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2024
November
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Music, mental health and wellbeing research seminar
-Music’s therapeutic benefits are well established for musicians and audiences alike. In recent years however, an emergent thread of research is revealing the severity of the negative mental and physical health impacts pursuing a career in music can take. Studies such as Can Music Make You Sick? (Gross and Musgrave,...
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Ecologies of Pain
-In this performance lecture artist-researcher Sarah Hopfinger will discuss and reflect on her ongoing project Ecologies of Pain, which is a performance research project that creatively explores the insights between living with chronic pain and living with, and relating to, wider ecological pain. Living and working with chronic pain can...
October
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Department of Music Postgraduate Student Research Seminar
-Join us to hear from three of our current PhD students about their research.
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In conversation with Kate Molleson
-Join leading broadcaster and music journalist Kate Molleson and Lecturer in Music, Dr Aaron McGregor who will be in conversation to explore the roots behind how we separate and define musical genres today, and how this affects the status ascribed to certain types of music. Taking the intersection and separation...
September
April
March
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Dr. Jane Stanley: Hauntological aspects of my music
-This talk explores aspects of my creative process and output, paying particular attention to the textural, gestural and formal dimensions of my music. I will explain how I have recently begun to reflect upon my pieces and working method through a conceptual lens of hauntology, as well as accounting for...
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Musical Wellsprings in a Parched Landscape: The Evolution of Steve Reich's Harmonic Language in The Desert Music (1984)
-Join Professor Pwyll ap Siôn (Bangor University) to explore the evolution of Steve Reich's harmonic language in The Desert Music.
February
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The chronourbanist music city: A consideration of the disconnects between two placemaking strategies.
-Increasingly recognised for the vital role it plays in our day to day lives, music is globally acknowledged for its capacity to contribute strongly to place-based creative and cultural identity initiatives within our cities and our neighbourhoods. To this end, the uptake of music city frameworks has grown exponentially around the...
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Futures of Listening: An Interim Report of an Art-Research Project
-Join Professor Suk-Jun Kim (University of Aberdeen) to explore their recent research into the future of listening.
January
2023
November
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Music Seminar: Dancing with Pain: Ecologies of Pain
-This seminar was cancelled
In this performance lecture artist-researcher Sarah Hopfinger will discuss and reflect on her ongoing project Ecologies of Pain, which is a performance research project that creatively explores the insights between living with chronic pain and living with, and relating to, wider ecological pain. Living and working with chronic pain can...
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Music and deviance in Early Modern Scotland
-Join Dr Aaron McGregor for a research seminar examining Scotland's musical history
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Music streaming, diversity, and cultural inequality
-Join Dr Raquel Campos Valverde for the latest of our music research seminars.
October
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Musical Wellsprings in a Parched Landscape: The Evolution of Steve Reich's Harmonic Language in The Desert Music (1984)
-Join Professor Pwyll Ap Sion for the latest of our music research seminars.
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From Acousmatic to Acousmagic-Slains Castle: Where Sonic Realities and Fictions Meet
-Join Dr Ali Rennie for the latest of our music research seminars.
September
July
June
April
March
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Workshop: Arab-Andalusian Music and Flamenco: An Intercultural Dialogue
-Presentation and Workshop by Suhail Serghini (invited from Granada)
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Music Research Seminar - Fiorella Montero-Diaz (Keele)
-Sounding a Queer Rebellion. LGBTI Musical Resistances in Lima, Peru
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Music Outside? Join the Conversation for Jazz in Education
-event now moved online due to rail strikes
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Music Research Seminar - Mollie Carlyle & Paul Hayward
-Minstrelsy, Music Hall and Marches: Popular Music and Sea Shanties during the 19th century
February
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Workshop: Come and Play Steel Pans
-Come along and try out some Caribbean Steel Pans in a fun, relaxed event open to everyone no matter what your experience.
