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Publications (Selected) - Commissioned Works
Journal Articles
Conference Papers
Soundtracks, CDs and DVDs
Scores

Dr Frank Millward

Position	Principal Lecturer – Course Director Art, Performance & Digital Media.
Qualifications	BA (Griffith), MA (CUNY), PhD (UQ)
Contact details	Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture, Knights Park, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT1 2QJ. T +44020 8417 4041 M 0787 634 6555
Teaching areas	Sound design & moving image Multimedia and information technology Postgraduate research supervision MA & PhD Performance theory and practice Practice-based research
Research interests     Current Projects                       HDR supervision     Research expertise	Interactive multimedia performance Voice studies focusing on affect utterance Improvisation and creative process Compositional approaches in time based art Site specific art and mobile technologies Visiosonics – Digital Art Practice – (book-in-progress - working title) This writing explores the practical, theoretical and conceptual aspects that have informed, influenced and supported the evolution of the term ‘music’ through its digital transformation to ‘sonic art’ or ‘audio art’. This shifting perception can be observed in audio-visual, abstracted, conceptual and / or site-specific contemporary art practice. The narrative traces the effect and impact of the transition from analogue to digital and the ways in which developments in media technologies have accompanied changes in social, cultural, political and philosophical thinking about art. BoldAs – A series of works for brass trio (Tuba, Trombone, Saxophone/s) and electronics. Each player is prepared with on-body speaker dissemination systems to facilitate interactive electro-acoustic works in site-specific situations. Recorded materials are stored and played back using on-body mp3 players. This work received its world premier in Glasgow (2011) and continues to be developed and exhibited to a number of European festivals in 2012. The focus of this work is extended brass instrumental technique – particularly involving tuba and trombone ‘beat-boxing’ techniques in conjunction with electro-acoustic sound designs. Video On Vimeo The Visual Voice project - in collaboration with ENT consultant Mr John Rubin and team - I continue to investigate the working possibilities of the MAX/MSP Jitter interface applications for presenting works that explore ideas about affect utterance, the voice and live interactive abstract audio-visual representation in performance. Works produced include - From Anger To Sadness #1, #2, #3, #4. See videos on TheVisualVoice.co.uk Time based art work design and production Installation and mixed media art design and production Ethnographies in creative practice Learning and teaching course design Practice-based research methodologies Sound design and moving image production Information technology and multimedia design Internet-based media design and production Computer based audio-visual recording and production Site specific time based work creation involving mobile technologies Technology-based learning environments

Publications (selected) - Commissioned works

Conflux - (2011) ‘BoldAs’ for Beat-Box Brass Trio – Site specific walkabout street performance featuring on-body mp3 dissemination system – Merchant City Festival Glasgow – director/composer – trio booked for European festivals 2012.
Video On Vimeo

Artichoke – (2011) ‘Dining with Alice’ for Soloists, Choir and Chamber Ensemble - site specific music theatre work - Norfolk & Norwich Festival at Elsing Hall – composer. (scores in press. Dining With Alice Site

Conflux - (2010) ‘Used to be Slime’ music for Brass Sextet - Site specific piece George Square, Merchant City Festival - Glasgow – director/composer. (scores in press) Video On Vimeo

Arts Council Kingston - (2009) ‘The Visual Voice’ Interactive Multimedia voice activated installation Picker Gallery – director/performer.

National Review of Live Art Glasgow - (2009) ‘From Anger To Sadness #3’ Interactive multimedia performance work for solo soprano and projections - director/composer/video. NRLA Listing

NetVoTech - (2007)‘From Anger To Sadness #1’ for Chamber Choir and Solo Soprano and Multimedia Projections York University - director/composer/video.

Arts Council Kingston - (2007) ‘The Lament of Lucy Vaughn-Harding’ a Song cycle for Soprano and Piano – Festival Of The Voice - Heather Keens text FM score

Arts Council London  - Camden Peoples Theatre - (2006) ‘Misterioso’& ‘U 238 Work in Progress’ - Jazz/Political Theatre works - director/composer/performer. CPT Listing

Queens Trust - (2002) ‘The 50 Year Parade’ Pageant – Golden Jubilee the Mall London BBC live broadcast – associate director.

