Dr Leah Kardos
Contact
- Email: l.kardos@kingston.ac.uk
- Location: Kingston Hill
- Faculty: Kingston School of Art
- School: School of Arts, Culture and Communication
- Department: Department of Performing Arts
About
I am a senior lecturer in the music department at Kingston. In addition to lecturing & research student supervision, I serve as Project Lead for the Visconti Studio, which I helped to establish in 2017. I also founded and manage the Kingston University Stylophone Orchestra, the only ensemble of its kind in the world.
I compose/perform/produce music, commercially and for/as research. I'm interested in the communicative arts of record production, popular and contemporary music aesthetics and criticism, and exploring inclusive interdisciplinary approaches to creative practice.
I release and publish my music with Bigo & Twigetti and UPPM. I am currently writing a monograph for Bloomsbury about David Bowie's late work, and I also contribute regular music criticism for The Wire.
Academic responsibilities
Senior Lecturer in Music
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Creative Practice) - University of Queensland, 2009-2014.
- Post-Graduate Certificate of Education - University of Greenwich, 2008.
- BMus(Hons) - University of Queensland, 1998-2002.
- A.Mus.A (Associate Music Diploma (Australia)) - AMEB, 1997, Pianoforte, Distinction.
Videos of my work
Deedee
from Bird Rib (2020)
Deedee
from Bird Rib (2020)
Retracing Your Lines
from Perceptions (2020)
Isolation Portrait 3 - DFACE & Bird Rib
Live looping performance - June 2020
Episode 43: Tony Visconti & Chris Kimsey
Isabella and Leah talk about analogue studios, sounds, and heritage with producers Tony Visconti and Chris Kimsey, recording engineer Andy Cook (British Grove Studios), producer Martin Terefe (Eastcote and Kensaltown Studios) and engineer George Murphy (Eastcote Studios).
Open Again Eventually
from Bird Rib (2020)
Into Sporks
from Bird Rib (2020)
Tired Of My Life
Live performance in 4 takes
Core
from Feather Hammer - 2011
Space Oddity (Cover) - Kingston University Stylophone Orchestra
The Kingston University Stylophone Orchestra, performing an arrangement of David Bowie's 'Space Oddity'. Arranged by Leah Kardos. Produced by Tony Visconti. Recorded at Visconti Studio, Kingston, September 2019.
Visconti Studio Presents WINTERSCHOOL 2019
Pure Analogue Practice Research with producer Chris Kimsey - Feb 2019
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