Category Archives: Events

Department Research Day 20 May 2015

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Ben Winters

Here is the programme for the department’s upcoming research day: Open University Music Department Research Day Wednesday 20th May 2015 Music Research Studio, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes  12:45 Welcome and lunch 13:30 Malcolm Atkins – Narrative in Dance and Music … Continue reading →

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2nd Workshop on Philosophy of Human+Computer Music

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Ben Winters

Following on from the success of last year’s inaugural event, PhD researcher Tom Hewitt of the OU’s Music Department is co-convening the Royal Musical Association’s Music and Philosophy Study Group’s 2nd Workshop on Philosophy of Human+Computer Music, to be held … Continue reading →

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OU Book History seminar series, London

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Ben Winters

 All are welcome to come along to this year’s series of OU / Institute of English Studies Book History Research Group seminars at Senate House, London. The topic is Paper, Pen and Ink 2: Manuscript Cultures in the Age of Print. … Continue reading →

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Valuing Electronic Music: Public Event

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Byron Dueck

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 talks on Jazz

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Catherine Tackley

Catherine Tackley will be giving two invited talks in May. The first, ‘Art or Debauchery’: the reception of Ellington in the UK’ is part of the 22nd International Duke Ellington Study Group Conference, hosted by the Conservatory of Amsterdam. In this paper … Continue reading →

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Byron Dueck to speak at study day on music, circulation and the public sphere

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Byron Dueck

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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Theosophy and music: the composer Edmund Rubbra

Posted on September 17, 2013 by fr2

Enchanted Modernities: Theosophy and the Arts in the Modern World This conference will be held 25–27 September at the University of Amsterdam.  It is the first to be organised by a newly established research network set up jointly by the … Continue reading →

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Young people and music research study showcased by Musical Progressions Roundtable

Posted on June 1, 2013 by rgh26

Ruth Herbert has been invited to share findings from her nationwide British Academy-funded study of young people’s subjective experiences of music outside school at the next meeting of the Musical Progressions Roundtable later this month. The MPR is a network … Continue reading →

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‘Art of Fear’ weekend at Southbank’s ‘Rest is Noise’ Festival

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Ben Winters

This weekend, the Southbank’s ‘Rest is Noise’ Festival is devoted to the ‘Art of Fear’, and OU music lecturer Robert Samuels will be contributing to the events by giving a ‘bite-size’ talk on Sunday at 12.30pm in the foyer of … Continue reading →

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Lotti concert on 13 April

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Ben Winters

The UK premiere (and first performance anywhere for 250 years) of Antonio Lotti’s Mass for Three Choirs will take place at 7pm on Saturday 13 April at Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street, London W1K 2PA.  The Buon Tempi Consort will be conducted by PhD student … Continue reading →

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