Monthly Archives: December 2014

OU Music highly rated in Research Excellence Framework 2014

The quality of research produced by OU Music researchers was recognised through the Research Excellence Framework (REF) exercise, the results of which were published earlier in December. Not only was the Music submission ranked highest of all those put forward by the … Continue reading

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Len Goodman’s Big Band Bonanza!

Catherine Tackley was featured on Len Goodman’s Big Band Bonanza, which was screened on BBC Four just before Christmas and isavailable on BBC iplayer  for the next 3 weeks. The programme charts the rise and fall of the British big band. … Continue reading

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Call for papers – Listening to Music: People, Practices and Experiences

24-25 October 2015, the Royal College of Music, London, UK The conference is held as part of the Listening Experience Database (LED) Project http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/LED The keynote speaker will be Professor Simon Frith. Conference website: http://www.rcm.ac.uk/research/researchareas/pps/led/callforpapers/ How have people responded to … Continue reading

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