Category Archives: Research

May Academic of the Month: Sean Williams

This last month has seen my attention spread widely across several different projects, all at different stages of commencement or completion. In addition to working on a new three year research proposal which will relate electronic musical instruments with collections … Continue reading

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Research seminar on electronic music practice, Leeds University

Lecturer Sean Williams will be giving a seminar entitled Interpretation and Performance Practice in early electronic music  on Thursday 23rd March, 4:30 pm in Lecture Theatre 1 in the Music Department at the University of Leeds. Based on his recent … Continue reading

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“Stimmung” by Karlheinz Stockhausen: concert, 25th February

If you’re in the Northeast this weekend you might have a look at the programme for the Musicon Festival in Durham. I’ll be doing the sound projection for a performance of Stockhausen’s “Stimmung” – a piece from 1968 featuring six … Continue reading

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Pre-concert event: Friday 10 February

A pre-concert talk, Méhul: The First Romantic takes place on Friday 10 February before a concert by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at St John’s, Smith Square, London. This is another event as part of the Department’s Academic Partnership … Continue reading

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Elaine Moohan at ‘Early Glasgow’ exhibition

The OU in Scotland sponsored a public seminar relating to the ‘Early Glasgow: the story of church and city’ exhibition taking place at the Mitchell Library (Glasgow) 16-28 January. This forms part of the OU in Scotland’s public engagement schedule … Continue reading

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New publication: Cambridge Companion to Film Music

This month sees the publication of the long-awaited Cambridge Companion to Film Music. Edited by Mervyn Cooke and Fiona Ford, it features a chapter by OU Music Lecturer, Dr Ben Winters. The chapter, entitled ‘The Composer and the Studio: Korngold … Continue reading

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Successful Rubbra Study Day at the RCM

A Study Day devoted to the music of British composer Edmund Rubbra, jointly organised by the Open University and the Royal College of Music, was held in London on Sunday 6 November. The Inner Parry Room at the RCM was … Continue reading

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How does a potato feature in music research?

This video, from the Arts Hub Live webcast event in June, features Robert Samuels (Music Department) and Jessica Hughes (Classics Department) taking part in the “Luck Dip” feature hosted by Karen Foley. This was a game in which the academics … Continue reading

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June Academic of the Month: Byron Dueck

The past month has been a busy one for everyone in the department. My own activities included attending a workshop on memory, music and movement hosted by the Elphinstone Institute at the University of Aberdeen. The workshop was an opportunity … Continue reading

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Avid for Ovid – interview and events

Malcolm Atkins, Honorary Associate in the Music Department, has just been interviewed by the OU’s Classics Department about his work with Avid for Ovid, a group of performers who reinterpret ancient myth through dance and music. The interview is available … Continue reading

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