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Tom Bowers
Head of Subject
Tom Bowers is the Head of Subject for Music, Sound and Performing Arts in the Leeds School of Arts at Leeds Beckett University.
About
Tom Bowers is the Head of Subject for Music, Sound and Performing Arts in the Leeds School of Arts at Leeds Beckett University.
Tom is currently the Head of Subject for Music, Sound and Performing Arts and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Tom has worked at Leeds Beckett University as an academic since 2004. He has been a Course Director for BA Music Production, BA Music Performance and Production and BA Music Business. His interests include sound to film and the audio post production industry.
Research interests
Tom's research interest are in Sound to Film, Studio Production and Creative Music Production. He has been consulted on projects to develop music technology curriculum in secondary schools in the local area. He has recent mixed the sound for award winning film 'How to Kill Monsters' Directed by Stewart Sparke, 2023 and has more recently mixed the sound for the award winning interative video game 'Dead Reset' Sparke, 2025.
Other academic outputs include:
- Bowers, Calvert, Cope, Gorra, Harrison, Joslin, and Sheridan-Ross (2008) Footprint timetable: the next step. Assessment Learning and Teaching Journal, 4, Summer, pp.13-15
- Bowers, Briggs, Flattery and Ratcliff (2015) Jason Molina: an Elegy performance. Falmouth University, Dark Pop Symposium. 24th April 2015
- Bowers, Briggs, Flattery and Ratcliff (2016) Jason Molina: an Elegy performance. Berklee College of Music, Boston. May 2016
Publications (3)
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Reflections on Magnolia
1 June 2016
Berkelee College, Boston, MA, USA Association of Popular Music Educators (APME)
Ratcliff P, Flattery C, Briggs MM, Bowers TMusic Composition and Performance accompanied by a Performed Soundscape of Specially made Field Recordings
Where is Jason Molina? An Elegy. Performed as part of the Dark Sound: Destructive Pop Conference.
24 April 2015
Falmouth University
Flattery CM, Ratcliff P, Bowers T, Briggs MA live performance in the dark pop genre inspired by the life and work of singer songwriter Jason Molina (1973-2013). Our intent is to explore and present the multi-layered meanings, textures and sonic signatures of the dark pop genre through a creative, emotional response to the life and work of Molina. Our starting point is to explore further the idea that a person’s creativity continues beyond their death in other work, which it inspires. Whilst the stimulus may be the unfulfilled potential of Molina, we are interested in exploring further the mythology of the ‘tortured artist’ as there is much to suggest Molina did not ascribe to this stereotype (Zara, C 2012 and Schlesinger, J, 2003). The intention is to get beneath the mythologising tendencies of an audience and industry toward the dead, self-destructive, tortured artist (Bradshaw, A & Holbrook, MB, 2007).
2008
Assessment, Teaching and Learning Journal4:13-15 1756-8781
Cope N, Sheridan-Ross J, Bowers T, Calvert M, Gorra A, Harrison G, Joslin MCurrent teaching
Module Leader - Level 5 Post Production
