“Expressions of Britishness” is a one day conference to be held at the Institute for Musical Research at Senate House, University of London in association with the RMA (Royal Musical Association) and CHOMBEC (Centre for the History of Music in Britain, the Empire and the Commonwealth) on 11 January 2013.
The OU Music Department will be represented by PhD student David Hammond, who will present a paper entitled “Soft Powering the Empire: British Military Bands, Influence, and Cultural Imperialism in the 20th Century”; and Catherine Tackley, who will speak on “Race, Identity and the Meaning of Jazz in Britain”.