Next Tuesday’s Public Research Seminar at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire is a double bill featuring two of the Conservatoire’s Postdoctoral Fellows, Dr Paul Norman and Dr Andy Ingamells, talking about and performing aspects of their work. Dr Paul Norman: Finding a Place for Bob and Cynthia By appropriating the structure of one of my own […]
Tinctoris's L'homme armé mass restored: coherence and varietas Dr Jeffrey Dean (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire) I shall introduce a major new research project, based at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, and present the first important result to emerge from it. In an article of 2013, I had argued that the Tenor parts in two sections […]
RBC Research Seminar – French Music Research Hub: Late Milhaud – Neoclassicism, Jazz, Legacy 1600-1730 Tuesday 27th October Online event Free registration on this link Professor Deborah Mawer (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire) Late Milhaud – Neoclassicism, Jazz, Legacy On the centenary of Les Six, the music of the French, jazz-inspired composer Darius Milhaud, is used as […]
RBC Research Seminar – Music, modernism and the limits of the rational 1600-1730 Tuesday 3rd November Online event Free registration on this link Dr Gemma Moss (Birmingham City University) Music, modernism and the limits of the rational It is well known that modernist writers such as James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, and Ezra Pound used […]
The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire is delighted to invite you to their online symposium, celebrating diverse practice research undertaken across Music and the Performing Arts by staff at RBC. The symposium takes place across two afternoons: Tuesday 17 November, 2.30-5.30pm, and Wednesday 18 November, 2-5pm. You are very welcome to attend the full symposium or […]
RBC Public Research Seminar – Historically-Informed Performance, Embodied Knowledge, and the Practice of Harmoniemusik 1600-1730 Tuesday 24 November Online event: Please register at this link. Historically-Informed Performance (HIP) is one of the longest-standing areas of practice-research in the academy. Yet scholars and performers alike are still struggling with the fallout of the late-20th century ‘Authenticity’ debates, […]
RBC Public Research Seminars – Models of Vocal Education for Children 1600-1730 Wednesday 25 November Online event: Please register at this link. This talk will discuss the problem of missing models and methods regarding teaching singing in schools. While there are many projects throughout Europe engaging children in singing, these projects often include qualified singing […]
RBC Public Research Seminars – Sir Henry Wood's Brandenburg Concertos 1600-1700 Tuesday 8 December Online event: Please register at this link. Sir Henry J. Wood (1869-1944), co-founder and chief conductor of the Proms for nearly half a century, is often noted for his championing of the leading composers of the day; less known is the […]
RBC Public Research Seminars: Doctoral Research Double Bill 1600-1730 Tuesday 9th March Register here. Akvilè Stuart: Towards a Rediscovery of Alexei Stanchinsky Alexei Stanchinsky (1888-1914) was a Russian pianist-composer whose life was tragically cut short at the tender age of 26. During the ten years he actively composed, he wrote over thirty works for solo […]
RBC Public Research Seminar – Dr Valeria De Lucca (University of Southampton) Space, Music and Spectacle in Early Modern Rome Tuesday 16th March, 4pm–5.30pm, online Everyone is welcome to the seminars, which are free and held online on Tuesday afternoons, 4pm to 5.30pm. The virtual doors will open about 15 minutes beforehand, allowing time for […]