Arts Council - (2000) Salisbury Cathedral Commission. ‘A Perfect Day’ Site Specific Work – BBC live broadcast and radio interview – director/composer/arranger. More>>>

Australian Research Council and ABC-TV - (2000) ‘A Fair Go’ – A documentary film score - Aboriginal rights & 1966 Referendum

Journal Articles

 “Visiosonics – Developing moving images in direct response to sound - improvising with technology”  (2011), In, International Journal of Performance Arts & Digital Media – Intellect Journal (In press – released Nov)

 “Emotions Constrained – Voicing the Sounds of Sighs” – (2010) Online article online at the Australian Music Centre and in Kiosk, Kingston University. View Text

“Developing Moving Images for the Multimedia Performance ‘From Anger to Sadness”– Representation, Interpretation and Perception” – (2009) Cambridge Scholars Publishing - Book Chapter in 'Performing Technology: User Content and the New Digital Media' ISBN: 1-4438-1445-8 Available on Amazon

Conference Papers

Driving a Wedge - Through Sound (2011). Trupp R., Millward F., Hunter G., - Institute of Acoustics Conference, Glasgow.

From Anger To Sadness #4  - (2011) Multimedia work for solo soprano & projections 2011 – presented as a performance at TaPRA (Theatre and Performance Research Association) conference Kingston University.

Visiosonics – the creation of sound / image works – re-evaluating the idea of composer as ‘sonic designer’- (2010) The Forum for Innovation in Music Production and Composition - Leeds College of Music. Listing 

Emotive utterance as moving image – (2009) Theatre Noises Conference paper - Central School of Speech & Drama. Listing

Music, Sound and Interdisciplinary Collaboration in the Digital Arts – (2008) Invited speaker - Griffith University – South Bank Arts precinct - Brisbane. Podcast 

From Anger To Sadness #2 – (2007) Goldsmiths University Intimacy Conference - Multimedia work for solo soprano and double screen projections.

Vocal Folds In Motion – (2007) Nasendoscopy video images and sounds of the vocal folds engaged in emotive utterances - images and sounds used to make interactive audiovisual art works.  The project is ongoing, a collaboration with ENT specialist Mr John Rubin. First presented as a commission by Professor David Howard - NetVoTech - York University, PAS3 conference, York .

Music and The Art Business – (2005) Invited speaker and panel member - Music - Queensland Music Network Conference - 2005

Soundtracks, CDs and DVDs

Uneasy Dreams - (2011) by the Delta Saxophone Quartet - a DVD with music by: Gerald Barry – ‘Before the Road’ (1997), Tim Ewers – ‘On the Edge’ (2006), Michael Finnissy – ‘Selected Movements of The Great Masters’ (1996), Steve Goss – ‘Uneasy Dreams’ (2006), Mike Searby – ‘Ghosts and Arias’ (2007) and visual moving images by Frank Millward - FMR DVD004-0310
Uneasy Dreams Site

From a Bridge of Dreams – (2009) Audio CD compilation - includes the flute solo work ‘Calling The Turtles In’ by Frank Millward - ISMN M720065274

Max Q – (1989) Audio CD a solo album by Michael Hutchence - arranger/producer Michael Hutchence Site

Grace Knight Band – audio double CD album ‘Grace Knight: Live At The Basement’ – Performer – keyboards and electronics – ABC Records Australia

Noiseworks – Audio CD Album Love Vs Money (Arranger) – CBS Records

Ray Alldridge Trio - Audio CD Album: Late Night Out Of Town – includes Stilt Dance by FM Download CD

Moving Target – Margret Roadnight – Audio CD - (Producer)

Scores available at Wirripang
or at the Australian Music Centre

Music Scores

Choices - (2011)  - Scores with an audio CD of the works performed by Sally Mays includes ‘Stilt Dance’ by Frank Millward - ISMN9790720106922
Wirripang Australian Piano Anthology - Book 2 – (2011) edited by Katie Zhukov with a CD of the works recorded by Katie Zhukov – includes ‘The Jazz Cat Miaou’ and ‘The Breeze and You’ by Frank Millward - ISMN 9790720106908
Dining With Alice - (2011) Full score for Soloists, Chamber Ensemble & Choir – (in press)
Used To Be Slime - (2011) Seven works for brass sextet – (in press)
Song Book 1 - (2011) Five songs for solo voice and piano - text and music by Frank Millward - (in press)
Song Book 2 - (2011) Five songs for solo voice and piano - text Lisa Gasteen, music Frank Millward - (in press)
solo piano 3 - (2010) Album and CD - nine pieces solo piano - ISMN 9790720106489*
solo piano 2 - (2008) Album and CD - seven pieces solo piano - ISMN 9790720078533*
Trinity Guildhall Grade 7 Piano Book - (2007) – includes ‘Stilt Dance’ for solo piano - B000R9TDC0
solo piano 1 - (2005) Album and CD – eight pieces solo piano - ISMN M720065267*

Further Details - online examples of work

Current Project

The Visual Voice - A collaborative research project involving Dr Frank Millward & Dr John Rubin - The Visual Voice

The Visual Voice project explores the connections between scientific visualization processes, artistic visualization processes and their relationships to sound, knowing that each informs the other and that the blurred divide between technical and artistic is interdisciplinary territory where innovation and new knowledge is created.

