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	== References ==		== References ==
	[1] Leeds University Staff page: [https://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/ms ~~www.~~leeds.ac.uk/music/ms]		[1] Leeds University Staff page: [https://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/ms leeds.ac.uk/music/ms]

	[2] Scottish Music Centre page: [https://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/michael-spencer]		[2] Scottish Music Centre page: [https://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/michael-spencer scottishmusiccentre.com/michael-spencer]

	== Personal pages ==		== Personal pages ==

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	[1] Leeds University Staff page: [https://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/ms www.leeds.ac.uk/music/ms]		[1] Leeds University Staff page: [https://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/ms www.leeds.ac.uk/music/ms]

	[2] Scottish Music Centre		[2] Scottish Music Centre page: [https://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/michael-spencer]

			== Personal pages ==
			* [https://soundcloud.com/mic-spencer Soundcloud discography]
			* [https://www.facebook.com/biroc.t.1 Facebook]
			* [https://x.com/Biroc1 Twitter]

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	== Background ==		== Background ==
	Spencer started composing at a young age and went on to study Music and Scottish Literature at Glasgow University, where he studied composition with Graham Hair, followed by a Masters and PhD in Manchester University, studying with Geoff Poole and John Casken. Spencer also received regular private lessons from James Dillon, a composer who Spencer has a research interest in. Indeed, Spencer has written two articles on Dillon’s music, 'Re-Placing the Dialectic: Notions of Compositional Procedure in James Dillon's German Tryptych' published in British postgraduate musicology online and 'Dillon’s L’évolution du vol: an evolution of stylistics or a flight from National identity?' which is due to be published in the journal Musica Scotica. In 2003, Spencer received a stipend to attend the Summer Course at Academie Schloss Solitude where he met other important teachers: Chaya Czernowin, Steve Takasugi and Richard Barrett.		Spencer started composing at a young age and went on to study Music and Scottish Literature at Glasgow University, where he studied composition with [[Graham Hair]], followed by a Masters and PhD in Manchester University, studying with [[Geoff Poole]] and [[John Casken]]. Spencer also received regular private lessons from [[James Dillon]], a composer who Spencer has a research interest in. Indeed, Spencer has written two articles on Dillon’s music, 'Re-Placing the Dialectic: Notions of Compositional Procedure in James Dillon's German Tryptych' published in British postgraduate musicology online and 'Dillon’s L’évolution du vol: an evolution of stylistics or a flight from National identity?' which is due to be published in the journal Musica Scotica. In 2003, Spencer received a stipend to attend the Summer Course at Academie Schloss Solitude where he met other important teachers: [[Chaya Czernowin]], [[Steve Takasugi]] and [[Richard Barrett]].

	== Recent and ongoing work ==		== Recent and ongoing work ==
	Spencer is currently the Composition lecturer at the University of Leeds, where he also teaches the post-1900 Aesthetics and Criticism course. He has several PhD students in both composition and contemporary musicology as well as being a co-supervisor for performers.		Spencer is currently the Composition lecturer at the University of Leeds, where he also teaches the post-1900 Aesthetics and Criticism course. He has several PhD students in both composition and contemporary musicology as well as being a co-supervisor for performers.

