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Dr Stuart James

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 9370 6073
Email: s.james@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Mount Lawley  
Room: ML3.268  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0765-8724

Stuart is a Lecturer in the Composition and Music Technology program at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

Current teaching

  • MUS1604 - Home and Studio Recording
  • MUS1620 - Acousmatics and Sound Art
  • MUS2608 - Interactive Music Performance Lab
  • MUS2616 - Sound Synthesis Performance Lab
  • MUS3607 - Circuit-bending Lab
  • MUS3612 - Networked Music Lab
  • MUS3611 - Composition Principal Study 1
  • MUS4607 - Composition Principal Study 2
  • MUS4612 - Composition Principal Study 3

Biography

Stuart is a Western Australian-based composer, performer, sound designer, audio engineer, and producer. His compositional work explores both acoustic and electronic instruments, and he has been commissioned to write compositions by the ABC, Decibel Ensemble, Tetrafide Ensemble, the WASO New Music Ensemble, percussionist Louise Devenish, and visual artist Erin Coates. Stuart's work has also been performed by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Michael Kieran Harvey, and his work has been released on Tall Poppies. Stuart won the state finals of the ASME young composers’ competition, won the Dorothy Ransom composition prize, and has also been nominated for Australian Music Centre Awards for his percussion pieces Temperaments and Kinabuhi | Kamatayon. Stuart has been a founding member of the Decibel ensemble, and has performed as part of this ensemble throughout Europe and Asia. Stuart also manages and operates a commercial recording studio, and has recorded and mixed national and international artists including ShockOne, Kele Okereke, JMSN, Ta-ku, Loston, Jaime Page, and others. Stuart also completed his doctorate for research in spatial audio, spectral synthesis, and wave terrain synthesis, and has continued to publish regularly on music technology.

Professional associations

  • 2019 - Present: WA Chapter of the MSA Committee (Member)
  • 2018 - 2021: Decibel New Music Management Committee (Member)
  • 2015 - Present: Audio Engineering Association (Member)
  • 2010 - 2021: The Soundfield Studio (Managing Director)
  • 2001 - Present: Australasian Performing Rights Association (Member)

Research areas and interests

Stuart is an interdisciplinary scholar with a background in music composition, jazz, popular, and classical piano performance, sound design, computer programming, audio engineering and production. His research areas include:

  • Music Composition
  • Immersive Audio and Video
  • Electroacoustic performance practice
  • Digital Musicology
  • Digital Signal Processing.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2015.
  • Master of Arts Creative Arts, Edith Cowan University, 2006.
  • Bachor of Music with First Class Honours, The University of Western Australia, 2001.
  • Certificate of Music in Jazz, Edith Cowan University, 1995.

Research Outputs

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Vickery, L., James, S., Hope, C., Wyatt, A., Parr, T. (2024). The Complete John Cage Variations. [CD/online audio distribution].

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • James, S., Devenish, L., Coates, E. (2023). Alluvial Gold. [Musical Performance]. Dr Stuart James.

Book Chapters

  • James, S. (2021). A Reconsideration of John Cage's Variations I-VIII (1958-1967) in the Twenty-First Century. Actions | Remarks: John Cage's Variations and the expansion of the score, sonic materials, space, and the environment (191-235). Mode.

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Devenish, L., Wyatt, A., Parr, T., Ockelford, K., McLean, M. (2020). 2 Minutes from Home. Facebook Online Delivery, ‘La Grande Nuit 2021’ at Festival Montréal/Nouvelles Musiques, and Earth Day Art Model, an online festival directed by Scott Deal (USA). https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/10752.
  • Coates, E., James, S., Devenish, L. (2020). Alluvium. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/av_collection/90.

Journal Articles

  • Devenish, L., James, S. (2019). Composer-Performer Collaboration in the Development of Kinabuhi | Kamatayon for Percussion and Electronics. Sound Scripts, 6(1), Article number 9.
  • James, S., Vickery, L. (2019). Representations of decay in the works of Cat Hope. Tempo (London, 1939): a quarterly review of modern music, 73(287), 18–32. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0040298218000608.