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Music Research Seminar - Shane Lestideau - Melbourne
-Tropical Strathspeys: Exploring Historical Scottish-Australian Music Collections
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Music Research Seminar - Frauke Jurgensen
-Translating Theoretical Treatises
January
2022
December
November
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Music Research Series - Aki Pasoulas
-Sonic Palimpsest
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Music Research Series - Professor Phillip Cooke
-Like Distant Bells and Half-Heard Songs: Transfiguring a New Repertoire for Piano
October
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Music Research Series - Sarah Hopfinger
-This seminar was cancelled
Crip Performance Practice: Dancing with Chronic Pain
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Music Research Series - Zack Moir
-We are Not Neutral: (Popular) Music Education, Creativity, and the Creation of a Graduate Precariat
May
April
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Music Research Seminar Series - Dr Julia Hamilton
-The Department of Music welcomes Dr Julia Hamilton (Columbia) to give a talk "British Abolitionism on the Marketplace for Musical Scores, 1787 to 1838, as part of the Music Research Seminar Series at the University of Aberdeen.
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Sonic Arts & Composer's Forum
-Dr Phillip Cooke - University of Aberdeen
March
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Sonic Arts & Composer's Forum
-Al-Qadima Escola Trio
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Music Research Seminar: Eleanor Haward (Music) and Lauren Hossack (Elphinstone Institute/English)
-Eleanor Haward: "Words and their influence on text-setting in sacred choral music: a quantitative analysis project and original composition portfolio" This research project explores the role of word meaning and word perception in informing composers’ choices. Through data analysis and original composition it examines the connection between words and harmony in multiple...
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Sonic Arts & Composer's Forum
-Tobias Patrick Wolf - PhD student University of Aberdeen
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PopGirlz Scotland
-The Department of Music will be hosting PopGirlz Scotland in guest lectures in two courses. We are opening the first of these to the public, which will take place as part of a seminar in the MMus course Research Communication. Everybody is welcome to join via Zoom.
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Sonic Arts & Composer's Forum
-Daniele Minns
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Music Research Seminar Series - Simone Eringfield
-The Department of Music Welcomes Simone to the Research Series.
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Sonic Arts & Composer's Forum
-Dr John De Simone - University of Aberdeen
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CoMA Festival of Contemporary Music for All: Side by Side with Any Enemy and Spectrum
-Join us for an afternoon of playing and performing new music together with new music ensembles Any Enemy and Spectrum. Repertoire will include new works commissioned by CoMA.
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CoMA Festival of Contemporary Music for All: Singing Day with Edwin Hillier
-Dust off the winter blues, be adventurous, enjoy singing again with other people and discover the fun and challenges of vocal new music.
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Choral Workshop with the Dunedin Consort
-This workshop is open to anyone who would like to improve their choral singing and learn some new repertoire. Join us for a relaxed, fun-filled day of music making, and the chance to share what you’ve learned with friends and family at the end of the day. Led by celebrated soprano...
February
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Music Research Seminar Series - Dr Kathleen Turner
-The Department of Music is delighted to welcome Dr Turner from University of Limerick.
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Sonic Arts & Composer's Forum
-Mark Dunsmore - PhD Student University of Aberdeen
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Music Research Seminar Series - Dr Benedict Taylor
-The Department of Music is delighted to welcome Dr Taylor to the Seminar Series from University of Edinburgh.
January
2021
December
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Music Research Seminar: Dr Matthew D Morrison (New York University/University of Edinburgh)
-The Department of Music hosts various seminars and forums that promote a vibrant research culture among staff and students. Music Research Seminars take place during term-time throughout the academic year and offer a wide range of music and interdisciplinary research themes.
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Sonic Arts Forum: Dr Suk-Jun Kim (University of Aberdeen)
-Sonic Arts Forum, organised by members of SERG (Sound Emporium Research Group), is a fortnightly informal forum for students, staff and anyone interested in sonic arts and related issues of technology and aesthetics.
November
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Composers' Forum: Calum Carswell (PGR, University of Aberdeen)
-Composers' Forum is a fortnightly informal forum for all staff and students who have an interest in composition and new music, not necessarily as composers.
