Kingsley Ash, Senior Lecturer

Kingsley Ash

Senior Lecturer

Kingsley has performed and presented work through a range of media in venues across London including the Royal Albert Hall and the Royal Festival Hall, as well as in Europe, the USA and Asia. His recent work has been in the field of sonification, particularly the exploration of environmental data through sound and interactivity.

Kingsley studied Astrophysics at Manchester University and Music Technology at York University and is currently working towards his PhD at Goldsmiths, London.

Current Teaching

  • Experimental Music Systems
  • Live Performance Technologies
  • Interfaces and Interactivity
  • Collaborative Practice
  • Audio-visual Interfaces

Research Interests

Current research interests include data sonification, particularly the investigation of environmental data and processes through sound and interactivity, as well as an ongoing collaboration with Dr Yvon Bonenfant (University of Winchester) that seeks to explore the unique qualities of the human voice through playful interactive artworks.

Kingsley studied Astrophysics at Manchester University and Music Technology at York University and is currently working towards his PhD at Goldsmiths, London under the supervision of Dr Mick Grierson. Further details of his work can be found online at http://www.kingsleyash.com.

Kingsley Ash, Senior Lecturer

Ask Me About

  1. Creative technologies
  2. Music
  3. Sound

Selected Outputs

  • Ash K (2012) Affected States: Analysis and Sonification of Twitter Music Trends.

  • Ash K; Stavropoulos N (2011) Livecell: Real-time score generation through interactive generative composition.

  • Ash K; Dolphin A (2012) Urbicolous Disport. An interactive, generative sound-toy installation in which participants capture, manipulate and play with the sounds of the city. In: Live Interfaces: Performance, Art, Music, 7 September 2012 - 8 September 2012, University of Leeds, UK.

  • Ash K. (2013) Livecell. 14 December 2013. International Festival for Innovation in Music Production and Composition, Leeds College of Music:

  • Ash K. (2013) If and Only If. 26 November 2013. Leeds College of Music:

  • Ash K. (2013) If and Only If. 11 November 2013. Echochroma VIII, Leeds:

  • Ash K. (2013) If and Only If. 30 April 2013. Noisefloor Festival, Staffordshire University:

  • Ash K; Stavropoulos N. (2012) Livecell Performance. 26 October 2012 - 27 October 2012. Korean Electroacoustic Music Society Annual Conference, Seoul, South Korea:

  • Ash K; Stavropoulos N. (2012) Livecell Performance. 28 June 2012 - 30 June 2012. Interface2012, Birmingham Conservatoire, UK:

    http://www.interface2012.org.uk/

  • Ash K (2012) “Hedda Gabler” – Music.