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OAE concert with pre-concert talk, 25 October 2023

Posted on October 16, 2023 by Robert Samuels

The department’s partner orchestra, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE), begins its Southbank Season this year on Wednesday 25 October at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. The concert is also the first event this year in the partnership … Continue reading →

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EDI Scholarships in Music for UK Schoolteachers

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Martin Clarke

We are delighted to be able to offer three fully-funded EDI scholarships for teachers in UK state schools wishing to study either of the following Open University modules: These scholarships, funded by the OU’s Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, … Continue reading →

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PhD Studentships in Music at The Open University

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Helen Barlow

The Department of Music at The Open University invites applications for October 2023 entry to its PhD programme. We have a wide range of expertise, from the medieval period to the present day. Our specialisms include historical musicology, the social … Continue reading →

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World Premiere Concert: 24 May 2022

Posted on May 6, 2022 by Helen Coffey

The conductor, harpsichordist and OU PhD student Bridget Cunningham brings Handel’s pasticcio opera, Caio Fabbricio HWV A9, back to life in a concert by London Early Opera on 24 May 2022 – the first modern-day concert performance of the work. … Continue reading →

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ConductIT website is launched

Posted on November 23, 2021 by Naomi Barker

ConductIT, an ERASMUS funded collaborative project to create online resources for learning the art of conducting will be launched this week in a hybrid live-online event in Aveiro, Portugal. The Open University is one of four partner institutions in the … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Amazing Grace and its legacies: reflections at 250

Posted on October 11, 2021 by Martin Clarke

Amazing Grace and its legacies: reflections at 250 15-16 July 2022, The Open University and Olney Parish Church Call for Papers John Newton’s ‘Amazing grace’ can lay claim to be one of the best-known hymns worldwide. Believed to have been … Continue reading →

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Instruments INDIA Young Creator’s Competition

Posted on September 10, 2021 by Martin Clarke

Congratulations to the winners of the Instruments INDIA Young Creator’s competition, a competition held by Dr Manuella Blackburn and Milap, as part of their funded ED&I AHRC fellowship programme. The competition saw Instruments INDIA make available a selection of samples … Continue reading →

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ConductIT MOOC now live

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Martin Clarke

In 2018, Naomi Barker from the OU Music department joined a team of conducting experts to create online resources for teaching conductors. The project, called ConductIT is funded by the ERASMUS scheme and spearheaded by the University of Stavanger (Norway), … Continue reading →

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Former OU PhD student publishes book

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Helen Coffey

David Hammond, a former OU music research student, has published a book based upon his PhD: British Army Music in the Interwar Years: Culture, Performance, and Influence. It tells the story of the 7,000 full-time bandsmen serving in the British … Continue reading →

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Music from Elaine Moohan’s edition of Robert Johnson’s Complete Works to be performed in New York

Posted on October 2, 2019 by Martin Clarke

Collectio Musicorum (“Collection of Music”) presents a concert of music from Scotland, dating from the twelfth through the eighteenth centuries.  It takes place at Christ and St Stephen’s Church, 120 W 69th St, New York, NY 10023, on Friday, October 18th at … Continue reading →

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