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Music Research Seminar: University of Aberdeen PhD Presentations
-The Department of Music hosts various seminars and forums that promote a vibrant research culture among staff and students. Music Research Seminars take place during term-time throughout the academic year and offer a wide range of music and interdisciplinary research themes.
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Sonic Arts Forum: Lise Olsen (PGR, University of Aberdeen)
-Sonic Arts Forum, organised by members of SERG (Sound Emporium Research Group), is a fortnightly informal forum for students, staff and anyone interested in sonic arts and related issues of technology and aesthetics.
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Sonic Arts Forum: Eden Mikula (PGT, University of Aberdeen)
-Sonic Arts Forum, organised by members of SERG (Sound Emporium Research Group), is a fortnightly informal forum for students, staff and anyone interested in sonic arts and related issues of technology and aesthetics.
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Music Research Seminar: Dr Mia Pistorius (University of Huddersfield)
-The Department of Music hosts various seminars and forums that promote a vibrant research culture among staff and students. Music Research Seminars take place during term-time throughout the academic year and offer a wide range of music and interdisciplinary research themes.
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Sonic Arts Forum: Dr Maja Zeco (Robert Gordon University)
-Sonic Arts Forum, organised by members of SERG (Sound Emporium Research Group), is a fortnightly informal forum for students, staff and anyone interested in sonic arts and related issues of technology and aesthetics.
October
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Music Research Seminar: Dr Jane Forner (University of Aberdeen)
-The Department of Music hosts various seminars and forums that promote a vibrant research culture among staff and students. Music Research Seminars take place during term-time throughout the academic year and offer a wide range of music and interdisciplinary research themes.
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Composers' Forum: Dr Tansy Davies (Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University)
-Composers' Forum is a fortnightly informal forum for all staff and students who have an interest in composition and new music, not necessarily as composers.
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Composers' Forum: Pascale Criton
-Composers' Forum is a fortnightly informal forum for all staff and students who have an interest in composition and new music, not necessarily as composers.
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Book Launch and Music Research Seminar: Professor Edward Campbell (University of Aberdeen)
-The Department of Music hosts various seminars and forums that promote a vibrant research culture among staff and students. Music Research Seminars take place during term-time throughout the academic year and offer a wide range of music and interdisciplinary research themes.
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Composers' Forum: David Fennessy (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland)
-Composers' Forum is a fortnightly informal forum for all staff and students who have an interest in composition and new music, not necessarily as composers.
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Q&A with Help Musicians Scotland
-Join Suzanne Miller in this online session for professional musicians to find out what support Help Musicians Scotland can offer, such as funding sources and health and welfare services.
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Sonic Arts Forum: Reading Session (Hungry Listening by Dylan Robinson)
-Sonic Arts Forum, organised by members of SERG (Sound Emporium Research Group), is a fortnightly informal forum for students, staff and anyone interested in sonic arts and related issues of technology and aesthetics.
September
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Music Research Seminar: Dr John De Simone (University of Aberdeen)
-The Department of Music hosts various seminars and forums that promote a vibrant research culture among staff and students. Music Research Seminars take place during term-time throughout the academic year and offer a wide range of music and interdisciplinary research themes.
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Composers' Forum: Dr Ailie Robertson (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland)
-Composers' Forum is a fortnightly informal forum for all staff and students who have an interest in composition and new music, not necessarily as composers.
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Wirds an Soonds: Doric & Cello and 'We Need to Talk' Showcase
-Join cellists, composers and writers involved in Wirds an Soonds and 'We Need to Talk' in conversation with Sound Festival's Fiona Robertson and UoA WORD Centre's Helen Lynch
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Sound Art Workshop with Pete Stollery
-Join Professor of Electro-Acoustic Music, Pete Stollery, in Cruickshank Botanical Gardens/Seaton Park for an outdoor workshop in soundscape listening, recording and editing sounds for a virtual sound map.
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'Speaking of Sound': Online Sound Art Workshop with Nathan Wolek
-Join this interactive online workshop with Professor Nathan Wolek of Stetson University, Florida, to learn about layers or specific features of the soundscape around you.
