Monthly Archives: March 2017

PhDs in Music at the Open University

The Department of Music at the Open University invites applications for October 2017 entry to its PhD programme. Our research was rated 1st in the UK in the Guardian’s analysis of the REF 2014 results, and 8th in the Times … Continue reading

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Research seminar on electronic music practice, Leeds University

Lecturer Sean Williams will be giving a seminar entitled Interpretation and Performance Practice in early electronic music  on Thursday 23rd March, 4:30 pm in Lecture Theatre 1 in the Music Department at the University of Leeds. Based on his recent … Continue reading

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Successful funding bid

Lecturer Naomi Barker has been awarded a British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant and a Music and Letters Research Grant for her project on music at the Ospedale di Santo Spirito in Rome in the early seventeenth century. The Ospedale di … Continue reading

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March Academic of the Month: Rosemary Golding

I am lucky enough to be spending most of my time on research this month, and am using my leave to work on a number of projects all centred around my interests in music’s place and role in nineteenth-century Britain. … Continue reading

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New BBC/OU series explores the science behind the world of sound

Tonight, a new two part OU/BBC series Sound Waves: The Symphony of Physics starts on BBC4 at 9.00pm in which Dr Helen Czerski takes us on a spectacular journey into the world of sound. In episode one, Helen investigates the … Continue reading

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