Emily Peasgood

Emily Peasgood
Born
Emily Anne Peasgood

(1981-04-08) 8 April 1981 (age 43)
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Occupation(s)Composer, sound artist, artist, author
Years active2010s–present
AwardsIvors Composer Award for Sonic Art (2018)
Websiteemilypeasgood.com

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]

  1. ^ "Emily Peasgood". British Music Collection. 11 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Emily Peasgood Sound Artist & Composer". Emily Peasgood.
  3. ^ "Emily Peasgood". Creative Folkestone.
  4. ^ "English Coastal Town of Folkestone Transformed by 4th Art Triennial". Observer. 23 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Folkestone Triennial Review – beach bungalows and giant jelly mould pavilions". Guardian. September 2017.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Durrant, Nancy. "Review: Folkestone Triennial". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460.
  8. ^ "Skull cakes, seaside sculpture and a Renaissance dream team – the week in art". Guardian. 1 September 2017.
  9. ^ Bedford, Kristina (2019). Secret Southwark and Blackfriars. Amberley. ISBN 9781445676586.
  10. ^ "Requiem for Crossbones". Illuminate Productions.
  11. ^ "Things to do Today in London: Friday 8 June 2018"". Londonist.
  12. ^ "Sea Folk Sing(2018)". Sparked Echo.
  13. ^ Durrant, Nancy. "Folkestone Triennial". The Times.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "Folkestone Triennial 2017: great outdoors art with space for transformation". an40.
  16. ^ "Emily Peasgood, Hip Op Composer". I Newspaper. 22 November 2019.
  17. ^ "EMILY! Don't do that! – TEDx Folkestone". TedX Folkestone. 4 September 2018.
  18. ^ "Emily Peasgood". Canterbury Christ Church University.
  19. ^ Peasgood, Emily (2015). The Work of the Military Wives Choirs. Canterbury Christ Church University. ISBN 978-1909067424.
  20. ^ 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.