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Timothy Blinko studied composition at the Royal College of Music, where he was awarded the top postgraduate scholarship. The Royal College has been central to British composition in the 20th century, with Britten, Holst, Vaughan Williams, Tippett, Howells all passing through its doors. He became Head of Composition and Musicianship Studies at the Royal College of Music Junior Department in 1994, and was a Senior Lecturer at London University's Birkbeck College, before joining the Music Department at Hertfordshire. Other compositional and academic appointments have included a Visiting Professorship at the State University of New York (International Summer School), External Examinerships at London University, Birkbeck College and Middlesex University, as well as regular ongoing conducing masterclasses at Cambridge University. Timothy Blinko became full-time at the University of Hertfordshire in the newly created role of Associate Head of Music in 2001, taking over leadership of Music in 2006. He has received awards from the PRS, the RVW Trust and the Arts Council, as well as five prizes for composition; he has many published works and CD recordings and various works have been broadcast in the UK on BBC Radio 3, Radio 4, Classic FM, BBC1, and Channel 4, alongside international performances, recordings and broadcasts. Research interests: Postmodern, postminimalist composition, drawing from a vast range of influences. Much 20th century composition has been obsessed with process. My music reflects less left hemisphere bias and more right/left hemisphere balance, with an interest in emotional and dramatic processes rather than cerebral or computational ones. It explores an interest in gestalt ideology, with a nexus of connections lying beneath an often bright, colourful and pluralistic surface. This is my personal vision of music in the 21st century. Supervsiory interests:
2005 Outcomes: New Work - Commission - Arts Council of England/Carillon – planned April 2007. Memorare – Performance by the University of London Choir – Hereford Cathedral, September 2005. Ave Maria; The Light – performances: Milan Cathedral; Lugano Cathedral and Disentis Abbey July 2005. Memorare – Performance by Carillon, conducted David Ireson in St Peter's Church, St Albans, July 2005 Tallis' Canon - a new setting commissioned by the BBC; performed together with The Light - for BBC1 TV broadcast, May 2005 Time-trace – for piano solo. First performance in the Western Auditorium, given by Dave Smith, as part of the 2005 Music Mayfest at the University of Hertfordshire. Mass, Memorare, Love Divine, the Beatitudes, the Kingdom of Heaven, Various performances during 2005 given by the Ealing Abbey Choir, conducted by the composer. The Light – performed at the event Women of Influence in central London, by the Choristers of Ealing Abbey, and filmed by Channel 4 TV. April 2005. The Grace, Ave Maria, the Kingdom of Heaven - CD recording released, performed by Ealing Abbey Choir, conducted by Richard Nicholson. January 2005 The Light – publication, Kevin Mayhew Ltd. 2005 ISBN 1-84417 – 462 - X Return - publication, Kevin Mayhew Ltd. 2005 ISBN 1 – 84417 461-1 |