Staff Profile
Ben Burrows
Course Leader, Music Production
BMus (Hons) Music, MA Music Technology, PGCE (Post Compulsory)
I am the Subject Director for the BA Music Production degree at York St John University. I teach across a range of subjects in the creative industries, primarily in music composition, music production, film music and the soundtrack for film, television, games and new media. My current research relates to collaboration and function in contemporary narrative film music composition.
Areas of research interest include the Art of Music Production, Film Music Composition and Curriculum Design and Delivery for Creative Industries Programmes.
- School – School of the Arts
- Email – b.burrows@yorksj.ac.uk
- Phone – 01904 876 995
Publications and papers
Cope, D. [DVD] & Burrows, B. [Booklet] (2005), ‘Everything you need to know about… Setting Up a Bedroom Studio’, Omnibus Media, Music Sales Ltd. (London)
‘Music Production: A Case Study in Course Development and Review’ (co-presented with Professor Andrew Bates) Taming the Beast: Learning & Teaching in Music Technology, PALATINE conference, De Montfort University, Leicester, June 2004
‘Applied Escapology: or How to Foster Creativity Whilst Wearing the Strait-jacket of Contemporary Education Culture’ Leeds International Music Technology Education Conference, Leeds, November 2007
‘The Point of Learning: Exploring Curriculum Design that Enhances the Student Experience’ Workshop, ‘Roots and Branches’ Faculty of Arts Learning & Teaching Conference, YSJU, September 2009
Enquiry Based Learning research project (funded through EBL): ‘Unearthing Creativity: Creative Archaeological Displays through Collaborative Enquiry Based Learning’, 2009
Workshop at ‘Partners in Suspense’ Conference on the film music of Bernard Herrmann and his collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock: ‘Composing by Numbers: Anatomy of a Film Score’, 2011
Paper to the Leeds Film Music Conference: ‘Double Vision: Bernard Herrmann’s Collaboration in the Audiovisual Experience’, 2011
