Seminar Archive

Talk title: Mapping Gender Equality Projects in the European Music Industry

Join us to hear about the research being undertaken by three of our PGR candidates.

'Behind the Veil': John Tavener on Television (and Television on John Tavener)

Futures of Listening: Water Knowledges from Two Cities

Making Opera in Liminal Spaces, or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love Boulez's Bombs

Reimagining musical improvisation through poetic inspiration: a creative practice investigation

Resonant Histories: Echoes of Al-Andalus in Granada' documentary screening with Q+A

Global ABBA: Markets and Margins

In conversation with Professor Phillip Cooke, John will reflect upon his status as a mid (possibly late) career composer who works in academia. He will explore how his work is framed within an institutional research context whilst trying to pursue an authentic musical and artistic voice grounded in lived experience.

Join Dr James Cook (ECA Director of Research and Senior Lecturer in Early Music at the University of Edinburgh) to talk about the interplay between fantasy and "authenticity," especially considering the ways in which the composers work creatively to give an immersive and coherent soundworld, within the limits of what...