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Online Talk - The Futures Past of al-Andalus: Reflections, Refrains, Returns
-Join a public keynote with Professor Jonathan Shannon exploring "The Musical Afterlives of al-Andalus: Identities and Encounters beyond History" as part of a European Research Council-funded project "Past and Present Musical Encounters across the Strait of Gibraltar".
August
May
April
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Music Research Seminar: Dr Nathan Wolek
-Documenting Coastal Soundscapes from Florida to Scotland
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Composers' Forum with Dr Phillip Cooke
-Join the next Composers' Forum at the University of Aberdeen Music Department with the Head of Music.
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Music Research Seminar: Dr Anna Bull
-'Getting it right' Classical Music as a Middle-Class Social Practice
March
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Dr Frances Wilkins - University of Aberdeen
-Engaging Community and Landscape: The Role of Sacred Singing as a Soundscape to a Way of Life
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Professor Dwight Reynolds - University of California, Santa Barbara
-As part of our series Sonic Conversations in the Western Mediterranean, our next speaker will be Professor Dwight Reynolds.
February
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Dr Amanda Hsieh - Chinese University of Hong Kong
-Listening to commedia dell arte in Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Die tote Stadt
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Michael Zaugg - Conducting Residency
-In a unique opportunity, Michael Zaugg will be working with Students at the University of Aberdeen in a five day residency giving an insight into all aspects of conducting.
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Dr Chris Stover - Queensland Conservatorium
-Sun Ra's Fletcher Henderson
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Ben Ponniah - PGR Student University of Aberdeen
-Composer Ben Ponniah will be talking about his recent work.
January
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Dr Amanda Babington - Royal Northern College of Music
-The 'other' Stuart bagpipe: Bonnie Prince Charlie's Musette
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Professor Pete Stollery and Fiona Robertson - Sound
-Professor Peter Stollery and Fiona Robertson will join us to talk about soundfestival which takes place this month from 28 -31 January
2020
December
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The Pathological Voice in Third-Republic France
-With Sarah Fuchs - Guidhall School of Music and Drama / Syracuse University
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Composition with Dr Thomas Butler
-Dr Thomas Butler holds a PhD in composition from the University of St Andrews. He is Musical Director of new music group Ensemble Thing and teaches at the University of Glasgow.
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Dr Jonathan Hicks - The Sound of the Seventies
-What do you think of when you think of the 1970s? Which musical artists spring to mind?
November
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The Spanish-Moroccan Musical Brotherhood: Sounding Out Colonial Legacies in the City of Granada
-With Dr Matthew Machin-Autenrieth - University of Aberdeen
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Composition with Professor John Casken
-Professor Casken is a visiting fellow in composition
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Venanzio Rauzzini (1746-1810): An Italian described as the Father of a new style in English singing: why?
-A discussion with Dr Brianna Robertson-Kirkland - University of Glasgow
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Matthew Whiteside
-The night with...
October
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Dr Tara Wilson - Centre for Russian Music - Goldsmiths
-Repetition in a Cold Climate: Russian Minimalist Music as Identity and Discourse
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Dr Laura Bowler and Ruth Morley
-Composing for Flute and Voice workshop presented in partnership with Soundfestival 2020
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Nate Holder - Decolonising Music Education
-Join us online for a presentation and conversation with Nate Holder: musician, author, speaker and music education consultant based in London. He is an advocate for decolonising music education and has been writing, speaking and consulting on the subject for the last five years.
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Dr Suk-Jun Kim - University of Aberdeen
-Whose Ears? Cage, A King, and Humming-
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Dr Emily Doolittle - Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
-Dr Emily Doolittle is a Canadian composer., zoomusicologist and Athenaeum Research Fellow at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland based in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Chris Collins - University of Aberdeen
-A very clever falla indeed: The Three-Cornered Hat in 1919 London.
March
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Dr Sarah Fuchs - Syracuse University
-Opera on the line: French Operatic Culture in the Age of Sound Technology, 1870-1914.
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Dr Frances Wilkins - University of Aberdeen
-Engaging Community and Landscape: The Ethnomusicological Approach
