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Faculty of Music

 
 David Thomas Cotter

Roles

PhD Candidate

Biography

David has presented his research in 14 countries: Belgium, Canada, England, Hong Kong, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Turkey, and the USA. His current doctoral research at the University of Cambridge concerns collaboration and creativity in musical performance. Recent publications include ‘The Creative Musical Mediation of Order and Chaos’ in Jordan Peterson: Critical Responses and ‘The Guitar Reimagined’ (co-authored with Dr Marc Estibeiro) in Rethinking the Musical Instrument. He is co-editor of a forthcoming volume on electronic music, and has co-organised conferences and taught at the universities of Cambridge, Leeds, and Surrey.

Research

  • Accompaniment
  • Classical guitar
  • Collaboration
  • Creativity
  • Ensemble performance
  • Gesture
  • Live performance
  • Order and Chaos
  • Physicality of performance
  • Practice-led research

Publications

Key publications: 

Cotter, David. ‘The Creative Musical Mediation of Order and Chaos’. In Jordan Peterson: Critical Responses , edited by Sandra Woien. Carus Books, 2022.

Cotter, David, and Marc Estibeiro. ‘The Guitar Reimagined’. In Rethinking the Musical Instrument, edited by Mine Doğantan-Dack. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022.