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== 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 ==

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 == 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 ==