| 30Apr | Eye and Song: How to Listen like a Bird (Prof. Tim Ingold, University of Aberdeen) |
There is a long tradition, in the Western world, of contrasting vision, as an objectifying sense, with the allegedly more participatory sense of hearing. Listening to speech – when we imagine we hear words as if we were looking at them – seems to us to be the exception that proves the rule. |
| 21Mar | electro//acoustic day |
Now in its second year, electro//acoustic day brings together exceptional musicians performing both classical instrumental and vocal repertoire alongside cutting-edge electronic music, embracing non-traditional ways of experiencing sound to create new relationships between music, tradition, and innovation. |
| 19Mar | The German Concept of Absolute Music (Professor Rainer Kleinertz, Universität des Saarlandes) |
The term ‘absolute music’ has been widely used from the 19th century right up to more recent musicological literature, without ever really becoming tangible. Even attempts to critically overcome it have only served to perpetuate this ambiguity. |
| 18Mar | Understanding music in the age of machine learning (Harin Lee, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Science) |
We live in an exciting time where the abundance of digital media and advanced computational tools, such as machine learning, enables the study of music and culture on an unprecedented scale. |
| 18Mar | Composers' Workshop: Juliet Fraser |
Soprano Juliet Fraser specialises in the gnarly edges of contemporary classical music. |
| 12Mar | ‘I Myself Shall Shape My Destiny’: Alma Mahler-Werfel and the Politics of Gender in the Fin-De-Siècle (And Beyond) (Dr Genevieve Arkle, University of Bristol) |
This paper focuses on the life of composer Alma Mahler-Werfel. As well as being a gifted composer, MahlerWerfel was a skilled pianist, writer, draughtswoman, entrepreneur and pioneer of the arts in the 20th century. |
| 11Mar | Composers' Workshop: CSVPA students |
We are delighted to welcome you to tomorrow’s Composers’ Workshop, where students from the Faculty of Music and the Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts (CSVPA) will present their collaborative sound-visual installation—an immersive piece that will inaugurate the |
| 05Mar | Echoes of Colonial Knowledge Production: Early Sonic Ethnography and Field Recording in the Ottoman Empire (Dr Nazan Maksudyan, Freie Universität Berlin) |
This research is situated at the intersection of Ottoman studies, sound reproduction technologies, and the history of the (colonial) sciences. I examine the collections of the Phonogrammarchiv in Vienna and the Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv, with a specific emphasis on the earliest recordings made during ethnographic fieldwork in the Ottoman Empire. |
| 04Mar | Composers' Workshop: Fidelio Trio |
The renowned Fidelio Trio returns for its second visit this year, to workshop pieces composed for them by current students.
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| 04Mar | Developing digital tools to support and empower musicians (Dr Akiho Suzuki, Royal Northern College of Music) |
Being a performing musician is rewarding but can also be challenging. Many musicians face various obstacles in their journeys including low confidence, performance anxiety, and performance-related pain, to name a few. |
