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What Music Will You Study on the New OU Music BA?
OU Music is delighted to announce its new BA in Music. This is a one-of-a-kind degree programme, open to musicians working in any tradition and at any stage in their development. Whether you’re a veteran performer or someone who is … Continue reading
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OU BA Music Launch Is Still On!
We’ve had a number of queries about this Guardian article on curriculum and staffing cuts at the Open University. Things are better than the article suggests. OU Music is still here, and we’re still launching our new BA in Music. The OU has responded … Continue reading
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More episodes from The Music of Time radio series
On Sunday 24th December and Saturday 6 January the third and fourth programmes in the OU/BBC six-part radio series The Music of Time will be broadcast on BBC World Service Radio. America’s Ottoman Diaspora Sun 24 Dec at 14:06 and Weds … Continue reading
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REGISTRATION OPEN!
The Listening Experience Database project conference 2018 The experience of listening to music: methodologies, identities, histories 6-7 March 2018, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK The Listening Experience Database project team is pleased to announce that registration is open for … Continue reading
Liz Lane featured in The Sampler newsletter
Composer Liz Lane, who teaches for the Music Department on module A224: Inside Music and on our collaborative Certificate The Practice of Music Making, is featured as Guest Editor in this month’s new music newsletter The Sampler: https://thesampler.org/ Liz’s edition of the newsletter features blog … Continue reading
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The story of ‘Danny Boy’
One of the second-year MA students, Anne Ku, has been investigating the origins of the song ‘Danny Boy’, and has been successful in finding an outlet for her research. The fascinating story that she’s unearthed can be read here: http://corymbus.co.uk/tracing-the-origins-of-danny-boy/
MA study day
On Monday 9 October some of the MA students met for a study day in Milton Keynes. The morning was spent exploring the two MA modules A873 and A874, followed by a group reading session considering Roland Barthes’ classic text, ‘The grain … Continue reading
New PhD students
New PhD students Paul Britten and Nick Curley are starting their studies following their successful completion of the Open University MA in Music. Paul is working on English municipal orchestras in the 19th- and 20th centuries. Nick is focusing on … Continue reading
Soundscapes of Australia in paperback
Fiona Richards’ edited book, The Soundscapes of Australia, has just come out in paperback. It’s been produced as part of the Routledge Paperback Direct programme, which is a way of publishing cheaper editions of successful hardbacks for customers to purchase directly from the Routledge website. The idea … Continue reading
Working in university archives
One of the current MA students, James McNeill, has been working on archival materials over the summer. Here he writes about his recent work: My dissertation is on the subject of whether we can find the themes which Gerald Finzi … Continue reading