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Michael McInerney

 

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Dr Michael McInerney

  • Job title: Lecturer In Music, School of Humanities and Performing Arts (Faculty of Arts)
  • Telephone: +441752585366
  • Email: michael.mcinerney@plymouth.ac.uk


Qualifications & background
Dr Mike McInerney plays shakuhachi and piano. Has studied mathematics and music at the University of York and has a Ph. D from Dartington College of Arts. He has studied with the composer Frank Denyer, the shakuhachi player Yoshikazu Iwamoto, the pianist Jo Peach M. Phil. B. Mus LRAM, and the enlightened Zen calligraphy master, Tanchu Terayama.  

Professional membership
FHEA 


Teaching interests
music history, analysis, composition, musicianship, performance studies 


Research interests

  • The shakuhachi as an interface with live technology
  • The place of noise in musical composition
  • The limits of musical notation
  • The work of the composer and visual artist, Anestis Logothetis (1921 – 1994)
  • Zen and arts practice
  • Connections between music, dance and the visual arts
  • Radical and innovative strands in twentieth century music
 

UoP Research group membership

Centre for Humanities, Music and Performing Arts Research (HuMPA) 
Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research 

Compositions
McInerney, M. & Collinson, S.  (2010)  Tenderly. 
McInerney, M. & Neil, M.  (2009)  Abyss Transfigured (with Insects)piano+. 
McInerney, M. & Douglas-Green, R.  (2009)  Flying Predator. 
Conference Papers
McInerney, M.  'Shakuhachi as a Noise and Technology Interface' European Shakuhaci Society Summer School.  SOAS, London  28/07/2011 - 31/07/2011 
McInerney, M.  'Articulating Noise and the Breakdown of the Interpretive Order' CETT, Central School of Music and Drama, University of London  21/04/2009 - 23/04/2009 
Performances
McInerney, M., Douglas-Green, R., Lord, M. & Neil, M.  20/10/2011 - 21/10/2011  The Logothetis Project.  Neue Töne Open, Stuttgart 
McInerney, M. & Lord, M.  12/02/2011 - 12/02/2011  Interfaces (2001)(duet version).  Plymouth Contemporary Music Festival 2011 
McInerney, M., Chapman, D. & Collinson, S.  15/09/2010 - 15/09/2010  Rising Breath.  ICCI 360 Festival, Plymouth 
McInerney, M., Collinson, S. & Chandler, E.  28/04/2010 - 28/04/2010  Tenderly (2010).  Studio 3, Dartington College of Arts 
McInerney, M., Upton, L. & Drever, JL.  14/11/2009 - 14/11/2009  Hypothetical.  Goldsmiths, University of London 
McInerney, M., Collinson, S. & Chapman, D.  24/09/2009 - 29/09/2009  Turning Breath.  Sonic Arts EXPO, Leeds 
McInerney, M. & Neil, M.  06/05/2009 - 06/05/2009  Abyss Transfigured (with Insects) (2009)piano+.  Contemporary Piano Series, Universiyty of Plymouth 
McInerney, M. & Neil, M.  06/05/2009 - 06/05/2009  Flying Predator (2009).  Contemporary Piano Series, University of Plymouth 
McInerney, M. & Cloke, J.  06/06/2008 - 08/06/2008  Resonating Spaces.  Falmouth Liveart 2008 
McInerney, M. & Sayer, T.  11/04/2007 - 30/09/2008  Moving the Sun and the Traffic.  Digital resources for the Humanities and Arts, Dartington College of Arts,Jill Craigie Cinema, University of Plymouth 
Scholarly Editions
McInerney, M.  (2010)  Anestis Logothetis: Permutationen (1957) for clarinet and percussion.  Athens: Hellenic Music Centre 


Links
www.mikemcinerney.com