Conference Publications

  • Wyatt, A., Vickery, L., James, S. (2019). Unlocking the Decibel ScorePlayer. Proceedings of the International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation -- TENOR'19 (61-68). Monash University. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/6619.

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • James, S., Devenish, L. (2019). Percipience: After Kaul. Not Applicable.

Conference Publications

  • Wyatt, A., Vickery, L., James, S. (2018). The Canvas Mode: Rapid Prototyping for the Decibel Scoreplayer. Proceedings of the Australasian Computer Music Conference 2018, Perth, Western Australia (106-113). The Australasian Computer Music Association. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/6409.

Journal Articles

  • Vickery, L., Devenish, L., James, S., Hope, C. (2017). Expanded Percussion Notation in Recent Works by Cat Hope, Stuart James and Lindsay Vickery. Contemporary Music Review, 36(1-2), 15-35. https://doi.org/10.1080/07494467.2017.1371879.

Conference Publications

  • Vickery, L., James, S. (2017). The Enduring Temporal Mystery of Ornette Coleman's Lonely Woman. Proceedings of the 2015 WA Chapter MSA Symposium on Music Performance and Analysis (49-63). Western Australian Chapter of the Musicological Society of Australia, in conjunction with the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University.
  • James, S., Hope, C., Vickery, L., Wyatt, A., Carey, B., Fu, X., Hajdu, G. (2017). Establishing connectivity between the existing networked music notation packages Quintet.net, Decibel ScorePlayer and MaxScore. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation (TENOR) 2017 (171-181). UCD Press.
  • James, S. (2017). A Novel approach to Timbre Morphology: Audio-rate control of Additive Synthesis. Proceedings of the 43rd International Computer Music Conference (201-206). Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Hope, C., James, S. (2017). Speechless. Tura New Music (Annalisa Oxenburgh).
  • James, S. (2017). Noise in the Clouds.
  • Vickery, L., Hope, C., James, S., Devenish, L. (2017). Decibel Electronic Concerto. PICA performance Space, Perth WA..

Conference Publications

  • Vickery, L., James, S. (2016). Tectonic: a networked, generative and interactive, conducting environment for iPad. Proceedings of the 42nd International Computer Music Conference (542-547). HKU University of the Arts.
  • James, S. (2016). A Classification of Multi-Point Spectral Sound Shapes. Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Conference of the Australasian Computer Music Association (57-64). The Australasian Computer Music Association.
  • Hope, C., James, S., Wyatt, A. (2016). Headline grabs for music: The development of an iPad score generator. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (375-376). Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University.
  • James, S. (2016). Multi-Point Nonlinear Spatial Distribution of Effects across the Soundfield. Proceedings of the 42nd International Computer Music Conference (129-134). HKU University of the Arts.
  • James, S. (2016). A Multi-Point 2D Interface: Audio-Rate Signals for Controlling Complex Multi-Parametric Sound Synthesis. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (401-406). Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University.

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Vickery, L., Hope, C., James, S., Wyatt, A. (2016). Decibel: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst/Universities Australia Exchange with Hochschule fur Musik und Theatre. Decibel.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T. (2016). Decibel - Chance Figurations. Tokyo WonderSite, Hyongo, ICLA, Yamanashi University, Kofu, Kunitachi University, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan.
  • Hope, C., James, S., Wyatt, A., Vickery, L., Parr, T., Cahnam, N. (2016). Decibel - Cissie Tang - The Light that was Waiting. State Library of Western Australia Lecture Theatre.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T., Tonkin, C., Devenish, L. (2016). Intermodulations: A homage to Roger Smalley. State Theatre Centre, Northbridge, WA.
  • Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Boynes, L., Hope, C. (2016). Decibel Tokyo Wonder Site Residency. Tokyo Wonder Site.
  • James, S., Coates, E., Aldum, N., Johnston, S., Holmes, L., Gladwell, S., Dunhill, A., Coles, R. (2016). Rumblestrip. 205 Pier Street North Perth.

