![[under-construction90s-90s.gif]] # 2024 Aug - **Metaphor in Music Pedagogy and Its Connection to Embodiment Consciousness** published in Empirical Musicology Review July - Visiting Professor at University for Applied Science, Berlin (SOPA) July - Anticipatory Care Tools Launch July - Sea of Cables at Music and the Memory Machine (UCA) July - Laura Lee completes the first Music PhD at UCA. ![[The memory Machine Glasshouse Thrum Sea of Cables.jpg]] # 2023 May 2023 - [[On Memory]] at Kings place # 2022 # 2021 [[Slower still (recording)]] released on rusted tone recordings ![[Pasted image 20240831133809.jpg]] # 2020 **Salisbury Cathedral**  The structure of Salisbury Cathedral is astonishing in many ways, be that through scale, age, craftsmanship or historic and religious significance. However, the way in which sounds echo, decay and resonate within the space is equally as meaningful. As part of _Makers’ Tale_, I join forces with Aimee Sofia Brown in a new composition that takes the acoustics ‘out’ of the Cathedral into other spaces. [https://www.wiltshirecreative.co.uk/uploads/publications/331.pdf](https://www.wiltshirecreative.co.uk/uploads/publications/331.pdf) *performance postponed due to covid-19 # 2019 **Monday August 12th,  12 noon** SACRED ARTS FESTIVAL OPENING CEREMONY St. Vincent’s Chapel, Stockbridge, Edinburgh** Guest speaker Alexander McCall Smith Premiere of a Work for Solo Cello by Harry Whalley, Composer-in-Residence, with cellist Anna Menzies;  commissioned by the Edinburgh Sacred Arts Foundation ** **Special Guests** Rt Revd Dr John Armes, _Bishop of Edinburgh_ Sir Timothy O'Shea, _Chair, Edinburgh Fringe Society_ Deidre Brock MP ​ ​Reception to follow. Members of the public are cordially invited to attend.  # 2018 **October** 2018: Received a Fellowship from the **London College of Music** (FLCM). **5th July** 2018: Surrey Music Hub: Music Education Conference - Guildford. Speaker and Workshop leader. **28th June** 2018: Podcast recording ['The School of Batman'](https://research.uca.ac.uk/4838/) a weekly podcast by Figshare, in which they ask academics to fight crime using their research. From neuroscience to linguistics, academia is helping Batman save Gotham! The Case Of Riddler's Robot Musical Death Trap: Can an electroencephalograph helmet help Batman reproduce a complex musical composition with 100% accuracy in a Riddler puzzle room? Find out on this episode of School of Batman! **2nd May** 2018: Conference, [poster presentation](https://research.uca.ac.uk/4810/1/memroy%20track%20poster%20whalley.pdf): Southampton Solent University.  A multi-shareholder investigation into the effects of music to aid the day to day care of people living with dementia. Music builds long-term associative memories, often closely tied to emotions which can be more resilient to loss than other types of memory. **Memory Tracks,** a care platform can provides a personalised selection of music tailored to an individual dementia patient’s routine, their family and carers needs. The individualisation of music can also reduce the frequency of agitation in certain settings.  [**Svetoslav Todoroff**](http://svetoslavtodorov.com/about/) **20 - 23 April** 2018: Conference presentation: [Material Cultures of Music Notation](https://notationcultures.com/) in Utrecht, Netherlands. Projecting the pen - using an OHP for real time composition in various contexts. **23rd Feb** 2018: Workshop and round table discussion at the [Drama and Music Expo](http://musicanddramaeducationexpo.co.uk/london/conference-list/#) in London with Dr. Carla Rees. **21st Feb** 2018**:**  First performance of _Leighton Contrasts,_ a solo piano work written for [**Svetoslav Todoroff**](http://svetoslavtodorov.com/about/) - St. Vincent's Chapel, Stockbridge Edinburgh 7.30pm - 8.45pm **6th Feb** 2018: invited to the Irish Embassy in London for the 'New Music, New Ireland III' with the contemporary music centre, Ireland. [**www.cmc.ie**](http://www.cmc.ie/) # 2017 **1st -3rd December** 2017 Krakow Mountain Festival, Poland. Screening of Bonington **7th - 11th December** 2017 Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival, Nepal. Screening of Bonington **8th - 17th December** 2017 Bilbao Mendi Film Festival, Spain.Screening of Bonington (*Winner - **Best Mountaineering Film**) **14th - 18th November** 2017 Graz Mountain Film, Austria.  European Premiere of Bonington **17th November:** 2017 Kendal Mountain Festival, U.K..  UK Premiere of Bonington **28th October:** I wrote the music for **Bonington - Mountaineer.** World premiere at the **Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival.** Sir Chris Bonington - One of the worlds most famous mountaineers and adventurers. A story of love, loss, life and legacy climbing the world's most challenging peaks. The Eiger North Face - Annapurna - Everest - K2  - Central Tower of Paine - Ogre - Freney Pillar, Mont Blanc - Kongur - Nuptse. A feature length documentary film by Brian Hall and Keith Partridge.  **August 1st:** I am now a composer represented by the Contemporary Music Centre in Dublin [**cmc.ie/composers/harry-whalley**](https://www.cmc.ie/composers/harry-whalley)  **July 15th - 16th:**  **Continental Drift: A century of jazz on record,** Reflecting the theme of the 2017 [**Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival**](http://www.edinburghjazzfestival.com/) (a century of jazz on record) this unique conference will present a range of panellists with academic expertise and practical experience in key areas of activity that relate to history, practice, and innovation in recorded jazz, and its place within culture and commerce. The conference is aimed at a broad audience including academics, educators, musicians, music students and jazz-fans, and will provide an opportunity for insights into, (and the critique of) the communities, networks, institutions and industries that support and sustain the production and dissemination of jazz on record. **I shall be making a PechaKucha style presentation on Vaporwave.** **July 13th:** A combination of improvisation and composition. Using an OHP to write music music for small ensemble. **Edinburgh Contemporary Music Ensemble** at the French Institute! 730pm, £8 full price, £6 concessions (students, unemployed, senior) **July 1st 2017:** **Ron Davis and SymphRONica** have been invited by Canada’s High Commission in the U.K. to perform in the heart of London-historic **Trafalgar Square** -on July 1, Canada Day as part of **CANADA 150** – the official celebrations of Canada’s 150 birthday! They shall be playing a short composition to help mark this occation. **May 25th: Ron Davis and SymphRONica** will be performing my arrangement of Ron Davis' amazing piece **ToRONtango** in Toronto. **May 2017:** The **University for the Creative Arts** has appointed me as the new course leader in [**Music Composition and Technology**](http://www.uca.ac.uk/study/archive/ba-music-composition-technology/) at their Farnham Campus. Music Composition and Technology at our Farnham campus is pioneering in its field. Formed to meet a growing demand in the music and sound industries, it has been designed to reflect the need for graduates to be flexible and adaptable to the needs of different media.  The course content is driven by the ever-changing nature of the music and sound business, as well as the evolving needs of our students.  A combination of activities, live projects, collaborations with other disciplines, work placements and engagement with industry professionals will help you grow as an informed, creative and well-connected graduate. **May 13th: Composer in Residence** Concert for Piano Trio, featuring the magnificent Artisan Trio. **St Vincent's Chapel Stockbridge. 7.30pm.** Clea Friend - 'Cello, Aisling O'Dea - Violin, Edward Cohen - Piano.  Harry Whalley - Pivot and Loop (2017),  (2013) Suzanne Parry - Haul Away for Heaven (2013) & Felix Mendelssohn - Trio No. 1 in D minor (1839)  **March 24th: Open Circuit 2017** constitutes our most varied offering of contemporary music to date. Twelve different events spread across five days present a diverse collection of music, including concert music, structured improvisations, performers with realtime electronics, acoustmatic electronic music, and audio-centric video games. This year’s festival is organised by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Composition and Technology, a newly formed group composers and technologists working at the intersection of sound, computers and visual media. **Liverpool University, Victoria Building 7pm -** [**Tickets**](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-circuit-festival-2017-grunting-into-the-machine-tickets-31255744774)  Live Composition with Richard Worth, Pete Furniss and Hilary Browning at **Liverpool University, Victoria Building** # 2016  **Oct 23rd - Nov 25th:** I have received a **Banff Fellowship Residency** This residency offers the ability to work independently, as well as to engage within the larger artistic community of the Banff Centre and the [Leighton Artists’ Colony](https://www.banffcentre.ca/leighton-artists%E2%80%99-colony), which is located in a secluded, wooded area on Banff Centre’s 43-acre campus. I am very grateful for the support of Creative Scotland for this opportunity.  **November 20th:** I am delighted that the **Edinburgh Contemporary Music Ensemble** - a world class orchestra who understand the importance of contemporary music - shall be performing a new work for Orchestra. Again, I look forward to working with **James Lowe** (Chief Conductor of the Prussian Chamber Orchestra, Germany, and the Vaasa Sinfonia, Finland. His work as Artistic Director of the Hallé Harmony Youth Orchestra was featured in a four-part documentary shown in the UK on Channel 4 in 2010), and some of the finest musicians in Edinburgh.  