Monthly Archives: October 2015

Department Research Day – 4 November 2015

Here is the programme for the Music Department’s Research Day which will take place on 4 November in the OU’s Music Studio at Walton Hall: 10:30  Coffee and Welcome 11:00  Samantha Bassler – The London Madrigal Society and the Early … Continue reading

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Online music tuition

Following the appearance of an article in a local newspaper today about a pioneering effort to bring music lessons to children in rural parts of Yorkshire, BBC Radio York interviewed Naomi Barker about online music tuition. The project which launched … Continue reading

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Avid for Ovid

As part of his practice-based research into creating narrative in music and dance, Malcolm Atkins is working as a composer/performer with the group Avid for Ovid who interpret narratives from Ovid’s Metamorphoses through solo dance and music, and in this … Continue reading

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Symposium: ‘Words into Music: Poets, Composers and Song’

The Oxford Lieder Festival, now established as the leading festival of its kind in the UK, begins on Friday 16th October with a symposium on the theme ‘Words into Music: Poets, Composers and Song’ organised by the OU Literature and … Continue reading

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