned by Sonic Arts Network.
- Interior Voice (Bb Trumpet and Tape) 1996-97. Interior Voice was commissioned by Stephen Altoft.
- Electroflesh FM (Electroacoustic Music for a Video by Mark Fielding). Commissioned by Sonic Arts Network.
- The Fitting (Electroacoustic Music for a Photographic installation by Nicky Bird). 1997.
- Point-to-Point (acousmatic) 1996.
Recordings
- Presence III (CEC, 2002) featuring blue balloons
Radio / TV broadcasts
- BBC Radio 3 broadcast of SansCulture in full (9 minutes) as part of Hear and Now, 2002.
Public Performances
- Lametta Premiered at Cave du Forum Rheims and performed as part of ICMC 2006 (New Orleans).
- We See Into the Life of Things Premiered by Alliance Brass at the International Trumpet Players' Guild 2006 Conference, Rowan University, New Jersey.
- Beginnings Premiered at Cave du Forum Rheims and performed as part of SAN Expo 2006 (Manchester).
- ColdStone Premiered as part of Sonic Arts Network Expo966 (Scarborough 2005), Sound Junction III (Sheffield, 2005).
- Tilt Premiered as part of the MAXIS II festival, 10th - 13th April 2003, Leeds.
- blue balloons Premiered at the Sonorities Festival, Queen's University, Belfast, May 2001.
- Forza Premiered in the Center for New Music, University of Iowa (10th September 2000).
- SansCulture premiered at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London as part of Sonic Concrete (19th - 21st March 1999).
- Senecio performed by Francesco Mariani as part of the Leeds International Concert Season's Spanish Festival (Leeds City Art Gallery, 09/12/98) with funds from Instituto Cervantes and has since been performed at the British Music Information Centre, London (21/01/99) and at the Whitworth Gallery, Manchester.
- Altoft Suite performed in Huddersfield Technical College, the Lyndsay Studio Theatre, Keele (11/12/98) and as part of the 1998 Hebden Bridge Arts Festival.
- Seashells premiered at the 1998 Hebden Bridge Arts Festival.
- Zal premiered at the 1998 Hebden Bridge Arts Festival (02/07/98).
- A Garden Retreat premiered as part of Digital Summer 98 in the Green Rooms, Manchester on June 20th, 1998. 10/11 April 1999, QEH Foyer, South Bank Centre, London at a listening station as part of State of the Nation 19-21 Nov 99, Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, Cumbria at a listening station as part of On the Edge: a celebration of adventurous music.
- Interior Voice premiered by Stephen Altoft in the University of Durham, Department of Music (12/06/97), and in the University of Leeds (as part of the British Association Annual Festival of Science, 07/09/98).
- Electroflesh FM premiered as part of the Sonic Arts Network Xstatic Screen season of concerts in the University of East Anglia (09/12/96), in the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (11/12/96) and the Lethaby Gallery, London (31/01/97).
- The Fitting The Fitting was performed at Leeds City Art Gallery on the 1st - 7th April, 1997.
- Point-to-Point Performed at the ICMC '96 in The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Conference papers (oral)
- Ng K.C., Popat S., Stefani E., Ong B., Cooper D., Smith-Autard J., Music via Motion: Interactions between Choreography and Music, in Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA2000) Revelation, Paris, France, 2000.
- Ng K.C., Popat S., Ong B., Stefani E., Popat K., Cooper D., Trans-Domain Mapping: A Real-time Interactive System for Motion Acquisition and Musical Mapping, in Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC2000) Gateways to Creativity, Berlin, Germany, 2000.
- Kia C. Ng, David Cooper, Ewan Stefani, Roger D. Boyle, Nick Bailey. Embracing the Composer: Optical Recognition of Handwritten Manuscripts, in Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC'99) - Embracing Mankind, pp. 500 - 503, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 23 rd - 27 th Oct. 1999.
- Ewan Stefani, Kia C. Ng, and David Cooper. Leeds University Electronic Studio: Studio report. In International Computer Music Conference - On the Edge, pages 155 - 157, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, August 1996.
- BA Creative Music Technology, School of Intermedia and Performing Arts, Doncaster College (2002-2007).
- MAXIS, 10th - 13th April 2003, Leeds.
- External Examiner for the BA Creative Music Technology at SIPA, University of Hull (2002-2007)
Current Research Students
- Adam Longbottom (multimedia composition)
- Kris Popat (music notation for interactive electroacoustic music)
- Karen Hay (Sound, Multimedia and Theatre in the context of Musical Composition)
Abstract
Composition folio with written commentary.
