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Articles and conference papers by David Worrall (in reverse chronology) Title Details View Music and 3-space: some preliminary remarks concerning an ecological approach Delivered at the post-graduate conference, Faculty of Creative Arts, Woolongong University, Woolongong, NSW - September 1997 PDF Composition as revelation. First Iterate Conference, Monash University, December 3-5, 1999. PDF Iannis Xenakis: A composer’s perspective Avante-garde composers of the twentieth century. Greenwood Publishing. Editor, Larry Sitsky. 1999, pp 581-585. Link Cyberspace and sound Proceedings, ACMA Conference, University of Wellington, Wellington, NZ. July, 1999. PDF Virtual Performance: performance effected in virtual space or by non-human performers Compendium of Music and Dance in Australia, Ed. John Whiteoak. Currency Press. Sydney.2003. PDF Space in sound: sound of space Organised Sound Vol 3 No. 2 Cambridge University Press,1998. pp 93-99. Link Concerning the perception of sound in 3-space Proceedings of The Australian Computer Music Conference, Auckland University, Auckland, NZ. July 1997. PDF Chroma No. 22 (Ed.) March 1997 Journal of the Australasian Computer Music Association. Co-edted (with Kreger).   Composer's Desktop Project (CDP) software for PC's and Unix (SGI) system. Chroma (1996) No. 22, March 1997.   Metamusical composing with computers Sounds Australian Vol 14 (1996) No. 47. pp 25-26. PDF Studies in metamusical methods for sound and image composition Vol 1 No. 3 Cambridge University Press (1996) pp 20-26. Link Review of Francis Rumsey, Midi Systems and Control. (Focal Press, Oxford, U.K. 2nd Edition 1994) Organised Sound Vol 1 No. 3 Cambridge University Press (1996) p51.   A multichannel performance space for presenting experimental polymedia compositions MediaMix '96 Conference. University of York, March 1996. PDF Studio Report: Australian Centre for the Arts and Technology Proceedings of The Australian Computer Music Conference, Melbourne University, July 1995. PDF Studies in metamusical methods Proceedings of The Australian Computer Music Conference, Melbourne University, July 1995. Link The role of space in constructing musical paradigms University of Wollongong postgraduate colloquium, August 1995.   Interactive multimedia as a new artform Letter to !Bulletin, January 1995.   Babbage's bifurcated brain ANU Reporter, November 1995. PDF Procedural composition: an overview Proceedings of Synaesthetica '94 Symposium July 1994, ACAT, ANU, Canberra. PDF Possible uses of the internet by music organisations Music Council of Australia conference, October 1994, Adelaide. PDF Design Structures: a course in the fundamentals of mathematics and their applications to sonic and visual composition 2nd Bridging Mathematics Conference July 1992 ANU, Canberra. PDF Exploring the Australian Context: A Reflection Contribution for the Winter 1992 edition of Sounds Australian (No.34):An Emotional Geography of Australian Composition. PDF Vocalists strike the right cord Concert review, The Australian 11 Aug. 1992, p12.   Guide to the lot, from acoustics to zydeco The Australian, 6 August 1992. Book review of Cary, Tristram: Illustrated compendium of music technology, Faber & Faber , London, 1972.   The computer as alter-ego: the use of computers in the composition of music Australian New Music Conference, August 1990, Brisbane. PDF Pinocchio's Journey: On teaching Music Composition Australian New Music Conference, August 1990, Brisbane. PDF Streamer: a real-time performance and composition software environment Australian New Music Conference, August 1990, Brisbane.   ACAT: a centre for the education of the multidisciplinary composers, artists and designers of tomorrow Second International Symposium on Electronic Arts, November 1990, Groningin, The Netherlands.   A Music and Image Composition System for a Portable Multichannel Performance Space : a technical overview Chroma Journal of the Australian Computer Music Association Vol 1#3 (Dec. 1989) p 3-6. PDF Credo: Unreliable Processes Sounds Australian Australian Music Centre Journal No.24 Summer 1989/90, p 4-5. PDF Electrospatial art Sounds Australian Australian Music Centre Journal No.19 Spring 1988, p26-27.   Writing for a large recorder ensemble. The Recorder Journal of the Victorian Guild No.3 Nov. 1985, pp 8-12.   A touring performance space for compositions in sound and light (with Andrew Bernard) A 30 page manifesto-type document outlining the historical and philosophical bases of electrospatial art. PDF MPL reference manual Computer Science Department, Melbourne University, 1983. (with Rex Harris)   Tutorial introductions to MPL Computer Science Department, Melbourne University, 1983.   An introduction to Music-C on the 3240 Computer Science Department, Melbourne University, 1983.   A graded sequence of examples of instrument design for Music-C Computer Science Department, Melbourne University, 1983.   Getting on with time Conference on Music Analysis, Melbourne University, Oct. 1982.   Pitch structuring in Pierre Boulez' first PIANO SONATA Honours Project. Adelaide University Music Department, 1976. (unpublished)   Some compositional principles and procedures in the first chapter of the second book of Pierre Boulez' STRUCTURES POUR DEUX PIANOS Honours Project. Adelaide University Music Department, 1976.(unpublished)   Structure and its role in music Music Now Vol. 2 #2 Nov. 1974, Sydney University, pp 32-37. PDF