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Mr Daniel Brew

Profile summary

  • Research Student
  • Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
  • daniel.brew

Professional biography

Daniel is a PhD student at the Open University supported by the Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership. As a seasoned performer rooted in popular music, jazz, and gospel music, Daniel's artistic journey has evolved into a specialised focus on 20th and 21st-century contemporary music performance as the guitarist and producer for the internationally acclaimed Distractfold Ensemble. Complementing his practical experiences, Daniel’s research aims to further theorise the electric guitar within the field of Western art music through a bridging of diverse musical understandings to the benefit of current and future practitioners in the field

External collaborations

Ensemble in Residence Stanford University | October 2024

Ensemble in Residence Stanford University | February 2023

Ensemble in Residence Future Music 4 RNCM | 2021 - 2022

Ensemble in Residence Manchester University | 2021

Virtual Ensemble in Residence Columbia University | September 2021

Ensemble in Residence (in collaboration with 4 other artists) Simon Fraser University CA | September 2020 - April 2021 

Virtual Ensemble in Residence Manchester University | 2020

Royaumont Abbey | France 2019

Ensemble In Residence Harvard University | April 2018

Ensemble In Residence Stanford University | March 2017

Ensemble In Residence Harvard University | April 2016

Architectural Association Inter-professional Studio | Collaborating Musician, 2014

Royal Northern College of Music | Composition Masterclass, April 4th 2014