Composing groove-based music for the accordion with varying degrees of improvisation

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Since my first collaboration with accordionist Rafal Luc in 2010, I have been fascinated with composition for the accordion. I have created multiple compositions in classical and jazz settings, from solo works and chamber ensembles to an accordion concerto with full symphony orchestra. This research has enabled me to continue developing new repertoire for the concert accordion whilst exploring the instrument at a deeper level, connecting with the accordion community and reviewing the existing repertoire to inform the new works herein. While the core of this folio sits with the instrument itself, the resulting repertoire comes from my own exploration into the interpolation of groove into the breadth of the works, regardless of stylistic persuasion. I have had opportunity to collaborate with a diverse range of instrumentalists from different disciplines, virtuoso musicians both experienced in improvisation to those who play only from fully notated scores. In order to address the needs of the range of instrumentalists I have worked with and who themselves represent the wider community; I have incorporated a range of styles throughout. As the folio progresses, the role of the accordion changes, from fully notated settings in the opening fugue-style solo work, to the final ensemble project, which is fully improvised, with no scored material. It is this element of groove that led to the second research imperative of improvisation, a natural extension of many musical genres that incorporate a sense of groove, whilst being a factor which divides the musical community virtually in two; those who improvise, and those who do not. Through this folio, I have explored various ways and degrees of improvisation that can be included in contemporary works for the accordion, from gestural improvisation, with no harmonic basis, through single scales supported by ensemble based backings, to fully improvised material over jazz changes and free improvisation in a fully improvised quartet.

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Supervisors:	Eato, Jonathan
Keywords:	accordion, composition, improvisation, groove
Awarding institution:	University of York
Academic Units:	The University of York > Music (York)
Identification Number/EthosID:	uk.bl.ethos.819460
Depositing User:	Ms Nikki Franklin
Date Deposited:	14 Dec 2020 20:37
Last Modified:	25 Mar 2021 16:48

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