Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2008. / Title from first page of PDF file (viewed May 14, 2008). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references P. 359-373.

Project (M.F.A.) - Simon Fraser University, 2005. / Project (School for the Contemporary Arts) / Simon Fraser University. Also issued in digital format and available on the World Wide Web.

Creating and performing electroacoustic music utilising interactive systems is now a well-established paradigm. Sensing technology can map gestures to sound generating processes, capturing the nuances of a gesture and sculpting the sound accordingly. Interactive installations enable audiences to become part of the process of realising a creative work. Yet many of the models and frameworks for interactive systems, specifically music focused systems, are strongly oriented around a MIDI event based framework, with little or no provision to accommodate the potentials of more dynamic approaches to creative practice. This research seeks to address the lack of appropriate models currently available and come to a more contemporary understanding of interactive music making. My approach follows two trajectories. Firstly, I undertake a comprehensive review of interactive creative works, encompassing the live electronic music of the 1950s and 1960s, interactive installation, digital musical instruments and computer networked ensembles. Secondly, I explore and draw together proposed definitions, models and classifications of interactive systems, clarifying concepts such as mapping, processing, gesture and response. The concepts are tested in a folio of creative works that form the creative research. VIDEO AND AUDIO FILES CAN BE ACCESSED AT UWS LIBRARY / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Sydney, 2007. / A thesis presented to the University of Western Sydney, College of Arts, School of Communication Arts, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Title from title screen. Includes bibliographies. Thesis minus video and audio files also available online at: http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/35367.

Thesis (M.A.-Res.)--University of Wollongong, 2009. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references: leaf 107-115.