Dr. Nicholas Brown
Ussher Assistant Professor, Music

Nicholas Brown, 'Structural Cohesion', Site-specific, large-scale work for two singers, choir, piano and live electronics, First performance co-produced by Concertgebouw Brugge and Orpheus Institute, Ghent in collaboration with Antwerp Conservatoire, Concertgebouw Brugge, Belgium, November 21, 2019, - Musical Score, 2019

Nicholas Brown, 'The Undulatory Theory of Light', Three-channel sound installation, Turner Contemporary, Margate. Part of Oscillate Festival of Experimental Music and Sound, June 2, 2018, - Exhibition, 2018 URL

Nicholas Brown, What can network theory tell us about polyphony?, The Power of Networks, Ghent, Belgium, February 21-22, 2018 Conference Paper, 2018

Electroacoustic Composition and Silent Film in, editor(s)Barton, R. and Trezise, S. , Music and Sound in Silent Film: From the Nickelodeon to the Artist, London, Routledge, 2018, pp187 - 197, [Nicholas Brown] Book Chapter, 2018 DOI

Nicholas Brown, 'Chit-chat', Four-channel interactive sound installation, Exhibited as part of Science Gallery Dublin's summer exhibition, 'SOUND CHECK', June 10 - Sept 24, 2017, - Exhibition, 2017 URL URL

Nicholas Brown, 'Vanishing Points', Composition for clavichord, electronics and distributed (web) audio, World premiere performance given by Nicholas Brown (clavichord) at the Orpheus Institute, Ghent, Belgium. Part of 'Open Circuit', Ghent, Belgium, Sept 3 , 2017, - Musical Score, 2017 URL

Nicholas Brown, Composition Pedagogy in an Age of Electronic Media, Composition as Critical Technical Practice, Orpheus Institute, Ghent, Belgium, November 22, 2016 Conference Paper, 2016

Nicholas Brown, 'On the Production of True Consonance', 8-channel sound installation for automated monochord, loudspeakers and MaxMSP, Exhibited at Helmore Building, ARU, Cambridge, UK, April 23, 2016, - Exhibition, 2016 URL

Nicholas Brown, 'Starfish', Composition for tenor & piano with live electronics, First performed by James Geer (tenor) and Nicholas Brown (piano) at Mumford Theatre, Cambridge, UK. February 12, 2016, - Musical Score, 2016

Nicholas Brown, 'On the Generation of Sounds', Electroacoustic lecture-performance after Robert Grosseteste, First presented/performed at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas, UK, 2015, - Music Production, 2015 URL

Nicholas Brown, From the Temporality of Pulse to the Generation of Sounds, The Making of Musical Time, Orpheus Institute, Ghent, Belgium, February 25-26, 2015 Conference Paper, 2015

Composing as a Way of Doing Philosophy in, editor(s)Darla Crispin & Bob Gilmore , Artistic Research in Music: A Sourcebook, Leuven, Leuven University Press, 2014, pp225 - 230, [Nicholas G Brown] Book Chapter, 2014 DOI

Nicholas Brown, The Composer's Art in an Age of Digital Mediation, Composition in the 21st Century, Trinity College Dublin, March 5-7, 2014 Conference Paper, 2014

Nicholas Brown, 'Medicatio', Interactive sound installation. Exhibited as part of 'From Birdsong to Light', Hungate Medieval Art, St Peter Hungate, Norwich, 2013, - Exhibition, 2013 URL

Nicholas Brown, 'Chant', Installation. Exhibited as part of 'From Birdsong to Light', Hungate Medieval Art, St Peter Hungate, Norwich, 2013, - Exhibition, 2013 URL

Nicholas Brown, 'From Birdsong to Light', Solo exhibition of sound installations, St Peter Hungate, Norwich, UK, Hungate Medieval Art, May 24 - June 16, 2013, - Exhibition, 2013 URL

Nicholas Brown, Being Among the Living: On the Inter-relationships Between Performers, Witnesses & Environment in 'As I Have Now Memoyre', Organised Sound, 16, (2), 2011, p176 - 183 Journal Article, 2011 DOI

Nicholas Brown, Composing the Performer: On the relationship between the work of making a work of music and the idiosyncrasies of a performer's practice, Artistic Experimentation in Music, Orpheus Institute, Ghent, Belgium, April 27-28, 2011 Conference Paper, 2011

Nicholas Brown, 'On the Operations of the Sun', First performed by Musica Beata at the Three Choirs Festival, Worcester, August 13, 2011, - Musical Score, 2011 URL

