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Thesis Info
- LABS ID
- 00316
- Thesis Title
- A Portfolio of Original Compositions
- Author
- Orestis Karamanlis
- E-mail
- o.karamanlis AT gmail.com
- 2nd Author
- 3rd Author
- Degree
- PhD
- Year
- 2010
- Number of Pages
- 116
- University
- Queen's University Belfast
- Thesis Supervisor
- Paul Wilson
- Supervisor e-mail
- Other Supervisor(s)
- Language(s) of Thesis
- English
- Department / Discipline
- Department of Music & Sonic Arts
- Copyright Ownership
- Orestis Karamanlis
- Languages Familiar to Author
- English
- URL where full thesis can be found
- www.orestiskaramanlis.net/
- Keywords
- Composition, Music, Electroacoustic, Acousmatic, Electronic Music
- Abstract: 200-500 words
- The portfolio contains work that encompasses a wide spectrum of creative output and spans through different areas of computer music (mixed instrumental, acousmatic, live electronics, installation art). The compositions are accompanied by a collection of commentaries that echo the evolution of my thinking. They demonstrate an amalgam of thoughts and processes embodied in the creative act, providing an inside view to the compositions and placing the music in context. The written aspect complements the musical works by trying to reflect back on the mental schemas that gave rise to certain compositional decisions and investigate the reasons why an option might have been chosen instead of another.