I am a composer, musicologist and creative technologist who works across disciplines. I am Deputy Director of the Institue for Digital Culture at the University of Leicester. I founded the Creative Computing programmes at Leicester and at Bath Spa University, where I worked from 2013-2018. Before that, I worked at De Montfort University for 27 years, first in the Performing Arts (Music) department, then founding the Music, Technology and Innovation department and finally directing the Institute Of Creative Technologies from 2006-2013.
My research covers music, computing, literature, and various aspects of disability. In music, my compositions have been performed worldwide and I have published numerous books, chapters and articles on musicology. My best known writings are the book The Digital Musician (now in its third edition) and the website The Orchestra: A User's Manual (which still receives roughly 15,000 unique visits per month, after two decades of existence). In other areas, my book on 'Pataphysics continues to be widely read and the Aural Diversity project is having a significant national and international impact.
Since my diagnosis with Ménière's in 2009, I have devoted myself to trying to improve lives for others with hidden disabilities. This effort was reinforced by my autism diagnosis in 2018. I have consequently sought to merge my various research activities with the pressing 'real-world' needs of similar people. In that endeavour I have worked with an array of charities and organisations, the NHS and local councils. Read my Access Rider.
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