Page 1 of 21 to 100 of 197 Past Events
2026
March
February
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Research Seminar Series - Dr Robert Fokkens
-Making Opera in Liminal Spaces, or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love Boulez's Bombs
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Research Seminar Series - Dr Sean Foran
-Reimagining musical improvisation through poetic inspiration: a creative practice investigation
January
2025
December
November
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Research Seminar Series - Dr John De Simone
-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.
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Research Seminar Series - Dr James Cook
-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...
October
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Gender, Arts and Culture. Punk, post-punk and gender in Portugal
-This presentation aims to contribute to the understanding of the emergence of (sub)/(post)-subcultures in Portugal, focusing particularly on female participants, and analysing the territorialisation of punk’s egalitarian and interventionist ethos as both an aesthetic and a reflexive praxis. Although women have been present since the beginnings of punk, their visibility...
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Taylor Swift's Eras Tour and The Other Side of Money
-Objects are not difficult to acquire because they are valuable, but we call those objects valuable that resist our desire to possess them. - George Simmel Nobel prize winner Elias Canetti says, “the crowd…wants to experience for itself the strongest possible feeling of its own animal force and passion,” and at...
September
May
April
March
February
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The Unbearable "Lightness" of Life: Noise, Power Structure and the Studiolization of Nature
-Noise is a complicated concept which definition is controversial. Depending on the objective decibel value and the subjective understanding of what is considered as unwanted sound, there can be various interpretations. When technology developed into the industrial age, noise was completely changed and has become both a serious social issue...
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In Search of Home, Sweet Home, c. 1871
-Few songs of the British nineteenth century have had the staying power of ‘Home, Sweet Home’. With music by Henry Bishop and words by John Howard Payne, it first appeared in Clari; or, the Maid of Milan (1823) at London’s Covent Garden. The song remained in the repertory well into...
January
2024
December
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 SiƓn (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.