Dr Benjamin Tassie

As I haven’t shared it here before, here’s a little excerpt of my film/album, A Ladder is Not the Only Kind of time, shortlisted for an Ivor Novello Award at this year’s Ivor’s Classical Awards.

More info (and the entire film): benjamintassie.com/a-ladder-is-...

Delighted to say that my project ‘A Ladder is Not the Only Kind of Time’ has been shortlisted for an Ivor Novello Award for ‘Best Sound-art’ in this years The Ivor’s Classical awards ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-i...

For the (admittedly, vanishingly small number of) people for whom this might be of interest, my university has now uploaded my PhD thesis, together with the recordings and films www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/15895/

Another clip, here Tom (the harpsichordist) is gradually bringing in the Spectral processing using a combination of a sewing machine pedal (!) and pressure sensors on the keys.

Here’s a short video from my ‘Augmented Harpsichord’ workshop at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama earlier this week. I’m exploring the technological augmentation of a virginal using Arduino circuits, sensors, Spectral processing, & more.

Looking to follow more people on here. Composers, sound-artists, academics, Early Music folk, technologists - say hi 👋🏻

People of London! The Listening Project are performing my electric guitar quartet - 45 mins of music on the subject of football TONIGHT! Get ye down to Deptford Town Hall. Is Free and BYOB. Brilliant…

Here are my good friends Ensemble Krock playing it: youtu.be/AFDdLS9sO74?...

And today, post-graduate teaching starts again. Looking forward to sharing some terrific music in my
master’s module ‘Contemporary Music Concepts and Practices’, including pieces by Liza Lim, Sarah Davachi, Phil Venables, Elaine Michener, & many more!

Mozart: Rise of a Genius - Series 1: Episode 1 1777: a 21-year-old Mozart leaves a secure life and job in Salzburg to become a composer. But he must overcome his mother’s tragic death and his oppressive father to break through.

Enjoying this BBC Mozart documentary series. A little sensationalised for my taste (reminds me of that Daniel Leech Wilkinson thing about musicology being a mirror of ourselves) but not overly patronising and - it’s in the top streamed shows - perhaps doing some good! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

First week back of the new academic year at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Sharing all this gorgeous music with the second year undergraduate composers over the coming weeks 🍃🕊️

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Please welcome my wonderful colleague @benjamintassie.bsky.social lately of the other parish, now dipping his toes here. Fantastic composer, researcher and concert programmer

Seems that way…

Does seem quite quiet, otherwise!

What’s it like over here, then?