Personae

236 Perspectives of New Music PERSONAE STEPHEN GRAHAM is a PhD candidate at Goldsmiths, University of London, where his research centres on the concept of a musical underground in a digital age, particularly as this pertains to musics that fall between generally accepted critical boundaries. He writes for the Journal of Music and Rock-a-Rolla, is an Editor at Musical Criticism, and blogs at robotsdancingalone@wordpress.com. TIM SULLIVAN is a theorist and composer currently teaching at the Crane School of Music, State University of New York at Potsdam. His research concerns issues of perceptibility and structure in recent music, with particular emphasis on music that seems to defy traditional analytical methods. He received his PhD in Music Theory and Composition from the University of Michigan, where he studied primarily with Andrew Mead. TORSTEN ANDERS is a researcher and composer, presently working as lecturer and Music Technology course leader at the University of Bedfordshire (UK). Anders studied composition in Weimar (D) with Wolfgang von Schweinitz and Michael Obst, as well as electro-acoustic composition with Hans Tutschku and Robin Minard. Between 2000-2001, Anders worked as a programmer in the Music, Mind, Machine research group at the University of Nijmegen (NL). He received a PhD in Music Technology from Queen's University Belfast (UK) in 2007, and afterwards worked as a research fellow at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research, University of Plymouth (UK). Anders' research is focussed on computer-aided composition, and he developed the constraint-based composition system Strasheela (strasheela.sourceforge.net). Anders has composed multichannel tape pieces and sound installations, performed in several European countries, in America, and the Far East. He received commissions from Design-Zentrum Thüringen e.V., Deutsches Gartenbaumuseum Erfurt, FÖRDERBAND Kulturbüro Berlin, as well as scholarships of the Komponistenverband Thüringen e.V., and the Queen's University Belfast. EDUARDO RECK MIRANDA is a composer working at the crossroads of music, science, and technology. His music is significantly informed and inspired by his research into Artificial Intelligence. His repertoire includes music for symphonic orchestras, chamber groups, solo instruments—with and without Perso η ae 237 live electronics—and electroacoustic music. Currently, he is Professor in Computer Music in the School of Humanities and Performing Arts at the University of Plymouth, where he is director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR). His music has been broadcast and performed at festivals and concerts worldwide, by renowned performers and ensembles such as Ian Pace, Frances M Lynch, Luciane Cardassi, Jérôme Vallet, Chamber Group of Scotland, Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO), Orquestra Sinfònica de Porto Alegre (OSPA), BBC Concert Orchestra, and Ten Tors Orchestra. KENNETH SMITH studied at King's College London, and subsequently completed his PhD at Durham University. Aspects of his doctoral research on Alexander Skryabin are soon to be published in book form (Royal Musical Association monographs, Ashgate), combining a new analytical reading of Skryabin's music with a detailed evaluation of his mystical philosophy. Kenneth is the Vice President/Events Officer of the Society for Music Analysis and currently teaches at Durham and Keele University, where he lectures in Theory and Analysis. PETER ROSSER is a composer and writer living in Belfast, Ireland. His music has been performed at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival; Sonorities and Between the Lines, Belfast; Belfast Festival at Queen's; Spitalfields Festival, London; and the Crash Festival, Dublin. In 201 I he was recipient of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland's Major Individual Artist Award. He writes regularly for journalofmusic.com. TIM HODGKINSON is a composer and improviser. He studied social anthropology before switching to music: lap steel guitar with Konk Pack, ethnography in Siberia, bass clarinet and numerous recordings with lancu Dumitrescu's Hyperion Ensemble, compositions at many European festivals, Infinity self-remixing CD with K-Space trio, solo clarinet performances, currently writing for London Sinfonietta. A second CD of new pieces on Mode is due out in the fall. Past epics include keys and reeds in Henry Cow, electric alto with God, lap steel and vocals in The Work, Tadeusz Kantor-inspired suite, Stop Mortal with Dagmar Krause, Pierre Schaeffer interview for Rer Quarterly, and countless...