Corin Anderson

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Corin Anderson

Programme Leader of BA (Hons) Applied Music

Corin Anderson

Background

I am the Programme Leader of the BA (Hons) Applied Music degree at the UHI North, West and Hebides, an electronic music composer/producer, and an auditory-visual synaesthete. I recently completed my PhD in Music at Edinburgh Napier University, for which I researched the impact my auditory-visual synaesthesia has on my music composition processes and outputs. I write and produce music under the name CoriAnder and will shortly be releasing my new synaesthesia-inspired album, titled Photisms.

While working towards my PhD, I led Edinburgh Napier University’s Widening Participation music programme Creative Musicianship for four years and taught on the university’s BA Music programme and at their Music Tech Academy for high school pupils. I also previously worked as a Development Officer at LEAPS, where I co-ordinated their Transitions Course and supported young people from underrepresented backgrounds to access and participate in Higher Education.

Teaching responsibilities

  • Creativity is More Important than Knowledge (SCQF Level 7)
  • Music in its Widest Context (SCQF Level 7)
  • Music Sync and Placement (SCQF Level 7)
  • Creative Skills (SCQF Level 8)
  • Music, Power and Commerce (SCQF Level 8)
  • Applied Music Research Skills (SCQF Level 9)
  • Creative Identity (SCQF Level 9)
  • Creative Technology Applications (SCQF Level 9)
  • Applied Music: Critique and Evaluation (SCQF Level 10)
  • Music and Culture (SCQF Level 10)
  • Music Sync and Placement (SCQF Level 11)

Academic qualifications

  • PhD Music, Edinburgh Napier University, 2023
  • FHEA, Advance HE, 2023
  • BA (Hons) Popular Music, Edinburgh Napier University, 2018

Creative output/interests

I am interested in exploring how auditory-visual synaesthesia can influence and inform approaches to music composition. My practice-based PhD explored my own synaesthetically-driven music composition processes and I recently wrote a chapter for the Routledge book Innovation in Music: Adjusting Perspectives, titled ‘Translating Artworks into Music: Synaesthetic Reverse-engineering in Music Composition’.

Below are some of my music releases available on streaming platforms: