Andrew Hugill

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Andrew Hugill (born 1957) is a British composer, writer and academic. He is both a professor of music and a professor of creative computing. He directs the Creative Computing programme at University of Leicester. [1]

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Biography

Andrew Hugill studied composition with Roger Marsh at the University of Keele between 1976 and 1980, [2] and in 1983 he founded the ensemble "George W. Welch". He began lecturing at Leicester Polytechnic in 1986, working alongside Gavin Bryars and Dave Smith, eventually becoming subject-leader for the BA Performing Arts: Music. He taught composition, performance and music history.

He founded the Music, Technology and Innovation programme [3] in 1997 at De Montfort University and taught Creative and Negotiated Projects, Musicianship and Internet Music.

In 2006 he founded the Institute of Creative Technologies and was its director until 2012.

In 2013, he set up Creative Computing at Bath Spa University.

In 2018, he founded the Creative Computing programme at University of Leicester.

Hugill is a Principal Fellow and a National Teaching Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Hugill has had a huge impact on the views of Aural Diversity.

Compositions

Hugill's compositions include music for solo instruments and ensembles, orchestral music, and electronic and digital music.

Awards and honours

In 2004, Hugill was nominated for the BT Digital Music Awards for The Sound Exchange, his internet-based collaborative project with the Philharmonia Orchestra. [13]

In 2006, the Times Higher Education Awards highly commended Hugill for the "Most Imaginative Use of Distance Learning". [14]

Research and publications

Hugill's research is transdisciplinary and covers literature, music and computer science. He has published articles on aspects of surrealism in literature, digital music, and software engineering.

In 2008, Hugill published the book The Digital Musician in which he identifies the possibilities and challenges new technologies offer the modern musician. [15] A second, updated edition was published as an e-book in 2012. A third edition was published in 2018.

In 2012, he published 'Pataphysics: A Useless Guide, the first complete history of the subject in English. [16]

Pataphysics

Hugill is an active researcher in 'pataphysics and a member of the Collège de 'Pataphysique, where he was awarded the Ordre de la Grande Guidouille and the rank of Commandeur Requis. He is the curator of the CD Pataphysics, a history of 'Pataphysics in sound.

References

  1. ↑ Drever, John L.; Hugill, Andrew (23 September 2022). Aural Diversity. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   978-1-000-58105-8. Andrew Hugill is Professor of Creative Computing at the University of Leicester. He is also a Professor of Music and his principal research areas are composition, musicology, and creative technologies.
  2. ↑ Collins, Nicholas; Rincón, Julio d' Escrivan (9 November 2017). The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music. Cambridge University Press. p. X. ISBN   978-1-107-13355-6. Andrew Hugill (1957) Between 1976 and 1980, he studied composition with Roger Marsh at the University of Keele.
  3. ↑ "MTI Research Centre". Mti.dmu.ac.uk. 8 October 2009. Archived from the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  4. ↑ "Simon And Ennoia | British Music Collection". britishmusiccollection.org.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
  5. 1 2 Walker, Sarah Elizabeth (July 1995). Eclecticism, Postmodernism, Subversion: New Perspectives on English Experimental Music (PDF) (PhD thesis). London: City University of London. p. 91. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Clarke, Colin (2010). "Review". Tempo. 64 (254): 88–90. ISSN   0040-2982 – via JSTOR. Andrew Hugill: 'Pataphysical Piano...
  7. ↑ "Hear and Now - BBC Radio 3 - 18 April 1997 - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2026. Hugill Nocturne (BBC commission).
  8. ↑ Andrew Hugill - Island Symphony, Discogs, 1995, retrieved 25 January 2026
  9. ↑ Parker, C. (1995). The Wire. SPNM New Notes. p. 65. Island Symphony: Hugill. The Council Chamber.
  10. ↑ Collins, Nicholas; Rincón, Julio d' Escrivan (13 December 2007). The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music. Cambridge University Press. p. X. ISBN   978-0-521-68865-9. LCCN   2008297231. Symphony for Cornwall (1999) used the internet in a ground-breaking way. Hugill's research is wide ranging and includes 'pataphysics, which is rooted in French literature.
  11. ↑ Hugill, Andrew, Sonneries parfumées : pour piano solo (in French), Philharmonie de Paris , retrieved 25 January 2026
  12. ↑ "Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre Events 2008-2009" (PDF). dmu.ac.uk. De Montfort University. 4 March 2009. Pianolith (2003, piano and recorded sound)
  13. ↑ "The Development of Online Resources for Instrumental and Electroacoustic Musicians and Students in a Digital Age". azurewebsites.net. De Montfort University. 2014. REF3b. Retrieved 25 January 2026. The Sound Exchange was nominated for the BT Digital Music Awards in 2004 and is still very active today.
  14. ↑ Hugill, A.; Yang, H. (2013). "The creative turn: new challenges for computing" (PDF). bathspa.ac.uk. Int. J. Creative Computing. pp. 4–19. He is a National Teacher Fellow of the Higher Education Awards and was highly commended in the 2006 Times Higher Education Awards for 'the most imaginative use of distance learning'.
  15. ↑ Hugill, Andrew (20 June 2012). "The Digital Musician 2nd Edition (Paperback)". Routledge. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  16. ↑ Hugill, Andrew (20 October 2012). "'Pataphysics: A Useless Guide (Paperback)". MIT Press. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
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