Conference Publications

  • James, S. (2015). Spectromorphology and Spatiomorphology of Sound Shapes: audio-rate AEP and DBAP panning of spectra. Proceedings of the 41st International Computer Music Conference 2015 (278-285). International Computer Music Association.

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Hope, C., James, S. (2015). Feather. Tura New Music.
  • James, S. (2015). Existence Éphémère (2015).
  • James, S. (2015). Kinabuhi | Kamatayon (2015).
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Parr, T., Wyatt, A., Robinson, C. (2015). Occam Ocean Hexa II. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Hope, C., Hayward, R., Cauvin, M., James, S. (2015). The Obvious Foundation by Robin Hayward. Spectrum Project Space.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., Parr, T., Wyatt, A., James, S., Devenish, L. (2015). Loaded [NSFW] by Laura Jane Lowther. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.

Conference Publications

  • James, S. (2014). Sound shapes and spatial texture: Frequency-space morphology. Proceedings - 40th International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2014 and 11th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2014 - Music Technology Meets Philosophy: From Digital Echos to Virtual Ethos (1437-1443). International Computer Music Association and National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Devinish, L., Parr, T., Wyatt, A. (2014). The Making of The Moment of Disappearance. Carriageworks, Sydney.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Devinish, L., Parr, T., Wyatt, A. (2014). Decibel: Free Music No. 1 and No. 2. The Percy Grainger Museum, Melbourne.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Devinish, L., Parr, T., Wyatt, A. (2014). After Julia - Decibel. Eugene Goosens Hall, Sydney.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Parr, T., Wyatt, A. (2014). Art Calls. Skype.

Conference Publications

  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., Wyatt, A., James, S. (2013). Mobilising John Cage: The Design and Creation of Score Generators for the Complete John Cage Variations I–VIII. Malaysian Music Journal (34-45). Penerbit University Pendidikan Sultan Idris.
  • James, S., Hope, C. (2013). 2D AND 3D Timbral Spatialisation: Spatial Motion, Immersiveness, and Notions of Space. Proceedings of the 2013 ICMC Conference Presented by Tura New Music, The International Computer Music Association, Australasian Computer Music Association and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts at Edith Cowan University (77-84). International Computer Music Association.

