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New OpenLearn course from the Department of Music
The Music Department is delighted to introduce a new short course, Music and its media, available free of charge through the Open University’s OpenLearn site. Authored by Helen Coffey, the course explores some of the ways music has been transmitted, considering music manuscripts in … Continue reading
10. Music is always growing
Music is always growing – new music is being made, performed, recorded and investigated all the time. Studying music at the OU not only allows you to explore this continually developing area, but contribute to it as well. Thus A224 … Continue reading
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8. Music is always changing
Music is always changing – even well-established pieces of music go through striking transformations in the way they are performed, as the following podcast on the Air from J.S. Bach’s Third Orchestral Suite (from the Music Department’s third level undergraduate … Continue reading
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Launch of survey on gender and conducting
Nicholas Logie, who received his PhD from the Open University Department of Music in 2013 and is now an Honorary Associate with the department, has set up a survey on perceptions of gender in orchestral conducting. The on-line survey is … Continue reading
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Changing roles and relationships in the music industry
On 19 March, I had the privilege of working with an Open University film crew (Matt Compton, Jim Hoyland, Holly Tighe, and Siobhan Parkinson) to interview a group of music industry representatives, journalists, and musicians at the Convergence Sessions, a … Continue reading
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New undergraduate music module launches this autumn!
The Music Department is delighted to announce the launch of A342, Central questions in the study of music. The 60-credit module will explore the meanings and functions of music across a range of contexts, past and present. Registration is now … Continue reading
Valuing Electronic Music: Public Event
On 6 June, 4:30 to 10:00, the Valuing Electronic Music project (previously) will be holding a free public event, upstairs at the Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, London N1 9JB. It will feature talks, live performances, and an interactive panel discussion … Continue reading
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Two new books from Byron Dueck
Department of Music lecturer Byron Dueck has two new books out! The first, Musical Intimacies and Indigenous Imaginaries: Aboriginal Music and Dance in Public Performance (Oxford University Press), is a monograph exploring several of the genres performed in the vital … Continue reading
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New research project blog launch: Online networks and the production of value in electronic music
This week marks the launch of the blog for the research project ‘Online networks and the production of value in electronic music‘. The six-month venture is a collaboration between the Open University and King’s College London, with funding from the … Continue reading
Byron Dueck to speak at study day on music, circulation and the public sphere
Byron Dueck will present an invited paper, ‘What is a Musical Public?’, at ‘Music, Circulation and the Public Sphere‘, a joint study day of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology and the Royal Musical Association. The event will be held Friday … Continue reading
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