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Emily Peasgood | |
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| Born | Emily Anne Peasgood 8 April 1981 Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, sound artist, artist, author |
| Years active | 2010s–present |
| Awards | Ivors Composer Award for Sonic Art (2018) |
| Website | emilypeasgood |
Emily Anne Peasgood (born 1981 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire) is an Ivors Composer Awards winning English composer and sound artist.[1]
Peasgood creates research-led and site specific interactive artworks for galleries and outdoor public spaces, ranging from large-scale community events to intimate sound installations.[2][3] Peasgood is best known for her work in outdoor public locations with specific communities of people, often using innovative technology and design that visitors can interact with.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Her work has been described as magical,[13] evocative[14] and memorable.[15]
Peasgood was profiled by the i as the Hip Op Composer.[16] In 2017 Peasgood delivered the TEDx Folkestone talk "Emily! Don't do that!".[17]
Peasgood was awarded a PhD by Canterbury Christ Church University for her thesis Leading with Aesthetic: Creating Accessible, Inclusive and Engaging Musical Artworks Through Experimental Processes in the Community. Peasgood is a composition tutor at Canterbury Christ Church University.[18] Peasgood is a co-author of The Work of the Military Wives Choirs[19] and The perceived effects of singing on the health and well-being of wives and partners of members of the British Armed Forces: a cross-sectional survey.[20]
- ^ "Emily Peasgood". British Music Collection. 11 April 2016.
- ^ "Emily Peasgood Sound Artist & Composer". Emily Peasgood.
- ^ "Emily Peasgood". Creative Folkestone.
- ^ "English Coastal Town of Folkestone Transformed by 4th Art Triennial". Observer. 23 October 2017.
- ^ "Folkestone Triennial Review – beach bungalows and giant jelly mould pavilions". Guardian. September 2017.
- ^ Buck, Louisa (8 September 2017). "Folkestone Triennial 2017 highlights: artists shine a light on the town's past and present". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235.
- ^ Durrant, Nancy. "Review: Folkestone Triennial". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460.
- ^ "Skull cakes, seaside sculpture and a Renaissance dream team – the week in art". Guardian. 1 September 2017.
- ^ Bedford, Kristina (2019). Secret Southwark and Blackfriars. Amberley. ISBN 9781445676586.
- ^ "Requiem for Crossbones". Illuminate Productions.
- ^ "Things to do Today in London: Friday 8 June 2018"". Londonist.
- ^ "Sea Folk Sing(2018)". Sparked Echo.
- ^ Durrant, Nancy. "Folkestone Triennial". The Times.
- ^ Buck, Louisa (8 September 2017). "Folkestone Triennial 2017 highlights: artists shine a light on the town's past and present". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235.
- ^ "Folkestone Triennial 2017: great outdoors art with space for transformation". an40.
- ^ "Emily Peasgood, Hip Op Composer". I Newspaper. 22 November 2019.
- ^ "EMILY! Don't do that! – TEDx Folkestone". TedX Folkestone. 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Emily Peasgood". Canterbury Christ Church University.
- ^ Peasgood, Emily (2015). The Work of the Military Wives Choirs. Canterbury Christ Church University. ISBN 978-1909067424.
- ^ Peasgood, Emily (29 April 2016). "The perceived effects of singing on the health and well-being of wives and partners of members of the British Armed Forces: a cross-sectional survey". Public Health. 138: 93–100. doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2016.03.022. PMID 27137872 – via Pubmed.