Below is a list of links, references, and further reading around the EVA London 2026 Keynote ‘The More of Less: Musical Emergence from Africa to Arvo Pärt’ on 15 July 2026
Resources
Blossom by Althemi, the augmented tintinnabulator
A limited number of free copies for EVA delegates have been released. To claim yours follow: https://www.instagram.com/althemi.space/ and comment ‘Blossom for EVA’
References and Further Reading
Agawu, K. (1995). African rhythm: A Northern Ewe perspective. Cambridge University Press.
Agawu, K. (2003). Representing African music: Postcolonial notes, queries, positions. Routledge.
Berliner, P. F. (1978). The soul of mbira: Music and traditions of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. University of California Press.
Chavey, D. (2010) Strip symmetry groups of African Sona designs. In: R. Sarhangi and C. Sequin, eds. Bridges 2010: Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Culture. Pécs, Hungary: Tessellations Publishing, pp.111–118.
Dean, R.T. and McClean, A. (eds.) (2018) The Oxford Handbook of Algorithmic Music. New York: Oxford University Press.
Gleick, J. (2011) The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood. London: Fourth Estate.
Jablan, S.V., Radović, L., Sazdanović, R. & Zeković, A. (2012) Knots in Art. Symmetry, 4(4), pp.302–328
Kubik, G. (2010). Theory of African music (Vols. 1–2). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Kubik, G. (1960). Amakinda: Rhythmus und Form in der Musik der Ganda. Afrika und Übersee, 44(1), 1–27.
Locke, D. (1987) Drum Gahu: A Systematic Method for an African Percussion Piece. Crown Point, IN: White Cliffs Media.
Locke, D. (2009) ‘Africa/Ewe, Mande, and Dagbamba Drumming’, in Titon, J.T. (ed.) Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World’s Peoples. 5th edn. Belmont, CA: Schirmer/Cengage, pp. 111–142.
Reich, S. (2009) Writings on Music, 1965–2000. Edited by P. Hillier. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Scheuringer, M. (2020). The mathematics of African dance rhythms [Lecture Feb 20 2020]. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Shannon, C.E. (1948) ‘A Mathematical Theory of Communication’, The Bell System Technical Journal, 27(3), pp. 379–423.
Shenton, A. (2012) Arvo Pärt. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press.
Shenton, A. (ed.) (2018) The Cambridge Companion to Arvo Pärt. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Sildre, J., translated by Cullen, A. (2024) Between Two Sounds: Arvo Pärt’s Journey to His Musical Language. Walden, New York: Plough Publishing House
Tracey, A. (1971). The Nyanga panpipe dance. African Music, 5(1), 73–89.
The Nature of Music
This lecture series and essays provide fundamental background material on rhythm, music as Language, harmony, dissonance, technology, tuning Expression and musical structures.
Mermikides, M. (2024) Is Music Infinite? Gresham College, 16 May. Available at: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/is-music-infinite
Mermikides, M. (2024) Musical Consonance and Dissonance: The Good, Bad and Beautifully Ugly. Gresham College, 25 April. Available at: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/musical-consonance-dissonance
Mermikides, M. (2024) The Colour Spectrum of Scales and Modes, Gresham College, 22 February. Available at: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/colour-spectrum-scales-modes
Mermikides, M. (2024) The Art and Science of Tuning, Gresham College, 18 January. Available at: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/art-science-tuning
Mermikides, M. (2023) The Poetry of Prediction: Musical Time, Rhythm and Groove, Gresham College, 9 November. Available at: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/poetry-prediction-musical-time
Mermikides, M. (2023) Why Music Moves Us, Gresham College, 14 September. Available at: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/why-music-moves-us