This research produces interactive multimedia outcomes that appeal directly to the senses, beyond verbal language, it explores the dilemma between reality and representations of reality and promotes the idea that such work can facilitate knowledge exchange between creative compositional processes, emotional well being and other related issues.

Publications - Text

"Visiosonics - The Creation of Sound / Image Works" - Forum for Innovation in Music Production and Composition - Leeds Collede of Music in association with Journal for Music, Technology and Education forthcoming paper 2010
"Emotions Constrained - Voicing The Sounds of Sighs" Kiosk, Kingston University Publication & online AMC 2010
"Developing Moving Images for the Multimedia Performance 'From Anger To Sadness'" Cambridge Scholars Publishing - Book Chapter in 'Performing Technology: User Content and the New Digital Media' 2009
Theatre Noises Conference Central School of Speech and Drama Paper - 'Emotive Utterance As Moving Image' 2009
'Music Sound and Interdisciplinary Collaborations in the Digital Arts' - Public Lecture Griffith University Brisbane 2008
'Music and The Art Business' - Public Lecture QMusic - Queensland Music Network 2005

Publications - Music Scores, Soundtracks and DVDs

'Uneasy Dreams' - Designed and produced the visual component of this DVD (collaboration with Dave Orwell) - Delta Saxophone Quartet featuring compositions by Mike Searby, Tim Ewers, Steve Goss, Paul Barry and Michael Finnissy - FMR Records - forthcoming 2010
Scores & Recordings Wirripang Publishing & Australian Music Centre

Major Research Awards, Grants and Commissions - (also see Full List Of Works)

Conflux Festival 'Used To Be Slime' Festival performance piece to be staged in Glasgow summer 2010
Arts Council Kingston "The Visual Voice" Picker Gallery installation performance piece - Festival Of Voice 2009
National Review of Live Art Glasgow "From AngerTo Sadness #3" Multimedia interactive performance work 2009
Goldsmiths University 'Intimacy' Conference "From Anger To Sadness #2" Solo performance work 2007.
NetVoTech "From Anger To Sadness #1" Ensemble performance work York University 2007.
Arts Council Kingston "The Lament of Lucy Vaughan-Harding" Song cycle - Festival Of Voice 2007.
NetVoTech "Vocal Folds In Motion" York University PAS3 Conference performance work 2006.
Arts Council London - Theatralia - Camden Peoples Theatre (CPT) “Misterioso” (Jazz Theatre) 2006.
Arts Council London - Theatralia - CPT “U 238 Work in Progress"(Political Theatre) 2006.
Queen’s Trust - Golden Jubilee Commission. “ 50 Year Parrade” (Site Specific) 2002.
British Arts Council - Salisbury Cathedral Commission. “A Perfect Day” (Site Specific) 2000.
ARC and ABC-TV - “A Fair Go” (Documentary Film Score) 2000.
British Arts Council - Salisbury Festival Commission “Dining With Alice” (Site Specific) 1999.
ARC (Australian Research Council) – Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry) 1997-99 .
Queenland Railways - “Jazz Train to the Tropics” (Site Specific) 1997.
Brisbane Festival - “The Housewives’ Homepage” (Cyber Work) 1997
ARC and ABC-TV - “The Legend of Fred Patterson” (Film) 1997.
Australia Council - “Supermarket Pavane” (Music Theatre) 1996.
Australian Government - Brisbane Festival & ABC-TV “The Flame of Freedom” (Multimedia) 1995
ARC & ABC-TV - “Red Ted & the Great Depression” (Film Score) 1994.
Southern Cross University - Internal Research Award. 1992.

Past Research Grants awarded for - composition, sound design, installation and/or mixed-media works:

"The Flying Fruit Fly Circus". Australia Council, 1989-90.
"Heart For The Future". Australia Council – Melbourne Theatre Co, 1989.
"Tip Top Condition". Expo 88, 1988.
"Vulture Culture". Australia Council, 1987.
"Circus Lumiere". British Council and Australia Council, 1983.

Sponsored by the British Arts Council to work in the U.K. as composer in residence with Lumiere and Son Theatre Company. The following works were written during this period: "Entertaining Strangers", 1986."Vulture Culture". Henley Festival U.K. 1984. "Brightside", Edinburgh Festival, 1984-85. "Senseless", 1983. "Beauty and the Beast", 1983."Slips", 1981-82

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