Sam Murray

Senior Lecturer in Music

Sam Murray is a guitarist, composer, music director and educator with over 25 years experience in the music industry.  

Prior to working at Falmouth University, Samuel worked as a professional musician, freelance guitarist for hire, and music educator. This included recording numerous studio sessions across multiple genres for a variety of artists and performing live professionally at venues across the country, including London’s Jazz Cafe, Cardiff’s International Arena, and Silverstone.

Sam’s research interests focus on live performance and collective music making and he has delivered papers on these topics at conferences both nationally and internationally. He is particularly interested in the intersections between the arts and the sciences in relation to the field of performance. 

Sam is a Neural DSP artist and uses their Quad Cortex amp modeller and plug ins.

 

External Links

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Contact details

Email samuel.murray@falmouth.ac.uk

    Qualifications

    Qualifications

    Year Qualification Awarding body
    2014 BA (Hons) Creative Music Technology Falmouth University

    Research Interests

    Research interests and expertise

    • Advanced Guitar Techniques
    • Session Musicianship
    • Ensemble Leadership
    • Performance Science
    • Forensic Musicology
    • Virtuosity
    • Music and Mathematics
    • Idiomatic Organisation
    • Graphic Notation
    • Composing for Film, TV and Games
     

    Research Outputs

    Publications and research outputs

    • Rofe, Michael

      (2017), Online Orchestra - Connecting Remote Communities through Music, In: Journal of Music, Technology and Education, Intellect Ltd, UK, 10 (2-3), pp. 147-166, ISSN: 17527066, Item availability may be restricted.

    • Prior, David, Reeder, Philip, Rofe, Michael, Biscoe, Ian and Murray, Samuel

      (2017), Designing a System for Online Orchestra - Peripheral Equipment, In: Journal of Music, Technology and Education, Intellect Ltd, UK, 10 (2-3), pp. 197-212, ISSN: 17527066

    • Rofe, Michael

      (2016), Online Orchestra Scalability Study, In: Online Orchestra Scalability Study, 10/11/2016, BSO, Poole, & Jewell Academy, Bournemouth, (Unpublished)

    • Murray, Samuel J

      (2016), Paganini and the guitar: tracing instrumental idioms in the 24 caprices for violin, In: Royal Musical Association Research Students’ Conference 2016, 6-8 January 2016, Bangor University, (Unpublished)

    • Rofe, Michael

      Reeder, Philip, Murray, Samuel, Parker, Will, Geelhoed, Erik and Biscoe, Ian, (2015), Online Orchestra

    Teaching

    Courses taught

    • BA(Hons) Music
    • BA(Hons) Popular Music
    • BA(Hons) Creative Music Technology