Monthly Archives: November 2011

A Mahler Evening – report

Region 01 recently hosted an evening event for ALs entitled “A Mahler Evening”. Robert Manning, the event’s coordinator, sends the following report: The OU’s London Region organises regular Monday evening seminars for its Arts ALs to attend; these are presented … Continue reading

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‘Music and Place’ 5 December

There will be a research day on the theme of Music and Place on Monday 5 December. Full details are attached below. Music and Place

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The Cultural Study of Music: A Critical Introduction

  The second edition of The Cultural Study of Music has been published by Routledge. Now extended with contributions from thirty-five leading European and American academics, it has been described as a canonical text for the subject. It is edited … Continue reading

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American Musicological Society Award

Recorded Music: Performance, Culture and Technology (Cambridge University Press, 2010), edited by Amanda Bayley (University of Wolverhampton) has won the American Musicological Society’s Solie Award (outstanding collection of essays). The book includes a chapter by OU author Catherine Tackley, entitled … Continue reading

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Music in the Western

A new book has been published by Routledge in their Music and Screen Media Series called Music in the Western: Notes from the Frontier. Edited by Kathryn Kalinak, it features a chapter by OU Music Lecturer Ben Winters about Dimitri … Continue reading

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North West Region Study Day with the Halle Orchestra

On Saturday 5th November a group of A224 Inside Music students attended a study day organised by the OU Music Department in association with the Halle Orchestra at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester. In the morning, students studied Beethoven’s Symphony No. … Continue reading

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