	Spencer's compositions and research stem from his interests in improvisation, contemporary notation issues, microtonal tuning systems and music post-1945, particularly that of Ferneyhough, Dillon, Feldman, Lachenmann and Maxwell Davies. He has a keen interest in aesthetics and the philosophy of New Music, along with semiotic analysis. His music has been performed at festivals and events worldwide, including Instal 2002 (Glasgow), Maxis 2003 Festival (Leeds), Darmstädter Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, 2004, International Trumpet Guild Conference, Rowan University, New Jersey, 2006. His piano solo piece The Eemis Stane - Homage to K.S. Sorabji is available on a CD collection of new piano music recorded by Aleks Szram on fonorum label, 2005. Toxic Knuckle Bones, a chamber ensemble piece was performed by the BBC Philharmonic under James MacMillan on Radio 3’s ‘Hear and Now’ programme in 2001. Other groups who have performed Spencer's music include ROUT, SurPlus and FOCAM along with renowned soloists such as Ian Pace and Richard Casey.		Spencer's compositions and research stem from his interests in improvisation, contemporary [[notation]] issues, microtonal [[tuning]] systems and music post-1945, particularly that of [[Ferneyhough]], [[Dillon]], [[Feldman]], [[Lachenmann]] and [[Maxwell Davies]]. He has a keen interest in aesthetics and the philosophy of New Music, along with semiotic analysis. His music has been performed at festivals and events worldwide, including Instal 2002 (Glasgow), Maxis 2003 Festival (Leeds), Darmstädter Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, 2004, International Trumpet Guild Conference, Rowan University, New Jersey, 2006. His piano solo piece The Eemis Stane - Homage to K.S. Sorabji is available on a CD collection of new piano music recorded by Aleks Szram on fonorum label, 2005. Toxic Knuckle Bones, a chamber ensemble piece was performed by the BBC Philharmonic under James MacMillan on Radio 3’s ‘Hear and Now’ programme in 2001. Other groups who have performed Spencer's music include ROUT, SurPlus and FOCAM along with renowned soloists such as Ian Pace and Richard Casey.

	One ongoing project Spencer is working on is his cycle Message from Aiwass a series of pieces currently numbering around 9, which explore the idea of fragmentation and use musical quotations from the music of Antoine Brumel. Spencer is keen to explore the idea of a cycle and how each of the pieces in this cycle can relate and interlink with each other. It is difficult to pinpoint a specific stylistic aspect of Spencer's work though it arguably shows some influence of Dillon in certain pieces; however, these pieces usually have some formal element that makes the music distinct from his teacher's sound. The music comes from an interest in the instruments themselves, and in some cases in the location in which they are to be performed, and often from his interest in philosophy, microtones and fragmentation.		One ongoing project Spencer is working on is his cycle Message from Aiwass a series of pieces currently numbering around 9, which explore the idea of fragmentation and use musical quotations from the music of Antoine Brumel. Spencer is keen to explore the idea of a cycle and how each of the pieces in this cycle can relate and interlink with each other. It is difficult to pinpoint a specific stylistic aspect of Spencer's work though it arguably shows some influence of Dillon in certain pieces; however, these pieces usually have some formal element that makes the music distinct from his teacher's sound. The music comes from an interest in the instruments themselves, and in some cases in the location in which they are to be performed, and often from his interest in philosophy, microtones and fragmentation.

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	== Background ==		== Background ==
	He started composing at a young age and went on to study Music and Scottish Literature at Glasgow University, where he studied composition with Graham Hair, followed by a Masters and PhD in Manchester University, studying with Geoff Poole and John Casken. Spencer also received regular private lessons from James Dillon, a composer who Spencer has a research interest in. Indeed, Spencer has written two articles on Dillon’s music, 'Re-Placing the Dialectic: Notions of Compositional Procedure in James Dillon's German Tryptych' published in British postgraduate musicology online and 'Dillon’s L’évolution du vol: an evolution of stylistics or a flight from National identity?' which is due to be published in the journal Musica Scotica. In 2003, Spencer received a stipend to attend the Summer Course at Academie Schloss Solitude where he met other important teachers: Chaya Czernowin, Steve Takasugi and Richard Barrett.		Spencer started composing at a young age and went on to study Music and Scottish Literature at Glasgow University, where he studied composition with Graham Hair, followed by a Masters and PhD in Manchester University, studying with Geoff Poole and John Casken. Spencer also received regular private lessons from James Dillon, a composer who Spencer has a research interest in. Indeed, Spencer has written two articles on Dillon’s music, 'Re-Placing the Dialectic: Notions of Compositional Procedure in James Dillon's German Tryptych' published in British postgraduate musicology online and 'Dillon’s L’évolution du vol: an evolution of stylistics or a flight from National identity?' which is due to be published in the journal Musica Scotica. In 2003, Spencer received a stipend to attend the Summer Course at Academie Schloss Solitude where he met other important teachers: Chaya Czernowin, Steve Takasugi and Richard Barrett.

