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Tim Wheeler and Catherine Bell honoured by the Open University

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Byron Dueck

On Friday, 21 October, I was delighted to represent Music at the OU degree ceremony at Waterfront Hall in Belfast, where singer-songwriter and Alzheimer’s campaigner Tim Wheeler was presented with the award of Doctor of the University for his exceptional … Continue reading →

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Music Department to feature in BBC Proms interval talk

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Robert Samuels

Robert Samuels, of the Music Department, will participate in a “Proms Extra” event this Friday, 12 August. He will be talking about Brahms’s Fourth Symphony with Laura Tunbridge of Oxford University, in a discussion presented by Andrew McGregor. Brahms’s Symphony … Continue reading →

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How does a potato feature in music research?

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Robert Samuels

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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Video on studying music at the OU

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Robert Samuels

This video, from the Student Hub Live webcast event in June, features Robert Samuels of the Music Department in conversation with Karen Foley about studying music with the OU, focussing especially on the second-level module Inside Music (A224). Student Hub Live: Inside Music … Continue reading →

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The Practice of Music Making: loan eligibility

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Robert Samuels

We are pleased to be able to confirm that students registering for the OU / Trinity Laban Certificate The Practice of Music Making will be eligible for student loans, provided they meet the general eligibility criteria (for most OU students, this … Continue reading →

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OU Music Department featured in OAE’s Southbank Centre weekend

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Robert Samuels

On Saturday 6 February at the Royal Festival Hall, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment presents a programme conducted by Marin Alsop, featuring two of Schumann’s last works for large orchestra, the ‘Rhenish’ Symphony and the Violin Concerto (suppressed … Continue reading →

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How Star Wars music lets us feel the Force

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Ben Winters

Ben Winters has written an article on the music for Star Wars, which has been published in The Conversation in the run-up to the UK release of the The Force Awakens.

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Book Launch for OU 2011 PhD graduate

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Robert Samuels

Miguel de Cervantes Award Lectures Monday 23rd November @ 6.30 p.m. at Instituto Cervantes 102 Eaton Square, London SW1W 9AN Lecture 6 Alejo Carpentier: Blurring Genres and launch of the book Alejo Carpentier and the Musical Text by Dr Katia … Continue reading →

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10 Reasons to Study Music at the Open University

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Catherine Tackley

We’re running a series of short blogs outlining reasons to study music with us. Read these as they come in at https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/music/ or by following the #10reasonsOUMusic hashtag on Twitter. We provide a wide range of opportunities at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, … Continue reading →

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MA in Music taster course….

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Ben Winters

OpenLearn have just published a free course that allows prospective students a taster of the Music MA. Entitled ‘An Introduction to Music Research’ the 16-hour course draws upon the content of both A873 (MA in Music Part 1) and A874 … Continue reading →

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