Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Websites
Teaching
I teach analytical/theoretical courses in music, sound and the moving image (‘Music on Screen’ taught masters’ course), and courses in creative musical composition for screen (‘Composing for Screen’ at UG and PG levels). I also teach on the 'Instrumentation and Timbre', 'Portfolio of Compositions' and 'Creative Practice Music Project' courses, and supervise final projects on the MMus Musicology and Soundtracks for Screen prgrammes.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Music, Doctor of Music, Royal College of Music London
Award Date: 15 Jun 2014
Master of Music, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Award Date: 30 Sep 2003
Keywords
- M Music
- Screen Music Studies
- Composition
- Film and Television Music
- Songwriting
- African Cinema
- South African Cinema
- Collaborative-practice
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Kinshasa’s Music, Dreams and Shared Cinematic Realities: Listening to Vocal Performance in Félicité
Letcher, C., 2022, (Accepted/In press) Singing Out: The Musical Voice in Audiovisual Media. Edinburgh University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Original score for 8-part series for Channel 4 The Canefield Killings (dir. Zee Ntuli) starring Iain Glen
Letcher, C., 2022Research output: Non-textual form › Composition
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Composing Prototypical South Africans and Re-Sounding Buried Histories: marked and unmarked instruments, and musical hierarchies in Proteus
Letcher, C., 2016, In: Music, Sound, and the Moving Image. 10, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Original score for feature film The Story of Racheltjie de Beer (dir. Matthys Boshoff): Winner of South African Film and Television Award for Best Score
Letcher, C., 2019Research output: Non-textual form › Composition
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“Tropical kabuki”? Listening to The White Lotus’s Assumed Vernacular Music
Letcher, C., 26 May 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
Activities
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Future Flavours of Sound Festival
Chris Letcher (Invited speaker)
30 Jun 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Music, Sound and the Moving Image Conference
Chris Letcher (Presenter)
27 May 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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South African Music Studies (Journal)
Chris Letcher (Peer reviewer)
2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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The Hippodrome Silent Film Festival
Chris Letcher (Curator)
24 Mar 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Festival/Exhibition
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Future Flavours of Sound Festival
Chris Letcher (Invited speaker)
23 Jun 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Prizes
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Best Achievement in Original Music/Score – Feature Film - South African Film and Television Awards
Letcher, Chris (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Achievement in Original Music/Score – Feature Film - South African Film and Television Awards
Letcher, Chris (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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South African National Research Foundation (NRF) Rating Award (C category)
Letcher, Chris (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Other distinctions
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Winner of 'Best Score' award at the Silwerskerm Festival for 'Sink'
Letcher, Chris (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)