The **Gildas Quartet** **October 22nd:** Praised for their 'refreshing approach' and 'exciting precision', the [**Gildas Quartet**](http://www.gildasquartet.com/) is fast establishing itself as one of the most exciting young ensembles to emerge in recent years. They return to Edinburgh to perform Seven Rocks, and a new commission 'A Report to History' for **St. Vincent’s Chapel, Stockbridge** (EH3 6SW ).  [**Tickets are available here**](http://gildasoct22.brownpapertickets.com/) **October 4th:** My arrangement of Miles Davis' classic "So What" being performed on **BBC Radio 3,** InTune, from the Southbank in London. **August 17th:** Second performance of **Prypriat** for [Flute, Cello, Bass Clarinet and Tape] as part of the Fringe Festival. **St. Mary's Cathedral Edinburgh.**   Part of the score of **Prypriat** for Flute, Cello, Bass Clarinet and Tape **August 13th;** (4pm) Nano-Thought Symphonies @ Summerhall. The Well-Tempered Brain - workshop and presentation. [http://edinburgh.carpediem.cd/events/703430-nano-thought-symphonies-at-summerhall/](http://edinburgh.carpediem.cd/events/703430-nano-thought-symphonies-at-summerhall/)   Summerhall Artiscience Library - photograph by Lara Grant [www.leragrant.com](http://www.leragrant.com/) **August** 11, 12, 14, 17, 19 & 21 (5pm – 6pm) Ron Davis and Symphronica bring their brilliant, eclectic jazz/pop/classical sound to the great Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world’s largest arts festival. Ron will be joined by string players from the renowned Scottish Chamber Orchestra for Six sizzling performances at the historic **Scottish Arts Club**. Featuring my Composition, Flodden Wall. **August 8th:** Broadcast on **BBC Radio 3,** InTune from the BBC Big Blue Tent, presented by Sean Rafferty. Live Performance of Flodden Wall by Ron Davis and Symphonica.   **July 24th - 29th:** International Society for Music Education Conference in Glasgow **presentation** entitled "Task Switching, implications in Music Education and Performance".  **July 20th:** [Poster] Before Alpha-Go: Interpretation though improvisation and LISP. Like Chess, Go is a non-chance combinatorial game - a strategy game with deceptively simple rules which go back over 3000 years. Only this year have human masters of the game been challenged and beaten by machine learning. [UK Music Informatics and Cognition (MIC) 2016 Workshop](http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/s1331854/mic2016.html) **May 17th:** A short composition **Either / Or,** written to celebrate the 150th anniversary of of the birth of the French composer and pianist Erik Satie (17 May 1866-1 July 1925) Ensemble Dissous and other surprise perform a concert of musical vignettes and aphorisms inspired by or directly adapted from the sound world and aesthetics of Satie's writings and music. [Central Library, Edinburgh](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/satie-reconstitue-a-concert-for-the-150th-anniversary-of-composer-erik-saties-birth-tickets-25017908237) **April 21st:** Premiere of 'Flodden Wall' for String Quartet and Jazz Quartet. Lula Lounge, **Toronto**, performed by [Ron Davis](http://www.rondavismusic.com/) and _Symphonic,_ complete with attendance by the composer through video link.  **March:** I am absolutely delighted to have been appointed as the very first **Composer in residence** of [**St. Vincent’s** Chapel](http://www.stvincentschapel.org.uk/?page_id=2245), Stockbridge. It is a real boon that the congregation of this stunning church is embracing music and in particular new music.    # 2015 **December 12th:**[**Tinderbox Fest**](http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tinderboxfest-5th-anniversary-tickets-18932418373?ref=ebtnebtckt) - The Amazing Tinderbox Orchestra opened their 5th aniversary concert with **Strands** as part of their one day music festival at the Roxy Assembly. I also composed using an OHP for the Orchestra to reposed to in real time. [View fullsize](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5310ad63e4b0d9c24dab9f4e/1450635747899-8WPTF1Y6P56DC7IO7FAU/23217946194_36d728e1e0_k.jpg) [View fullsize](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5310ad63e4b0d9c24dab9f4e/1450635751478-53CN3D46C6T90344QN0T/23221924983_55e22dd8fa_k.jpg) **November 26th:** 7pm - Reid Concert Hall, Bristo Square Edinburgh. The [**Composers Orchestra**](http://www.composersorchestra.com/) perform Mountain Limestone - which is an adaptation of a section of Seven Rocks for string trio, written last year.    **October 31st:** Recording my arrangements of Phil Ryder's compositions, Sauntering in Paris, Someone Else's Guy and Bring back the day at the Sonic Lodge in Leith. **October 24th - 25th:** The annual **INTIME Symposium** is a two-day symposium of papers and performances hosted by the INTIME music research group at Coventry (UK) University. The symposium seeks to discuss and theorise on current practice in experimental music. It aims to deepen our understanding of existing and emerging repertoires and practices. Performance and presentation of **Seven Rocks** for String Trio - Performed by members of the **Gildas Quartet.**  **September 27th:** Over Head Projector **(OHP)** composition/Improvisation with the **Tinderbox Orchestra.** **August 12th:** [**_The Edinburgh Game Symposium_**](http://www.edingame.com/)**_:_** I will be giving a talk on "**Sound and the Senses**", in Dundee. Exploring how the sense of hearing fits into our experiences of and perception of the world,  both real and virtual. **August 13th:** [**_The Edinburgh Game Symposium_**](http://www.edingame.com/)**_:_** Composers, performers and conductors Luci Holland and Harry Whalley will look at and experiment with music performance and composition, with a live band of musicians from the Tinderbox Orchestra and Mantra Collective. Learn how music can shape and enhance stories, create atmospheres, bring a character to life and more, and what this can do for compelling game design and experiences. Age range: 12+ years _Parents/carers may attend_ ([tickets](http://egs.eventzilla.net/web/event?eventid=2139092557))  **June:** _J. Harry Whalley, Panagiotis Mavros, Peter Furniss_, [**Clasp Together: Composing for Mind and Machine**](http://emusicology.org/article/view/4348), published in Vol 9, No 3-4 (2014): Special Issue: Music and Embodied Cognition, [Empirical Musicology Review](http://emusicology.org/).   **June 18th:** Appeared on Shore Radio's 'Drive Time' with song writer Kathy Muir.  **May 24th:** [**Hidden Door Festival Edinburgh:**](http://hiddendoorblog.org/explore/)  Part of the 9 day festival taking place in abandoned and hidden venues in Edinburgh.  I'll be working with the wonderful Kaimes School again with the Frontiers Orchestra (4pm) and then with I will be doing '**Acetate Composition**' on an OHP alongside Mike Kearney's [Suggesture](http://www.thekatet.co.uk/?p=112) and the Spontaneous Orchestra. (7.45pm) **22nd April - 24th May:** I'm continuing workshops with the [**Kaimes School**](http://kaimesschool.com/) in South Edinburgh. **April 14th:** I'm giving a guest lecture at [**Middlesex University**](http://www.mdx.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/music) on various compositional techniques. **April 12 -15th: Poster Presentation**, [BNA2015](http://www.bna2015.org/): Festival of Neuroscience ASCUS' Artists are Present initiative. The British Neuroscience Association’s Festival of Neuroscience will take place in EdinburghIt brings together neuroscientists, neurologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, as well as physiologists, pharmacologists and many others. **January - April:** Tutoring undergraduate students at the [**University of Edinburgh**](http://ed.ac.uk/) in Harmony and Counterpoint.  **February - March:** Together with the [**Tinderbox project**](http://tinderboxproject.co.uk/) I am facilitating a number of workshops with the [**Kaimes School**](http://kaimesschool.com/) in South Edinburgh. This will culminate in performance on **March 29th** at North Edinburgh Arts **& 31st** at the Festival Theatre. **March 14th:** The Blog [**Thinking About Music**](http://thinkingaboutmusic.com/) has invited me to write an article, this one is on '[Six of the things I really like about music](http://thinkingaboutmusic.com/?p=693)'.  **March 4th:** I'm proud to have worked on [**Kathy Muir's**](http://www.kathymuir.com/) latest Album [Book Cover Judge](http://www.kathymuir.com/archives/1971).  I played keyboards on a number of songs and did some string and horn arrangements too.   **February 16th - 17th:** I ran a **24 hour composition marathon** for students at the University of Edinburgh [**Reid School of Music**](http://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/reid-school-of-music) culminating in a performance by the Gildas Quartet in the Methodists church, Nicolson Sq. at 7pm on the 17th of Feb. that was free and open to all.  [ Read my [Blog post](https://harrywhalley.squarespace.com/blog) about it ]   # 2014 **December 20th:** My book review of **Music and the Making of Modern Science** by Peter Pesic has been published by the [**Scottish Journal of Performance.