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Dr Katrina Burton is a Lecturer in Music at Edinburgh Napier University's School of Arts and Creative Industries, serving as Programme Leader for the Bachelor of Music degree since her 2007 appointment. Her internationally performed compositions bridge music with architectural spaces, featured by ensembles including the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra across five continents.
Education:
- PhD in Composition, University of Edinburgh (AHRC funded)
- MMus, University of Edinburgh (AHRC funded)
- Initial compositional studies, University of Glasgow
Burton's research pioneers the material dialogue between music and architecture through site-specific compositions performed at Open House Chicago, Barcelona Architecture Week, and Edinburgh Doors Open Day. Her practice integrates painting, sculpture, photography, and dance to create spatially responsive works that transform architectural environments into immersive sonic experiences, with recent focus on post-war and modernist churches across Scotland.
Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals consistent exploration of architectural acoustics and spatial design, particularly in religious structures. Her outputs demonstrate evolving methodologies from chamber works to digital integrations, increasingly incorporating AI technologies while maintaining core focus on physical-material relationships between sound and space.
Scientific Awards:
- Edinburgh Napier Students’ Association Excellence Award (2×)
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
As supervisor for 10+ postgraduate researchers including PhD candidates Beth Karp and Fraser Burke, Burton directs projects spanning music-architecture synthesis, multistylistic composition, and wellbeing applications. Her funded research includes the £2,960 Marchus Trust project for Le Corbusier's Ronchamp chapel (2022-2023) and AHRC support during doctoral studies, plus collaborations with Historic Environment Scotland during pandemic virtual engagement initiatives.
Burton actively contributes to the Applied Music Research Centre and Centre for Creative Practice Research, currently exploring AI-driven spatial composition techniques while expanding her site-specific practice to UNESCO World Heritage sites.
