Events

18Nov

Elizabeth Anderson is an internationally acclaimed electroacoustic composer whose work spans acousmatic, mixed, radiophonic and multimedia formats. For over 35 years, her compositions have been featured in prominent venues and festivals around the worl

19Nov

Wayne Weaver (Visiting Lecturer in Music, Royal Holloway, University of London), ‘Hearing Eighteenth-Century Jamaica’s Acoustic Worlds’

Abstract: This colloquium considers the opportunities and challenges for developing an interpretive framework to contextualise sources of Black Atlantic l

25Nov

Composer's Workshop: Student Forum

Information to be updated.

25Nov

Franziska Degé (Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics), 'Measuring musicality in childhood'

Abstract

26Nov

Salvatore Morra (British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Cambridge), ‘Italian Arab Musical Encounters (1860-1960): Sound, Migrations and Power’

Abstract: This seminar concerns the histories of mobility and movement between Southern Europe (Italy) and North Africa (Tunisia, Egypt and Libya) through

02Dec

Composers' Workshop: Elaine Mitchener

Elaine Mitchener is a veteran of vocal expression in the global Black Avant Garde, traversing free improvisation, cross-disciplinary music theatre and contemporary composition with clarity and joy.

02Dec

David Duncan, Katya Ness, and Ian Cross (University of Cambridge), 'The effects of visual cues and notational features on sight-reading accuracy'

Abstract

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Biography

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Zoom link

https://zoom.us/j/99433440421?pwd=ZWxCQXFZclRtbjNXa0s2K1Q2REVPZz09 (Meeting ID: 994 3344 0421; Passcode: 714277)

17Dec

Dor Shilton (Tel Aviv University), 'Music, agency, and ritual'

Abstract

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