Dr Paul Dibley

Programme Lead for Music

School of Arts

paul.dibley@brookes.ac.uk

Role

Paul Dibley is a Welsh composer and sonic artist, and is also Principal Lecturer in Music and Programme Lead for Media Arts at Oxford Brookes University, UK. He is Co-Director of the Sonic Art Research Unit and co-founder of the Audiograft festival.
Paul completed a PhD in Musical Composition at the University of Birmingham, UK, where he studied with Professor Jonty Harrison. As well as composing electroacoustic compositions (often specializing in using the human voice), he creates compositions for instruments and live electronics. Recent projects include working with Okeanos, Jane Chapman and Jos Zwaanenburg.

Teaching and supervision

Courses

Digital Media Production (BA (Hons), BSc (Hons))

Modules taught

Song Writing, Film and Media Composition 1
Song Writing, Film and Media Composition 2
Creative Media Enterprise
Approaches to Electroacoustic and Live Electronic Composition

Research

Groups

Sonic Art Research Unit (SARU)

Publications

Other

Other publications

Dibley P, 'Is-y-Coed', (2018)
Abstract Published here Open Access on RADAR
Dibley P, 'Back to Fore - Track 7 on '20 Odd Years' performed by Jos Zwaanenburg', (2011)
Published here
Dibley P, 'Organ grinder', (2010)
, 'Un/Tuned', (2010)
Dibley P,, 'un / tuned for Sho, Koto, Shakuhachi and Live Electronics. Performed by Okeanos (Robin Thompson, Melissa Holding and Clive Bell)', (2010)
Published here
Dibley P, 'Inv IV', (2008)

Further details

Broadcasts include:

BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 4 (Today Programme)
ArtRadio.net, Elektramusik
ArtsRadio1, Finland.

Performances and CDs include:

Is-y-Coed
Published as Audio CD: SPECTRUM Vol. 1. Phasma-Music music label Released: August 2020
Performed at Audiograft 2019
Selected and performed at the International Computer Music Conference 2019: ICMC2019 New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival July 2019
Broadcast on Acoustic Frontiers - June 2020,Selected for AfrikaBurn, Tankwa, South Africa April 2020 to May 2020 [postponed due to Coronavirus),Broadcast on Marginalized Sound (RadioStation/USA): 21 January 2021
Phantom Ride – Composed with Tim Howle and performed at InTime (Coventry Oct 2014), Audiograft (March 2016)
This Way Up – Premiered by Jos Zwaanenburg at Audiograft (March 2014)
Organ Grinder
For flute and live electronics. Performed by Jos Zwaanenburg – Grist CD released by Metier (July 2014)
Jazz guitar and live electronics version. Performed at the Amsterdam Conservatoire of Music (January 2014) Performed by Jos Zwaanenburg at Audiograft, Oxford (February 2010)
Performed by Jos Zwaanenburg at Steim, Amsterdam (June 2010)