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Registration open for ‘Listening to music: people, practices and experiences’

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Helen Barlow

24-25 October 2015, the Royal College of Music, London, UK The conference is held as part of our collaborative AHRC-funded Listening Experience Database (LED) Project www.open.ac.uk/Arts/LED ,which also involves the English Department, KMi and the Royal College of Music. The keynote speaker will … Continue reading →

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Launch of survey on gender and conducting

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Byron Dueck

Nicholas Logie, who received his PhD from the Open University Department of Music in 2013 and is now an Honorary Associate with the department, has set up a survey on perceptions of gender in orchestral conducting. The on-line survey is … Continue reading →

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Changing roles and relationships in the music industry

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Byron Dueck

On 19 March, I had the privilege of working with an Open University film crew (Matt Compton, Jim Hoyland, Holly Tighe, and Siobhan Parkinson) to interview a group of music industry representatives, journalists, and musicians at the Convergence Sessions, a … Continue reading →

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New undergraduate music module launches this autumn!

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Byron Dueck

The Music Department is delighted to announce the launch of A342, Central questions in the study of music. The 60-credit module will explore the meanings and functions of music across a range of contexts, past and present. Registration is now … 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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New Ashgate Screen Music Series

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Ben Winters

Ashgate have announced a new Screen Music Series to be edited by Profs. James Deaville, Kathryn Kalinak, and the OU Music Department’s Dr Ben Winters. The series welcomes monographs and edited collections about music in film, television, video games, and … Continue reading →

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OU honours John Rutter

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Robert Samuels

The composer and conductor John Rutter was made an Honorary Doctor of the Open University at a graduation ceremony in Ely Cathedral on 31 May. Dr Rutter, who worked as a Lecturer in the Music Department for ten years in … 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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New book from Visiting Research Fellow Dr Pat Howard

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Catherine Tackley

The modern castrato: Gaetano Guadagni and the coming of a new operatic age (Oxford University Press; also available through Oxford Scholarship Online) is the first full-length biography of Gaetano Guadagni, who will ever go down in history as the creator … Continue reading →

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New research project blog launch: Online networks and the production of value in electronic music

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Byron Dueck

This week marks the launch of the blog for the research project ‘Online networks and the production of value in electronic music‘. The six-month venture is a collaboration between the Open University and King’s College London, with funding from the … Continue reading →

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