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Emma Margetson

Emma Margetson’s works are out there! They have been performed in concert in Bangor, Birmingham, Bogotá, Cambridge, Chatham, Cheltenham, Córdoba, Corfu, Denton, Edinburgh, Florence, Huddersfield, Hull, Lecce, Leeds, Leicester, Leuk, London, Manchester, Milan, New York City, Santiago, Sheffield, Stockholm and Wrocław…

Emma Margetson is an acousmatic composer and sound artist working and living between London and Birmingham (England, UK). Her output encompasses acousmatic composition, sound art, acousmatic performance interpretation and, occasionally, live electronic music improvisation. Her research interests include sound diffusion and spatialisation practices; site-specific works, sound walks and installations; audience development and engagement; and community music practice.

She studied at the University of Birmingham (England, UK) with Annie Mahtani and Scott Wilson for master’s and doctoral degrees in electroacoustic composition. The latter was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)-funded Midlands3Cities Doctoral Training Partnership (M3C) and was completed in 2021.

Her music has been recognised and performed extensively in concerts and festivals internationally, and has been the recipient of a special mention in the Biennial Acousmatic Composition Competition Métamorphoses (Belgium, 2020), the Excellence in Sound Art & Sound Design Prize in the klingt gut! Young Artist Award (Germany, 2018), and a First prize ex æquo in the Space of Sound Spatialization Performance Competition (Belgium, 2019). She has received a number of commissions and collaborations including those from Royal Observatory (Royal Museums Greenwich), The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, and the Ikon Gallery.

Emma Margetson is a Senior Lecturer in Music and Sound and Programme Leader of the Master of Arts Music and Sound Design course at the University of Greenwich (England, UK). She is also Co-Director of the Loudspeaker Orchestra Concert Series.

Her work is available on several recording labels, including empreintes DIGITALes, Obs, Sonos Localia, and Urban Arts Berlin.

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Emma Margetson

Derby (England, UK), 1993

Residence: Birmingham (England, UK)

  • Composer
  • Performer (piano)
  • Sound artist

On the web

Emma Margetson [Photo: Sam Walton, London (England, UK), August 16, 2023]
Emma Margetson [Photo: Sam Walton, London (England, UK), August 16, 2023]

Calendar

Broadcasts

Date Work Programme
April 16, 2024 Emma Margetson, Cimbaal (2015), 7:02 The Langham Research Centre Show / Resonance 104.4 FM (UK)
April 15, 2024 Emma Margetson, Distorted Illusions (2018), 8:22 Doctore Xyramat / FSK Radio (Germany)
April 12, 2024 Emma Margetson, Gestört (2014-15), 4:16 Late Junction: A Christmas Eve Session / BBC Radio 3 (UK)
April 12, 2024 Emma Margetson, Cimbaal (2015), 7:02 Doctore Xyramat / FSK Radio (Germany)
April 8, 2024 Emma Margetson, Abstracted Objects (2019), 8:30 Doctore Xyramat / FSK Radio (Germany)
April 1, 2024 Emma Margetson, Tick (2015), 6:23 Dimensions #110 / LaimaPersik
April 1, 2024 Emma Margetson, Abstracted Objects (2019), 8:30 Dimensions #110 / LaimaPersik
March 30, 2024 Emma Margetson, Distorted Illusions (2018), 8:22 Music, or Noise? / NAISA Radio (Canada)
March 26, 2024 Emma Margetson, Tick (2015), 6:23 Between Two Points / Dublab
March 26, 2024 Emma Margetson, Water Waves (2017), 8:51 Klangwelten / Eldoradio (Germany)
March 24, 2024 Emma Margetson, Tick (2015), 6:23 #882 / Framework Radio (Estonia)
March 24, 2024 Emma Margetson, Tick (2015), 6:23 Symbiose / CISM (Canada)