Zack Moir is an Associate Professor of Music at Edinburgh Napier University. His research interests are in popular music in higher education, popular music composition pedagogy, and the teaching and learning of improvisation. He has published on the topics of popular music pedagogy, popular music-making and leisure, popular music songwriting/composition, real-time interactive networked performance. Zack is also an active composer and musician performing as a soloist and in ensembles internationally. Recent compositions works include pieces for saxophone and tape, solo cello, and a reactive generative sound art installation.