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‘Art of Fear’ weekend at Southbank’s ‘Rest is Noise’ Festival
This weekend, the Southbank’s ‘Rest is Noise’ Festival is devoted to the ‘Art of Fear’, and OU music lecturer Robert Samuels will be contributing to the events by giving a ‘bite-size’ talk on Sunday at 12.30pm in the foyer of … Continue reading
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Lotti concert on 13 April
The UK premiere (and first performance anywhere for 250 years) of Antonio Lotti’s Mass for Three Choirs will take place at 7pm on Saturday 13 April at Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street, London W1K 2PA. The Buon Tempi Consort will be conducted by PhD student … Continue reading
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America weekend at Southbank ‘Rest is Noise’ Festival
This weekend, the Southbank’s ‘Rest is Noise’ Festival is devoted to ‘America, 1900-1950′, and OU music lecturers Ben Winters and Catherine Tackley will be contributing to the events. Ben will be talking about the Viennese opera/film composer Erich Korngold, and … Continue reading
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Frank Bridge study day
On Saturday 23 March the University of Bristol is hosting a study day on the English composer Frank Bridge. The details can be found here: http://bristol.ac.uk/music/CHOMBEC/bridgestudyday2013.html Fiona Richards is giving a paper on the musical connections between Bridge, his pupil … Continue reading
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The Rest is Noise Festival starts soon….
In anticipation of the opening weekend of the Southbank Centre’s 20th-century music festival, The Rest is Noise (19th-20th January ‘Here Comes the 20th Century’), please see the following news announcement from Platform: http://www.open.ac.uk/platform/news-and-features/the-rest-noise-major-festival-events-celebrating-20th-century-classical-music Current OU students considering attending some of … Continue reading
Handel Institute Conference: ‘Handel at Court’
OU music department staff Donald Burrows and Helen Green will present papers at the Handel Institute conference, which will be held at The Foundling Museum, London, on 24 and 25 November. Donald will talk about the relationships of George I … Continue reading
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Allegri String Quartet at the OU
Next Wednesday (26 September), the Church at Walton Hall will play host to the internationally-renowned Allegri String Quartet in a lunchtime concert featuring works by Schubert, Richard Strauss, and Anthony Payne. The concert begins at 1pm and is expected to … Continue reading
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Significant contribution by OU Music Department to RMA Music and Philosophy conference
The work of the Open University Music Department is strongly represented at the forthcoming RMA Music and Philosophy Study Group 2nd Annual Conference at Kings College London. Robert Samuels will be chairing a session on “Music and Language” while Byron … Continue reading
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New Research on Private (Musical) Lives of Tweens and Teens
Music department lecturer Ruth Herbert has just published an article in the July issue of Music Teacher magazine on children and teenagers subjective experiences of music outside school. The article heralds the start of a nationwide three year research project … Continue reading
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John Ireland in Chelsea
To mark the 50th anniversary of his death, the John Ireland Trust is mounting a five-day Festival over 21st – 25th June, in two Chelsea churches where Ireland was organist: St Luke’s, Sydney Street and Holy Trinity, Sloane Square. Cellist … Continue reading
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