	== Recent and ongoing work ==		== Recent and ongoing work ==

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-Michael Spencer is a Scottish composer born in Belshill, Lanarkshire in 1975 and is now based in Leeds. He started composing at a young age and went on to study Music and Scottish Literature at Glasgow University, where he studied composition with Graham Hair, followed by a Masters and PhD in Manchester University, studying with Geoff Poole and John Casken. Spencer also received regular private lessons from James Dillon [1], a composer who Spencer has a research interest in; indeed, he has written two articles on his music, 'Re-Placing the Dialectic: Notions of Compositional Procedure in James Dillon's German Tryptych' published in British postgraduate musicology online [2] and 'Dillon’s L’évolution du vol: an evolution of stylistics or a flight from National identity?' which is due to be published in the journal Musica Scotica. In 2003 he received a stipend to attend the Summer Course at Academie Schloss Solitude where he met other important teachers: Chaya Czernowin, Steve Takasugi and Richard Barrett.
+Michael Spencer is a Scottish composer born in Belshill, Lanarkshire in 1975 and is now based in Leeds.
 Spencer is currently the Composition lecturer at the University of Leeds, where he also teaches the post-1900 Aesthetics and Criticism course. He has several PhD students in both composition and contemporary musicology as well as being a co-supervisor for performers.
 Spencer's compositions and research stem from his interests in improvisation, contemporary notation issues, microtonal tuning systems and music post-1945, particularly that of Ferneyhough, Dillon, Feldman, Lachenmann and Maxwell Davies. He has a keen interest in aesthetics and the philosophy of New Music, along with semiotic analysis. His music has been performed at festivals and events worldwide, including Instal 2002 (Glasgow), Maxis 2003 Festival (Leeds), Darmstädter Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, 2004, International Trumpet Guild Conference, Rowan University, New Jersey, 2006. His piano solo piece The Eemis Stane - Homage to K.S. Sorabji is available on a CD collection of new piano music recorded by Aleks Szram on fonorum label, 2005. Toxic Knuckle Bones, a chamber ensemble piece was performed by the BBC Philharmonic under James MacMillan on Radio 3’s ‘Hear and Now’ programme in 2001. Other groups who have performed Spencer's music include ROUT, SurPlus and FOCAM along with renowned soloists such as Ian Pace and Richard Casey.
-One ongoing project Spencer is working on is his cycle Message from Aiwass a series of pieces currently numbering around 9, which explore the idea of fragmentation and use musical quotations from the music of Antoine Brumel [3]. Spencer is keen to explore the idea of a cycle and how each of the pieces in this cycle can relate and interlink with each other. It is difficult to pinpoint a specific stylistic aspect of Spencer's work though it arguably shows some influence of Dillon in certain pieces; however, these pieces usually have some formal element that makes the music distinct from his teacher's sound. The music comes from an interest in the instruments themselves, and in some cases in the location in which they are to be performed, and often from his interest in philosophy, microtones and fragmentation.
+One ongoing project Spencer is working on is his cycle Message from Aiwass a series of pieces currently numbering around 9, which explore the idea of fragmentation and use musical quotations from the music of Antoine Brumel. Spencer is keen to explore the idea of a cycle and how each of the pieces in this cycle can relate and interlink with each other. It is difficult to pinpoint a specific stylistic aspect of Spencer's work though it arguably shows some influence of Dillon in certain pieces; however, these pieces usually have some formal element that makes the music distinct from his teacher's sound. The music comes from an interest in the instruments themselves, and in some cases in the location in which they are to be performed, and often from his interest in philosophy, microtones and fragmentation.
-Über Die Grenzen Des All … (Piccolo/Alto Flute, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Tuba, Piano/Harpsichord, Violin, Viola) 1998
+== List of works ==
-References
+* Si vous êtes pris dans le rêve de l’autre, vous êtez foutu (7 Percussionists) 2008
-Leeds University Staff page[www.leeds.ac.uk/music/ms]
+== References ==
-Scottish Music Centre page[4]
+[2] Scottish Music Centre
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