Nicholas Brown, 'Bird Chamber', Sound installation, featured as part of the inugural Greenwich International String Quartet Festival, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, April 17-19, 2009, - Exhibition, 2009

Nicholas Brown, 'As I Have Now Memoyre', Performance-installation for two singers and live electronics. Co-produced by Sound and Music & Kings Place, London and first performed on February 10, 2009 as part of 'The Sound Source' series at King's Place, 2008, - Musical Score, 2008 URL

Nicholas Brown, 'The Bravery of Women', Composition for violin/voice, electronics and video. First performed by Monica Germino at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, 2007, - Musical Score, 2007 URL

Nicholas Brown, 'The Soul Finds Rest in Unity', Installation at the George Hotel, Huddersfield as part of Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, 2007, - Exhibition, 2007 URL

Nicholas Brown, The Flux Between Sounding and Sound: Towards a Relational Understanding of Music as Embodied Action., Contemporary Music Review, 25, (1-2), 2006, p36 - 45 Journal Article, 2006 DOI

Nicholas Brown, 'An Audience with the Trees', First installed at Addison's Walk, Magdalen College, Oxford as part of the College's May Morning celebrations, 2005, - Exhibition, 2005 URL

Nicholas Brown, 'Songs from the Sky', Commissioned by Bristol Bach Choir. First performed at St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, conducted by Peter Leech, 2004, - Musical Score, 2004

Nicholas Brown, Notes on Rosa, Review of Rosa - A Horse Drama. An opera by Louis Andriessen and Peter Greenaway, Commissioned by Lincoln Center, New York for the U.S. film premiere of Peter Greenaway's film 'The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama' at Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, New York., 2004 Review, 2004

Nicholas Brown, 'Vivaldi's Menagerie', Violin concerto commissioned by Orchestra of St John's, London. First performed as part of 'Music in the Abbey', Dorchester Abbey, England, 2003, - Musical Score, 2003

Nicholas Brown, 'On Jealousy', For tenor, piano and video. First performed by Mark Milhofer, Magdalen College Auditorium, Oxford, accompanied by Paul Plummer (piano), 2002, - Musical Score, 2002

Nicholas Brown, 'The Truck', Music for the film by Jasper Goldman, 2002, - Film production, 2002

Nicholas Brown, 'After Death', Music for the 1915 silent film by Evgenii Bauer, London, British Film Institute, 2002, - Film production, 2002 URL

Nicholas Brown, 'Silence is Golden', Performance piece for violinist-actor, Oliver Lewis. Premiere: Great Hall, Dartington International Summer School, 2002, - Musical Score, 2002

Nicholas Brown, 'Dancing in the Aisles', For saxophone and piano. First performed by Sarah Field and Simon Lepper at the British Saxophone Congress, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 2002, - Musical Score, 2002

Nicholas Brown, 'Bookcruncher', Music for the film by Dan Wilde. , 2002, - Film production, 2002 URL

Nicholas Brown, 'Two Pieces Concerning Time', Commissioned as part of the PRS/NFMS 'Adopt-a-Composer' Scheme, UK for the Phoenix Singers of Shrewsbury, England., 2001, - Musical Score, 2001

Nicholas Brown, 'Lady Windermere's Fan', Music for the 1916 silent film by Fred Paul, London, British Film Institute, 2001, - Film production, 2001 URL

Nicholas Brown, 'Mirabile Misterium', Commissioned by the Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, for its Christmas Carol Service, 2001, - Musical Score, 2001

Nicholas Brown, 'The Lily-White Rose', For male vocal consort. First performed by the Orlando Consort at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, 2000, - Musical Score, 2000

Nicholas Brown, 'Stillness', First performed by the BBC Singers as part of an SPNM anniversary concert at St Paul's Knightsbridge, London, 1999, - Musical Score, 1999

Nicholas Brown, 'The House of the Hanged Man', Piano trio. First performed at the Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York, 1998, - Musical Score, 1998

Nicholas Brown, 'The Divine Image', For SATB choir and organ. Text by William Blake. Commissioned by St Peter's Church, Formby, Liverpool, 1997, - Musical Score, 1997

Nicholas Brown, 'Miserere', Anthem for men's voices. First performed by the Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, 1996, - Musical Score, 1996

Nicholas Brown, 'The Magdalen Service', Written for and first performed by the Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, conducted by Bill Ives, 1995, - Musical Score, 1995