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • James, S. (2013). Veden Ja Tulen Elementit (The Elements of Water and Fire). Stuart James.
  • James, S. (2013). The Overview Effect. Stuart James.
  • James, S. (2013). N-Dimension. Audio Art Festival.
  • Coates, E., James, S. (2013). Merge. Erin Coates.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T. (2013). Decibel Performance of Giacinto Scelsi 'Tre Pezzi'. Goethe Insitute, Palermo.
  • Vickery, L., Hope, C., James, S. (2013). Vice Versa by Amanda Stewart - Decibel. Dig Gallery, Kosice.
  • Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, T. (2013). Black Disciples by Cat Hope - Decibel. ABC Studio 620, Perth.
  • Vickery, L., James, S., Hope, C., Parr, T. (2013). Decibel performance of Cat Hope's Lowest Drawer. Dig Gallery, Kosice, Slovakia.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T., Tanner, P. (2013). The Perils of Disobedience by Rachael Dease - Decibel. Perth Insitute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T., Tanner, P. (2013). N Dimension by Stuart James - Decibel. Krakow, Poland & Kosice, Slovakia.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T. (2013). Decibel performance of Sogno 102 by Cat Hope. Goethe Insitute, Palermo, Italy.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., Devenish, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T. (2013). In the Beginning of What Exactly - Decibel. ABC Studio 620, Perth.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., Devenish, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T. (2013). Water Rat Tea Ceremony by Anita Hustas - Decibel. ABC Studio 620, Perth.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T., Devenish, L. (2013). The Days When Crows Watch Us Play by Sam Gillies - Decibel. ABC Studio 620, Perth.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T., Tanner, P. (2013). Resident Frequencies by Henry Anderson - Decibel. Perth Insitute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T. (2013). Decibel Performance of Giacinto Scelsi/Lindsay Vickery 'After Pranam II'. Goethe Insitute, Palermo.
  • James, S., Wyatt, A. (2013). VURTVURTVURT by Alexander Sigman - Decibel. WA State Museum.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Parr, T., Wyatt, A. (2013). Unaware by Josten Myburgh - Decibel. Krakow, Poland and Kosice, Slovakia.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T. (2013). Decibel Performance of Giacinto Scelsi 'Aitsi'. Goethe Insitute, Palermo, Italy.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T. (2013). Decibel performance of John Cage Variations IV with ipad scores. Ex Asilo Filangieri, Naples, Italy.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T. (2013). Decibel performance of John Cage Variations VI with ipad notation. Ex Asilo Filangieri, Naples, Italy.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, A. (2013). Decibel performance of John Cage Variations I with ipad scores. Ex Asilo Filangieri, Naples, Italy.
  • James, S., Little, S., Burt, W. (2013). Without Glue by Warren Burt - Decibel. WA State Museum.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T. (2013). Decibel performance of John Cage Variations II with ipad score. Ex Asilo Filangieri, Naples, Italy.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T., Tanner, P. (2013). Rapid Same Question by Chris Tonkin - Decibel. Perth Insitute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T., Devenish, L., Devenish, L. (2013). Goldstream Variations by Scott Deal - Decibel. WA State Museum.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T. (2013). Decibel Performance of Lindsay Vickery 'The Last Years'. Studio 620 ABC Perth.
  • Vickery, L., James, S. (2013). Concertino by Maruillio Cacciatore - Decibel. WA State Museum.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T., Devenish, L. (2013). Flat Time Sounding by David Toop - Decibel. WA State Museum.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T. (2013). Decibel performance of John Cage Variations V with ipad scores. Ex Asilo Filangieri, Naples, Italy.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T. (2013). Decibel performance of John Cage Variations III with ipad scores. Ex Asilo Filangieri, Naples, Italy.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T. (2013). Decibel performance of John Cage Variations VIII with ipad notations. Ex Asilo Filangieri, Naples, Italy.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T., Devenish, L. (2013). Way Out Back by Alvin Curran - Decibel. Western Australia State Museum.
  • Vickery, L., Hope, C., James, S. (2013). Point Studies no. 2 by David Kim-Boyle - Decibel. ABC Studio 620, Perth.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., Parr, T., James, S. (2013). Silent Revolution by Lindsay Vickery - Decibel. Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow, Poland.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T., Tanner, P. (2013). The past is never far behind by Johannes Luebbers - Decibel. Perth Insitute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T. (2013). Decibel performance of Giacinto Scelsi 'Aleluilia'. Goethe Insitute, Palermo, Italy.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T. (2013). Decibel Performance of Giacinto Scelsi 'Maknonogon'. Goethe Insitute, Palermo.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T. (2013). Decibel performance of John Cage Variations VII with ipad notation. Ex Asilo Filangieri, Naples, Italy.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T. (2013). Decibel performance of Lindsay Vickery's ounhörbares wird hörbar (the inaudible becomes audible). Goethe Insitute, Palermo.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Wyatt, A., Parr, T. (2013). Decibel performance of Giacinto Scelsi 'Kho Lho''. Goethe Insitute, Palermo.
  • Vickery, L., James, S. (2013). Soliloquies; echoes by Maurice Wright - Decibel. WA State Museum.
  • Vickery, L., Hope, C., Wyatt, A., Parr, T., James, S. (2013). The Aura Implicit by Sam Gillies - Decibel. Dig Gallery, Kosice, Slovakia.
  • Gillett, H., James, S., Barnes, T. (2013). Migrant, There's No Point Looking For Survivors and Your Faults Lie At The Heart Of Others. Henry Gillett and Thomas Barnes.
  • James, S., McLean, M., Thomas, K. (2013). ShockOne - Universus. ShockOne (Karl Thomas).
  • De Groot, C., James, S., Morris, B. (2013). Sororal (Music Soundtrack). Chris De Groot, Stuart James, and Ben Morris.
  • McLean, M., Penman, L., Honey, C., James, S. (2013). Lilt:Take. Matt McLean.
  • James, S. (2013). HzHzHz. Cat Hope, Tristen Parr, and Stuart James.
  • Thorne, D., James, S., Falle, B., Foster, C., Abbey, N., Malet, R. (2013). Det Nopsus. Daniel Thorne and Stuart James.
  • James, S. (2013). Decibel Software Development Folio 2013. Stuart James.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Riddoch, M. (2013). Still and Moving Lines: The Music of Alvin Lucier recording. Decibel.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., Wyatt, A., James, S. (2013). The Decibel ScorePlayer.

