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Dr Norah Lorway

Lecturer, BA(Hons) Creative Music Technology

Originally from Canada, Norah is a computer musician, computer programmer and composer who has performed at concerts, algoraves, festivals and installations throughout the UK, Canada, Australia, Slovenia, Belgium, Sweden, Greece, Denmark, and Japan, amongst other countries. Work featured in festivals such as ISEA, NIME, ICLC, Incubate (NL), Norgberg Festival (Sweden) and has been written about in international media such as Mixmag. Norah also writes music for film and other related media, including her recent film score for Anthropocene: The Human Epoch which was premiered at festivals such as the Toronto International Film Festival (September 2018), Sundance Film Festival (January 2019), Berlin International Film Festival (February 2019) amongst others. 

Norah's research focused on human centred artificial intelligence, live coding, VR/AR experiences, gesture control, digital musical instrument design, and new media medicine. She has worked with the Birmingham Electroacoustic Sound Theatre (BEAST), founded various laptop ensembles in the UK and Canada and maintains an active performance career in Europe and Canada. 

Previous to Falmouth, Norah was a postdoctoral research fellow at University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada), where she worked at the The Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems (ICICS) and School of Music on several projects relating to instrument design, interactivity and live coding, funded by Canada Council for the Arts. She was also recipient of Canada Council's Robert Fleming Award for outstanding Canadian composer during this time. Current research includes work intersecting health and technology, using wearable technologies and VR/MR. 

In 2015, Norah founded Hex DB labs, a software consulting company which creates software solutions for various high end audio companies, scientific research and more. She is also an Immersion Fellow, as part of the Southwest Creative Technology Network funded by Research England. 


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    Qualifications

    Qualifications

    YearQualificationAwarding body
    2014
    Ph.D
    University of Birmingham
    2010
    Masters
    University of Calgary
    2007
    B.Mus
    Mount Allison University

    Honours and awards

    YearDescription
    2014

    Robert Fleming Prize for Outstanding Canadian Composer

    2019

    Sundance "18 Women Composers You Should Know" mention, Sundance Film Festival

    2019

    Nominated for "Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score" for Anthropocene: The Human Epoch; Cinema Eye Honors Awards, New York USA

    Membership of external committees

    • SOCAN
    • ASCAP
    • ICMA

    Research Interests

    Research interests and expertise

    My current research interests and expertise include human centered artificial intelligence,  live coding performance, VR/MR immersive game experiences, software development for health and scientific research, new media medicine, digital instrument design, multichannel composition, software development for musical applications, smart design and e-textile creation. 

    Am happy to discuss postgraduate research supervision possibilities in the above mentioned areas. 

    Research topics

    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Live Networked Computer Music
    • Live Coding
    • Immersion
    • Mental Health

    Research Outputs

    Publications and research outputs

    Article

    Wilson, Scott, Lorway, Norah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8179-6255, Coull, Rosalyn, Vasilakos, Konstantinos and Moyers, Tim (2014) Free as in BEER: Some Explorations into Structured Improvisation Using Networked Live-Coding Systems. Computer Music Journal, 38 (1). pp. 54-64. ISSN 0148-9267
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    Report or Working Paper

    Lorway, Norah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8179-6255 (2016) Adventures in promoting equality and accessibility in computer music through live coding. Project Report. UNSPECIFIED.
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    Conference or Workshop Item

    Lorway, Norah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8179-6255, Powley, Edward ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7317-7304, Wilson, Arthur, Speakman, John A. and Jarvis, Matthew (2019) Autopia: An AI Collaborator for Live Coding Music Performances. In: International Conference on Live Coding, 5-7 February 2020, University of Limerick, Ireland.
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    Lorway, Norah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8179-6255, Jarvis, Matthew, Wilson, Arthur, Powley, Edward ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7317-7304 and Speakman, John (2019) Autopia: An AI Collaborator for Gamified Live Coding Music Performances. In: Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour Convention, Falmouth University.
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    Wilson, Scott, Lorway, Norah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8179-6255, Moyers, Tim, Coull, Rosalyn and Kuoppala, Visa (2012) Stirring up Pea Stew: A Network Feedback Structure for Live Coding. In: International Conference on Live Interfaces: Performance, Art, Music, September 7-8 2012, University of Leeds, UK.
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    Composition

    Lorway, Norah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8179-6255 (2019) Clatter. [Composition]
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    Lorway, Norah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8179-6255 and Bolton, Rose (2018) Anthropocene: The Human Epoch Original Soundtrack. [Composition] Item availability may be restricted.
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    Lorway, Norah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8179-6255 (2016) drone bølge. [Composition]

    Lorway, Norah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8179-6255 (2015) Future World. [Composition] Item availability may be restricted.
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    Lorway, Norah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8179-6255 (2014) kulør. [Composition]

    Performance

    Lorway, Norah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8179-6255, Bhumber, Kiran and Lee, Nancy (2016) Hollow Vertices: A performance environment for live coding and interactive media. [Performance] Item availability may be restricted.
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    Media

    Lorway, Norah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8179-6255 (2019) Across Voids: An Interactive Experience on Grief. [Media] Item availability may be restricted.
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    Externally funded research grants information

    Year startingYear endingProject titleFunderCurrencyValueCollaboratorsHESA Category
    2014
    2016
    PIPE: Personal Interface for Performance Environments
    Canada Council for the Arts
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    2018
    No data
    Southwest Creative Technology Network Immersion Fellowship
    Research England
    No dataNo dataNo dataNo data

    Teaching

    Courses taught

    • Creative Music Technology BA(Hons)

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    Creative Music Technology BA(Hons)

    Develop the creative and technical abilities needed to thrive in the music industry. Exploring composition, music production, sound design and...

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