Dissertation (Doctor scientiae musicae)

The dissertation Cross-genre composition: encoding characters in the chamber opera I.th.Ak.A. with semiotic elements derived from commercial music genres. was written between 2015 and 2018 as part of the Doctor scientiae musicae program of the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre. In December 2018 it was successfully defended and awarded summa cum laude (1,0). It is published by Wolke Verlag free and online:

www.wolke-verlag.de/musikbuecher/samuel-john-penderbayne-cross-genre/

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Lecturer for Artistic Research at the University for Music and Theatre, Hamburg

Samuel runs the seminar, colloquium and lecture series on artistic research at the University for Music and Theatre, Hamburg. As part of these activities, he wrote and manages updates to the school's manifesto on artistic research, which can be found free and online:

https://artsearch.hfmt-hamburg.de/index.php/manifesto/

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