Conference Publications

  • Hope, C., James, S., Vickery, L. (2012). New digital interactions with John Cage’s Variations IV, V and VI. Australasian Computer Music Conference: 'Interactive' Conference Proceedings (23-30). Australasian Computer Music Association.
  • Vickery, L., Hope, C., James, S. (2012). Digital adaptions of the scores for Cage Variations I, II and III. Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference 2012: Non-Cochlear Sound (426-432). International Computer Music Association.
  • James, S. (2012). From Autonomous to Performative Control of Timbral Spatialisation. Australasian Computer Music Conference: 'Interactive' Conference Proceedings (31-38). Australasian Computer Music Association.

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Vickery, L., James, S., Knight, P. (2012). Perditempo. Dario Sanfilippo.
  • Francis, M., James, S. (2012). From Traffic Rises. Tura New Music.
  • Coates, E., James, S. (2012). Thirst. Erin Coates and Stuart James.
  • James, S. (2012). Additive Recurrence.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Riddoch, M., Parr, T., Wyatt, A. (2012). Variations VII by John Cage - Decibel. Goethe Institut, Palermo.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Parr, T., Wyatt, A., Hogan, J. (2012). Forever Alone Together Or by Christopher Cobilis. Hackett Hall Gallery, WA State Museum.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Riddoch, M., Parr, T., Wyatt, A. (2012). Point Studies #1 by David Kim-Boyle. Studio Underground, State Theatre Centre.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Riddoch, M., Parr, T., Wyatt, A. (2012). Cells by Joe Stawarz. Studio Underground, State Theatre Centre.
  • Hope, C., James, S., Vickery, L., Wyatt, A., Parr, T., Gray, A. (2012). The Auctioneer Says by Jon Rose. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • James, S., Parr, T., Wyatt, A. (2012). Two Strings and Noise by Peter Ablinger. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Parr, T., Wyatt, A., Johnson, J., McKay, J. (2012). The Music of Jenny O Johnson. Main Auditorium, WAAPA.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Parr, T., Wyatt, A., Hogan, J. (2012). Bury The Sound by Erik Griswald. Hackett Hall Gallery, WA State Museum.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Parr, T., Wyatt, A. (2012). Another Noisey Lullaby by Warren Burt - Decibel European Tour. Logos Foundation, Ghent, Belgium.
  • James, S. (2012). Variations III by John Cage - Decibel. Goethe Institut, Palermo.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Riddoch, M. (2012). Free Music No. 1 by Percy Grainger - Decibel European Tour. WABE, Berlin; Zehntshuer, Rotterberg; Catania, Italy; Palermo, Italy.
  • Vickery, L., James, S. (2012). Electronic Revolution by William Burroughs - Decibel European Tour. Logos Foundation, Ghent, Belgium; Stadthalle, Biberach, Germany.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Riddoch, M., Parr, T., Wyatt, A. (2012). Variations V by John Cage - Decibel. Goethe Institut, Palermo.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S. (2012). West Park by Samuel Dunscombe - Decibel European Tour. WABE, Berlin; Zehntshuer, Rotterberg; Catania, Italy; Palermo, ITaly.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Riddoch, M., Parr, T., Wyatt, A. (2012). Torndirrup by Amber Fresh. Studio Underground, State Theatre Centre.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Parr, T., Wyatt, A., Gray, A. (2012). Where the Dust Sets: A Requiem for Forgotten Places by Clare Nina Norelli. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Francis, M., Parr, T., Hogan, J., Wyatt, A. (2012). Scorpio's View by Lalo Schifrin - Decibel. Hackett Hall Gallery, WA Museum.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Parr, T., Wyatt, A., Hogan, J. (2012). Miss Fortune X by Cat Hope. Hackett Hall Gallery, WA State Museum; Octagon Theatre.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Parr, T., Wyatt, A. (2012). From Traffic Rises by Mace Francis. Hackett Hall Gallery, WA Museum.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Riddoch, M., Wyatt, A., Moncreiff, C., Parr, T. (2012). Prowler by Bohren und der Club of Gore. Studio Underground, State Theatre Centre.
