Profiles
Dr David Bessell
Lecturer in Music
School of Humanities and Performing Arts (Faculty of Arts and Humanities)
Role
Lecturer in Music, specialisms - composition, music theory, music technology, guitar.
Qualifications
Bmus 1st, Thames Valley University, first study composition, second study jazz guitar.
Mmus, Distinction, Royal College of Music, composition.
Phd, Kingston University, practice based Phd, nine compositions, The remodelling of elements of musical electronics with conventional acoustic instruments.
20 years experience in the popular music industry: song writing, arrangement, session guitar, international touring, music related programming.
Professional membership
ICCMR
Musical Acoustics Network
PRS
Teaching interests
Composition, software synthesis, guitar.
Research interests
Research areas -
Composition, physical modelling, new approaches to software synthesis. Analogue hardware synthesis
Research groups
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research