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Dr Harries, Guy

Contact details

Position: Senior Lecturer in Music

Location: WB.1.14, Docklands

Telephone: +44(0) 20 8223 4049

Email: g.harries@uel.ac.uk

Contact address:

ADI

University of East London

Docklands Campus

University Way

London E16 2RD

Brief biography

Guy Harries is a music lecturer at UEL, teaching electronic music, music skills, improvisation and interactive sound. His research focuses on the performative aspects of live electronic sound. Guy works extensively as a composer/performer. His compositions have been performed by contemporary ensembles and have been broadcast and performed internationally. He is also an improviser (using flute, voice and electronics) and  a singer- songwriter, practising electronic troubadourism with his laptop and voice. Guy is a core member of the Dutch electronic music group, the POW Ensemble. He has produced a number of multimedia works: Stereo Dogs, Nocturnaround, Jasser and Imaginary Friends. His work has been released on the labels Sub Rosa, X-OR and Tursa. www.guyharries.com

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Areas of Interest/Summary of Expertise

Electronic sound, performance, interactivity, multimedia in live performance, vocal performance, instrumental composition.

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Teaching: Programmes

Music Culture: Theory and Production

Music Technology

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Teaching: Modules

  • PA1304 Sound Design 1
  • PA2304 Sound Design 2
  • PA3304 Sound Design 3
  • PA1301 Music Skills
  • PA1303 Musical Collaboration and Improvisation

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Current research and publications

  • 2010 - Two Caravans - chamber opera - Kameroperhuis NL
  • 2009 - Shadowgraphs - multiplatform work: installation, live performance, blog - Stephen Lawrence Gallery and across the UK

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Research archive

  • 2008 - Imaginary Friends - multimedia performance - Zeebelt Theater NL
  • 2007 - Jasser - chamber opera - Bodylab production
  • 2006 - Birdsong from Inside the Egg (with the POW Ensemble) - CD release- X-OR
  • 2002 - Stereo Dogs - multimedia performance - Korzo Theater NL
  • 2001 - Infantry (with Meira Asher) - CD release - Sub Rosa

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Other scholarly activities

ICMA, Sound and Music

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