  • Hope, C., James, S., Vickery, L., Riddoch, M., Parr, T., Wyatt, A. (2012). EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon) by Lindsay Vickery. Studio Underground, State Theatre Centre.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Parr, T., Wyatt, A., Hogan, J. (2012). Winter Fragments by Tristan Murail. Hackett Hall Gallery, WA State Museum.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Parr, T., Wyatt, A., Hogan, J. (2012). Première étude (les ombres) by Lionel Marchetti. Hackett Hall Gallery, WA State Museum.
  • James, S. (2012). Particle 1 by Stuart James - Decibel European Tour. WABE, Berlin; Zehntshuer, Rotterberg; Catania, Palermo Italy.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Parr, T., Wyatt, A. (2012). Variations II by John Cage - Decibel. Goethe Institut, Palermo.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Riddoch, M., Parr, T. (2012). Beginning to Collapse by Julian Day - Decibel European Tour. WABE, Berlin; Zehntshuer, Rotterberg; Catania, Italy; Palermo, ITaly.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Riddoch, M., Parr, T., Wyatt, A. (2012). Texture/Residue by Agostino Di Scipio. Studio Underground, State Theatre Centre.
  • Hope, C., James, S., Gray, A., Wyatt, A., Rushford, J., Hamman, J., Parr, T. (2012). Juanita Neilsen by Cat Hope. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Parr, T., Wyatt, A. (2012). Prima Vista by Mauricio Kagel - Decibel European Tour. Logos Foundation, Ghent, Belgium; Stadthalle, Biberach, Germany.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Parr, T., Wyatt, A., Gray, A., Shaun, C., Kruger, B. (2012). Blood On the Floor Painting 1986 by Fausto Romitelli. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S. (2012). Decabell by Lyndon Blue. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Hope, C., Riddoch, M., James, S. (2012). Variations VI by John Cage - Decibel. Goethe Institut, Palermo.
  • Vickery, L., Hope, C., James, S., Parr, T., Riddoch, M. (2012). Ghosts of Departed Quantities by Lindsay Vickery - Decibel European Tour. WABE, Berlin; Zehntshuer, Rotterberg; Catania, Italy; Palermo, ITaly.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Parr, T., Wyatt, A. (2012). In The Cut by Cat Hope - Decibel European Tour. Logos Foundation, Ghent, Belgium.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Parr, T., Wyatt, A., Hogan, J. (2012). Agilus, Mimoid, Symmetriad by Lindsay Vickery. Hackett Hall Gallery, WA State Museum.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Parr, T., Wyatt, A., Hamman, J., Rushford, J., Gray, A., Bill, D. (2012). Do You Know How To Waltz by Low. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Parr, T., Wyatt, A., Riddoch, M. (2012). Variations IV by John Cage - Decibel. Goethe Institut, Palermo.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., Riddoch, M., James, S., Moncreiff, C., Wyatt, A., Parr, T. (2012). Canaries in the Mineshaft and Edison Medicine by JG Thirlwell. State Theatre Centre, W.A..
  • Hope, C., James, S., Vickery, L., Parr, T., Wyatt, A. (2012). Espalier by James Rushford. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Riddoch, M., James, S., Parr, T. (2012). Trio (Nekkersdal Eden) by Anthony Pateras. Studio Underground, State Theatre Centre.
  • Hope, C., James, S., Vickery, L., Parr, T., Wyatt, A., Rushford, J., Hamman, J. (2012). U Bahn c1985: The Rosenberg Variations by Lindsay Vickery and Jon Rose. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Parr, T., Wyatt, A. (2012). Longing by Cat Hope - Decibel European Tour. WABE, Berlin; Zehntshuer, Rotterberg; Catania, Italy; Palermo, ITaly.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Riddoch, M., Wyatt, A., Parr, T., Gillies, S., Moriarty, J., Cole, M. (2012). Cage Uncaged. Main Auditorium, WAAPA.
  • Terren, M., James, S. (2012). Michael Terren: Bythorne. Michael Terren.
  • James, S., Hope, C. (2012). Stasis Ecstatic - Decibel. Stuart James and Cat Hope.
  • McLean, M., Penman, L., Honey, C., James, S. (2012). Lilt: Swim. Matt McLean.

