Research & Education

Working Areas

Event Design, Development and Production
Interactive Multimedia Performance works, Visual Music
Theatre, Gallery Installations and Site-specific performance
Live Performance and Studio Recording for Moving Image
Music Composition, Improvisation, Sonic Art, Sound Design

Consultancy

Workshops, Seminars and Talks

An experienced mentor and educator, Frank Millward presents workshops and lectures specifically designed for client needs. These have included topics in areas such as: Sonic Branding; Visual Music; Music Theory; Sound Design and the Moving Image; Creative Process; Time, Tempo and Groove as well as those listed in ‘Working Areas’ above. These workshops and lectures have resonance in corporate, business and interdisciplinary fields where creative practices can be used for team building and the development of innovative collaborative working environments.

Sonic branding

Frank has a deep understanding and experience in how sound is able to create meaning. Through his research he has consistently explored and evolved ideas in sonic branding in its many manifestations. He has produced a number of consultation papers, workshops and background support for presentations that explore the areas of Visual Music and Sonic Vision in the context of branding, exploring the idea ‘see what you hear and hear what you see’. 

 Course design

Frank has been instrumental in designing innovative courses that bridge the traditions of the sonic and visual arts. Through the use of technology, he has succeeded in devising new pedagogies, uniting creative processes between the visual and the sonic into innovative cross-disciplinary practices. In a number of universities and private educational providers in the UK and Australia, participants always responded positively, pointing out how these courses greatly improved their capacity to plan and realize fresh outcomes in the making of their work.

Writings

Book Chapters and Journal Articles (Selected)

Millward, F. (2017). The Digital Now – living the dream immersed in data. NITRO Journal  online

Millward, F. (2016). Finding a Voice - Having a Vision – Making a Space - revisiting creative practice within the academy. ACUADS Conference. Brisbane

Millward F, and Keens H, (2016). The Visceral Voice: Breath and the politics of vocalization, Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer International. Switzerland.

Millward, F. and Draper, P. (2016). Music in perpetual beta: Composition, remediation and closure, Book Chapter in Music and Virtuality, ed. by Sheila Whiteley and Shara Rambarra, NewYork: Oxford University Press.

Millward, F. (2013). The practice-led Fine Art PhD - at the frontier of what there is - an outlook on what might be, Intellect International Journal of Visual Art Practice – Intellect Journal

Millward, F. (2011) Visiosonics – Developing moving images in direct response to sound - improvising with technology, Intellect International Journal of Performance Arts & Digital Media – Intellect Journal

Millward, F. (2010). Emotions Constrained – Voicing the Sounds of Sighs – Online article online at the Australian Music Centre and in Kiosk, Kingston University.

Millward, F. (2009). Developing Moving Images for the Multimedia Performance ‘From Anger to Sadness – Representation, Interpretation and Perception’ – Cambridge Scholars Publishing - Book Chapter in Performing Technology: User Content and the New Digital Media