The narrative of awareness in the listener's fluctuating experience: a portfolio of original compositions

These musical compositions alongside philosophical and musical reflections aim to expand the boundaries of how listeners engage with time and consciousness during the act of listening. Rather than curating a narrative within the music itself, this portfolio of compositions aims to provide a space for the listener’s awareness to fluctuate, allowing personal narratives to emerge organically from their engagement with the sound.

This practice-led research places my compositions at the heart of the inquiry, using them as a primary means to explore how compositional techniques can facilitate a narrative formed through the listener’s fluctuating awareness. Inspired by phenomenological thought, but not bound by it, this approach seeks to engage with a deeper understanding of the listener’s role in music creation, emphasising the experimental aspect of statis, repetition, systems and minimalist approaches.