Conference Publications

  • James, S., Hope, C. (2011). Multidimensional Data Sets: Traversing Sound Synthesis, Sound Sculpture and Scored Composition. Proceedings of the Australasian Computer Music Conference 2011 (60-66). Australasian Computer Music Association.

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Hope, C., James, S., Riddoch, M. (2011). Mothlight by Austin Buckett - Decibel. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Riddoch, M., Parr, T. (2011). Deviance by Ross Bolleter - Decibel. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Vickery, L., James, S., Cassidy, C., Wyatt, A., Parr, T. (2011). Longing by Cat Hope - Decibel with Caitlin Cassidy. Perth Insitute of Contemporary Arts.
  • James, S., Cassidy, C. (2011). Musicians Coping with Infinity by Alan Lamb - Decibel. Perth Insitute of Contemporary Arts.
  • James, S. (2011). Particle 1 by Stuart James - Decibel. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Riddoch, M., Parr, T. (2011). Lingua Ignotta. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Riddoch, M., Parr, T. (2011). The Tigers Mind: Night Piece by Cornelius Cardew - Decibel. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., Cassidy, C., James, S., Riddoch, M., Parr, T., Wyatt, A. (2011). The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti by Ennio Morricone - Decibel. Perth Insitute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Cassidy, C., Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Riddoch, M., Parr, T. (2011). Night Fragments by Lindsay Vickery - Decibel. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Riddoch, M., Parr, T., Wyatt, A. (2011). White Lines by Marina Rosenfeld - Decibel. Perth Insitute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Riddoch, M., Parr, T., Wyatt, A. (2011). Decibel - The Talking Board by Lindsay Vickery and Cat Hope. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Riddoch, M., Parr, T. (2011). Radio Music by John Cage - Decibel. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • James, S., Webster, J., Parr, T., Vickery, L. (2011). The Hunting Pack by Lindsay Vickery - Decibel. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Hope, C., James, S., Vickery, L., Riddoch, M., Parr, T. (2011). Agerasia by Chris De Groot - Decibel. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Riddoch, M., Parr, T. (2011). Parts Therof - 4 works. ABC studio 620.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Riddoch, M., Parr, T. (2011). Beginning to Collapse by Julian Day - Decibel. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Riddoch, M., Parr, T. (2011). Kynan Tan - Split Mirror Planes. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S. (2011). West Park by Samuel Dunscombe - Decibel. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Vickery, L., James, S., Parr, T., Wyatt, A. (2011). Kuklinski's Dream by Cat Hope - Decibel. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Riddoch, M., Parr, T., Wyatt, A., Francis, M., Webster, J., De Groot, C. (2011). Clara (Benito's Dream) by Scott Walker - Decibel. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Hope, C., James, S., Parr, T., Wyatt, A. (2011). Cannons by Marina Rosenfeld - Decibel. Midland Railway Workshops.
  • Thomas, K., James, S. (2011). Crucify Me. Karl Thomas.
  • Luebbers, J., James, S., Thomas, E., Nicholls, S., Little, S., Collins, B., G'froerer, C., Dixon, D., Robinson, T., Foster, C., Abbey, N., Falle, B., Malone, A., Jeans, S. (2011). JLD: The Exquisite Corpse of Beethoven. Kieran Kenderessy and Stuart James.
  • James, S., Hope, C. (2011). Disintegration: Mutation CD. Cat Hope.

