All Outputs (14)

An Gàrradh (2022)
Other
Macleod, D. (2022). An Gàrradh. [Electronic composition]. Uist

An electroacoustic geo-locative soundwalk mapped to Linaclate on the island of Benbecula, Scotland. Commissioned by Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Arts Centre North Uist, with funds from Event Scotland.

Carareretetatakakekerers (2021)
Other
Macleod, D. (2021). Carareretetatakakekerers. [Audio]

80-minute score and sound design for Normal Condition's contemporary dance work 'Carareretetatakakekerers', choreographed by Nicola Conibere. Premiere - 4 October 2021, Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler's Wells, London. Supported using public funding from... Read More about Carareretetatakakekerers.

The Cries of London: On costers, pedlars, hawkers, fishwives, tinkers and barrow boys (2020)
Book Chapter
Macleod, D. (2020). The Cries of London: On costers, pedlars, hawkers, fishwives, tinkers and barrow boys. In The political voice (28-37). London: Theatrum Mundi

The history of London’s markets is a noisy one, where the ambient buzz of the crowd is overlaid with the musical Cries of the people who work there. In this chapter, Duncan MacLeod reflects on the sociological and sonic history of those cries, and dr... Read More about The Cries of London: On costers, pedlars, hawkers, fishwives, tinkers and barrow boys.

By the light of the moon.... (2020)
Other
Macleod, D. (2020). By the light of the moon.... [Score]. Nottingham, Lakeside Arts

By the light of the moon is the first in a series of short works for toy piano, piano and electronics that draw upon the poetry of Edward Lear. In this work, I start with the third verse of Lear’s famed poem, The Owl and the Pussy-cat, in which the c... Read More about By the light of the moon.....

The Metalization of a Dream : for open instrumentation and electronics (2019)
Other
Macleod, D. (2019). The Metalization of a Dream : for open instrumentation and electronics. The Lit & Phil, Newcastle, 23 Westgate Rd, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1SE

The Metalization of a Dream is an open form sound-work responding to the dada and surrealist-inspired collages of Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005). A pioneer of pop art, Paolozzi’s practice drew inspiration from artists that utilise similar collage and c... Read More about The Metalization of a Dream : for open instrumentation and electronics.

No Man is an Island (2018)
Other
Macleod, D. (2018). No Man is an Island. [Score]. London

A five-minute setting of John Donne's Mediation XVII written for solo voice and electronics. Premiered by SoundKarD at nonclassical, London. 12/04/2018.

Cut, Strike, Throw, Grip. (2018)
Other
MACLEOD, D. (2018). Cut, Strike, Throw, Grip. [Score]. Edinburgh

This work draw inspiration from the ancient Highland Bagpipe and Clarsach music known as Pibroch or Ceol Mor. Comprised of a theme and variations Pibroch utilises ornamentation as a means to mark and decorate each variation. Moreover as an oral tradi... Read More about Cut, Strike, Throw, Grip..

The Cries of Columbia Road (2017)
Other
MACLEOD, D. (2017). The Cries of Columbia Road. [Acousmatic Composition]. Whitechapel Gallery

The Cries of London is an ongoing series of electroacoustic compositions and sound works that draw upon the urban anthropophonic soundscape of London. Taking inspiration from the seventeenth-century works of the same title by Thomas Weelkes, and Orla... Read More about The Cries of Columbia Road.

The Cries of Peckham Rye (2015)
Other
MACLEOD, D. (2015). The Cries of Peckham Rye

Electroacoustic composition for choir and electronics performed by Dulwich Folk Choir, with text written by poet Jane Yeh. Commissioned by Sarah Turner to feature in the film Public House with funds from Film London and The Arts Council of England.... Read More about The Cries of Peckham Rye.

Surface to Surface (2015)
Physical Artefact
MacLeod, D. Surface to Surface. [Composition (Sound composition)]. Tate Modern

Cut, Strike, Throw, Grip. (2014)
Other
MACLEOD, D. (2014). Cut, Strike, Throw, Grip. St Paul's Concert Hall, Queensgate, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH

Cut, Strike, Throw, Grip :: for two keyboards and electronics, commissioned by Kate Halsall premiered at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Recorded and commercially released on Miniaturised Concertos | Maché, Metier Records, 2016.

The Cries of London
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macleod, D. (2019, December). The Cries of London. Paper presented at Crafting a Sonic Urbanism: the Political Voice, Paris, France

Since the late 19th Century, public vocalizations in urban spaces have been on the wane, brought about in part through a combination of direct legislation and changes in commerce, most markedly the emergence of digital technology. Moreover, economic... Read More about The Cries of London.

Sounding out the space: a composer’s perspective on Spatial Music
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macleod, D. (2018, April). Sounding out the space: a composer’s perspective on Spatial Music. Paper presented at sound agendas composers’ conference, The University of Sheffield

Pierre Boulez cites space as being the fifth dimension of music (1963). However Alvin Lucier observes that although considerable effort is put into the conception, generation and notation of music relatively little thought is given to the actual prop... Read More about Sounding out the space: a composer’s perspective on Spatial Music.

Negotiating space: a composer’s perspective on Spatial Music
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MACLEOD, D. (2017, November). Negotiating space: a composer’s perspective on Spatial Music. Paper presented at Sounding out the Space: an International Conference on the Spatiality of Sound, Dublin Institue of Technology, Ireland

Over the past 10 years spatial music has been an emergent trope within my practice that has exponentially grown from an initial interest in spectator immersion to engender a broad range of applications ranging from underpinning musical structure thro... Read More about Negotiating space: a composer’s perspective on Spatial Music.