Patrick Ainsworth

Patrick Ainsworth

Course Leader

School of Media Arts and Technology

023 8201 6503 ext. 6503 Room no. SU211

Biography

Patrick Ainsworth is a senior lecturer in popular music and course leader for BA (Hons) Popular Music Performance and Production.

Formerly a self-taught guitarist, he studied jazz, popular and commercial music at Newcastle School of Music. Following this he worked as a guitar teacher and ensemble director as well as performing in, writing for, and recording various bands on the South Coast.

After successfully setting up a popular music/music technology department he became head of performing arts at Fareham College in Hampshire. Alongside this he has acted as an educational consultant for the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority and Southampton City Council Adult Learning and has written units for the Edexcel BTEC National Diplomas in music. 

New projects include the writing and implementation of a new degree programme – BA (Hons) Popular Music Performance and Production and a research project focused on technology enhanced reflective learning.  

Patrick is currently writing a PhD investigating microtiming and groove in music.

Taught courses

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BA (Hons) Popular Music Performance and Production
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BA (Hons) Popular Music Performance (Top-up)
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BA (Hons) Songwriting (Top-Up)
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BA (Hons) Popular Music Performance

Further information

  1. Industry experience

    Patrick's industry experience includes numerous performances and educational consultancies.

  2. Research interests

    Patrick's research interests include microtiming and groove and reflective learning.

  3. Recent publications

    Patrick's recent publications include chapters in 'Technology Enhanced Reflection and Meta-Reflection – guiding learners through reflective processes'. For more information, follow the link below...

    Edexcel Level 3 BTEC Nationals in music and music technology:

    • Unit 2:    Arranging music.
    • Unit 12:  Improvising music.
    • Unit 13:  Improvising music in a jazz style.
    • Unit 26:  Music theory and harmony

    “Technology Enhanced Reflection and Meta-Reflection – guiding learners through reflective processes” Dialogue, Vol. 5, 2015, pp. 24–36.

  4. Work in progress

    Patrick is currently working on a PhD focussing on microtiming and groove.