Conference Publications

  • Hope, C., James, S., Tan, K. (2010). When Lines Become Bits - Engaging Digital Technology to perform works by Alvin Lucier. Engagement: Proceedings of the Australasian Computer Music Conference 2010 (29-36). Australasian Computer Music Association.

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Riddoch, M., Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S. (2010). Abe Sada: Music Venue. The Bakery, Northbridge.
  • Riddoch, M., Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Parr, T., Wyatt, A. (2010). Decibel: Works of Alvin Lucier: Still and Moving Lines. WAAPA Music Auditorium.
  • Riddoch, M., Vickery, L., Hope, C., James, S. (2010). Decibel - Possible Stories of Harry Power. Australian National University.

Conference Publications

  • Hope, C., Riddoch, M., James, S. (2009). Music Technology/Technological Music. Media Art Scoping Study Somposium (80-89). Curtin University of Technology.

Research Projects

  • The Gig Engine: Modelling Cybernetic Complexity and Contingency in Electronic Music Performance, FXpansion Audio UK Ltd, Scholarships to Support Industry Engagement PhD Projects, 2018 ‑ 2023, $52,500.
  • A Perceptual Evaluation of 3D Sonification Techniques for Computer-Assisted Navigation, Edith Cowan University, ECU Early Career Researcher Grant - 2018, 2018 ‑ 2019, $18,400.
  • Graphic Music Notation in Networked Performance Environments, Edith Cowan University, Australia-Germany JRC Scheme (UA-DAAD), 2015 ‑ 2018, $24,400.
  • After Julia: 8 new works by Australian Composers to be performed by Decibel., Australia Council for the Arts, Australia Council for Music - New Work, 2014, $16,448.
  • Applications for networked tablet computers as interactive music readers, writers and players, Nortel Networks, Grant - Development - 2011, 2011 ‑ 2013, $18,770.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Atomistic Sounds: mapping Techno through the lens of Minimal Music
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Establishing the semantic emotional response to acute parameters of timbre and its implications for the compositional process
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Enhancing improvisational and compositional practice with the electric wind instrument
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Exploring Liszt's dramatic language: Narrative meaning and pianistic expression through the study of lieder

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Vaghezza in ornamental practice on the theorbo in early 17th century Italy and its connection to my contemporary performative and compositional praxis

Principal Supervisor

  • Master of Arts (Performing Arts), Exploring historical Russian pianism in Sergei Lyapunov's Twelve Transcendental Etudes, Op. 11: The development of a performance edition
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The Cartographies of Place: Approaches to Audio-visual Composition Incorporating Aspects of Place

Associate Supervisor

  • Master of Arts (Performing Arts), An exploration of Octatonicism: from Liszt to Takemitsu
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The grain of the digital audio workstatiion
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Coordinating the Telematic Music Performance experience with Telemidi: synchronising nodes, enhancing musicality, and delivering simultaneity.
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