**](http://www.scottishjournalofperformance.org/Whalley_book-review-pesic_SJoP0201_DOI_10.14439sjop.2014.0201.10.html) **December 13th:** A Performance of my **Big Band arrangement** of Phil Ryder's _Sauntering in Paris,_ performed by the Farnham Music and Drama Jazz Band. _(Sold Out)._ **November 21st:**  A talk about '**The Brown Dog Affair'** at [**Medicine Unboxed**](http://medicineunboxed.jux.com/): Students 2014.  This fascinating story highlights many contentious bioethical issues.  An exploration of the various ways the dramaturgy of this true story might be investigated through Opera. [Brown-Dog-Opera.com](http://brown-dog-opera.com/) **November 15th:** Music for a community film project [**Zombie Formal Queen**](http://zombieformalqueen.co.uk/)**.**  **October 18th - 19th :** [**INTIME Symposium**](http://www.coventry.ac.uk/research/research-directory/art-design/intime-experimental-music/intime-2014/)**.**  A paper presentation of '[**6 impossible compositions**](https://harrywhalley.squarespace.com/six-impossible)'  at this two-day symposium hosted by the INTIME music research group at Coventry University. The symposium seeks to discuss and theorise current practice in experimental music. It aims to deepen our understandings of existing and emerging repertoires and practices. There will also be a performance of '**gods and designers**',  a setting of [Brian Felsen's](http://www.brianfelsen.com/) Poem to be performed by [Peyee Chen](http://peyeechen.com/) (Soprano) and [Anna Menzies](http://www.annamenzies.co.uk/) (Cello).  **September 27th:** My Article '[**Transformations and their Musical Counterparts**](http://thinkingaboutmusic.com/?p=288)' was published on Thinking about Music, a new multimedia blog for people who are interested in the academic study of music, in the widest and most inclusive sense of the term. **August 5th, 7th, 12th & 14th** **:** [**Forever and Shall be**](https://harrywhalley.squarespace.com/forever-and-shall-be) for Soprano, Piano and Cello as part of the Spoken Spaces, Sonic Traces series. - Setting music to words by [Kathy Muir](http://www.kathymuir.com/) as part of the [_Edinburgh Fringe Festival,_](https://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/music/spoken-spaces-sonic-traces) at the Jazz Bar on Chambers St. The programme also features works by Alfredo Caponnetto, Elisabeth Cowe, Luci Holland, Stuart Taylor, Matt Giannotti and Kostas Rekleitis.  **August 6th :** Postgraduate seminar at [**Chealsea College of Arts**](http://www.arts.ac.uk/chelsea/) - Masters Degree program. **July 10th - 13th :**  A screening of Lisa Castagner's experimental film documenting residents at [**Pullman Court**](http://www.streathamfestival.com/event/pullman-court-in-32-parts-installation/) during sunset, accompanied by a musical score composed by Harry Whalley. The film is 20 minutes long and will be played on a loop from Thursday to Sunday from 11am-5pm each day. Join us on Saturday at 6pm for a brief introduction to the film by the artist followed by a talk from a resident architect about the history and social idealism behind the design of this grade II listed modernist building. Sponsored by Winkworth Streatham.  **May 31st :** [**Seven Rocks**](https://harrywhalley.squarespace.com/seven-rocks) a commission from the [Norman Nicholson Society](http://normannicholson.org/) is based on the poems of the same name.  Performed by the wonderful [Gildas Quartet](http://www.gildasquartet.com/) with spoken word by Antoinette Fawcett. Millom Cumbria. 4pm St Georges Church.  Free. Many thanks to the Britten-Pears foundation for their support.   **April 25th :** I had my PhD viva in Composition at the University of Edinburgh, passing without corrections. It marked the end of just over three years work. The end of an era.  **February 19th :** [**Music and Geometry Workshop**](http://ilwuofe.wordpress.com/2014/02/20/767/#more-767), for the University of Edinburgh ILW. This workshop explored various geometric transformations and how they might sound. Examples from J.S Bach to Iannis Xenakis were played by a group of professional musicians, and also student compositions, trailed first on music boxes and Overhead Projectors.  My thanks to [Julia Collins](http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~jcollins/) for organising this workshop.  # 2013 **November 16th :** [[Entangled Music (2013)]] Reid Hall Edinburgh, Meta Ensemble, Conducted by [James Lowe](http://www.james-lowe.co.uk/). This major work 60 minute work for large chamber ensemble represents the Major work of my PhD in composition.  It explores the concept of a strange loop, as detailed by Douglas Hofstatder in his 1979 book, Gödel, Escher, Bach.  **August 14th,15th,16th,17th :** **Colours**’ choreographed by Vincent Hantam, Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The choreographic work explores and develops the quality and artistic integrity of the moving body whilst reflecting a societal and cultural landscape in Scotland.