Zack Moir

Zack Moir is a Lecturer in Popular Music at Edinburgh Napier University, UK. His research interests are in popular music in higher education, popular music composition pedagogy, the teaching and learning of improvisation, and real-time networked audio performance. Zack is also an active composer/musician performing as a soloist and in ensembles internationally. Recent compositions include pieces for saxophone and tape, solo cello, and a reactive generative sound art installation for the Edinburgh International Science Festival.

2018 Vol 1 Qtr 2 Rubaru

Music as Universal Language: A Lovely Thought; A Dangerous Proposal!

Not THE theory of music, but A theory of SOME music! A Music Adventurer warns against the comfort of training within disciplines

By Zack Moir / September 27, 2018

Zack Moir

Zack Moir is a Lecturer in Popular Music at Edinburgh Napier University, UK. His research interests are in popular music in higher education, popular music composition pedagogy, the teaching and learning of improvisation, and real-time networked audio performance. Zack is also an active composer/musician performing as a soloist and in ensembles internationally. Recent compositions include pieces for saxophone and tape, solo cello, and a reactive generative sound art installation for the Edinburgh International Science Festival.