The following research events are taking place in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities this week. Please contact theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk if you would like further information. 31st January 2017, 1pm in Roland Levinsky Building RLB 213 – Joanna Davies, a Design Knowledge seminar 31st January, 7pm in RLB LT2 – Dr Angela McShane (V&A): ‘Women, Power and… Continue reading Art & Humanities Research Events this week at Plymouth University
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Arts & Humanities Research events this week at Plymouth University
The following research events are taking place in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities this week. Please contact theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk if you would like further information. MIA (Moving Image Arts) Seminar: Tom Trevor on ‘The River Tamar Project’. 4pm on 6th December 2016 in Jill Craigie Cinema ICCMR (Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research) Seminar: Edward Braund on ‘Music… Continue reading Arts & Humanities Research events this week at Plymouth University
30 November 2016: Performing Arts research seminar
Please join us for the next PEP Talk (the seminar series of the Performance.Experience.Presence research group at Plymouth University), which will feature papers by Phil Smith and David Strang: Wednesday, 30th November 2016, 4.30 – 6.00pm Babbage Building, Room 215, Plymouth University “Using character and journey in Symbolist Theatre to make a portrait of South Devon” In… Continue reading 30 November 2016: Performing Arts research seminar
23 November 2016: Seminar on representing our environment through music
MUSIC RESEARCH SEMINAR Wednesday 23rd November 2016 in Rolle 015 (Plymouth University) at 2pm What do I have in common with Alberti and Messiaen?: Representing our environment through music Nuria Bonet Filella (ICCMR, Plymouth University) Composers and musicians have always incorporated elements of their soundscapes in their music, birdsong is perhaps the most clear example. With… Continue reading 23 November 2016: Seminar on representing our environment through music
Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University
The following research events are taking place in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities this week. Please contact theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk if you would like further information. Workshop for Arts & Humanities postgraduate researchers on using social media to promote your research (with Russ Taylor). 11am on 22nd November 2016 in Babbage Building, BGB 415 ICCMR (Interdisciplinary Centre for… Continue reading Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University
Professor Eduardo Miranda shortlisted for British Composer Award
A pioneering research project which enabled four people living with severe disability to ‘control’ a string quartet has earned its creator a prestigious award nomination. Professor Eduardo Miranda, Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR) at the University of Plymouth, has been shortlisted in the Community or Educational Project category of the… Continue reading Professor Eduardo Miranda shortlisted for British Composer Award
Feature: “What can Duke Ellington’s recordings tell us about jazz history?”
BY KATHERINE WILLIAMS Most people think of three things when they think of jazz history: jazz was made famous by a succession of individual musicians (Buddy Bolden, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins etc.) jazz is predominantly an improvised music, and jazz is an oral tradition (rather than notated art form), and we… Continue reading Feature: “What can Duke Ellington’s recordings tell us about jazz history?”
25 September 2016: Music of Motions & Presence (free performance)
25 September 2016 at 17:00 The House, Plymouth University Free admission, booking advised Music of Motions and Presence is series of compositions by Federico Visi that make deliberate use of the body movements of the performers. Federico will be playing electric guitar, together with Lara Jones on saxophone and Marco Frattini on drums and percussion. Their gestures… Continue reading 25 September 2016: Music of Motions & Presence (free performance)
Feature: “Forging the Future of Classical Computer Music”
BY EDUARDO R. MIRANDA Classical contemporary music may not always appeal to large audiences but it can most certainly impact on how music that is more amenable to mass consumption is made. The Beatles, for instance, are known for admiring the music of, and being influenced by, the highly innovative German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. They… Continue reading Feature: “Forging the Future of Classical Computer Music”
Plymouth University signs research and education partnership with Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory
The University’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, which will see the two organisations collaborating on a range of research projects. The new partnership will initially see members of Plymouth’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR) working alongside Moscow’s Scholarly Centre of Interdisciplinary… Continue reading Plymouth University signs research and education partnership with Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory