A lively afternoon of events exploring the diverse musicological research at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire — suitable for all students from A-level to post-doctoral researchers. The event will be live-streamed. Email: musicology@bcu.ac.uk to register interest in the live stream. Tuesday 9 October 2018 from 1.30 - 5.30pm 1.30 Welcome — Professor Julian Lloyd-Webber (Principal) 1.35 Musicology […]
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Progression Assessment Panels Thursday 25 January 2018 Workshop 5 10.00: Chris Marshall: Outside the Tent Peeking In: Elisabeth Lutyens and the BBC Music Division 10.30: Samia La Virgne: Exploring Representation and Stereotypes of Black Women in the Performing Arts 11.00: Johan Eriksson: Automatonism: Extended Modularity In Synthesis Composition 11.30: Ivan Cancialosi: Sonic […]
This mini-conference features presentations from PhD students studying at the Birmingham Conservatoire. There is a wide range of topics, and it promises to be an interesting and stimulating day. Please do come and join us, all welcome! Schedule overview Morning Session: Richard Stenton and Niccolò Granieri | Fostering Microgestures in Piano Playing though the […]
This Research Seminar investigates both the musical and the cultural clashes (and their interaction with possible re-solutions) at the heart of Thelonious Monk’s music. In Monk’s centennial year, the jazz world still disagrees about his musical legacy and meaning. Gabriel Solis has written eloquently about how Monk has been appropriated and championed by the opposing […]
A Leipzig fin-de-siècle: Perspectives upon Joseph Joachim’s Performing Practices in the ‘Romances’ of Clara Schumann, and Joseph Joachim with Jonathan Gooing (piano by Wilhelm Wieck) It is tempting, as many have done, to see the cultural, compositional and performance outputs of the so-called ‘Leipzig School’ – those adherents and pupils of Felix Mendelssohn – as embodying […]
In Process: Perspectives on collaborative theatre in Brazil Aleksandar Dundjerovic, Professor of Performing Arts I will present material from my second book, coming out in mid-2018, on collaborative theatre in Brazil. The material presented offers different perspectives on collaborative, visual and physical performing arts practices in Brazilian theatre. The book is focused on creative methodologies […]
All printed or published music requires editing, at some level, and computer music-setting forces all of us to be editors. Decisions about how to notate and design the printed page often intertwine with decisions about the music itself, and thus with the “composer’s intentions”. Performers cannot escape the obligation to familiarise themselves with issues of […]
We are pleased to invite you to the autumn series of Public Research Seminars at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Pedagogy and Music History – two perspectives through time Part 1 – Music in A-Levels: curriculum and hegemony A-Level music has long stood as one of the qualifications many students who pursue music into higher education engage […]
This mini-conference features presentations from PhD students studying at the Birmingham Conservatoire. There is a wide range of topics, and it promises to be an interesting and stimulating day. Please do come and join us, all welcome! Schedule overview: Session One - 10.00-11.30 Corey Mwamba | ‘Strike? Thoughts on Vibraphone Technique in Jazz and Improvised […]
To say goodbye to our iconic Brutalist home at Paradise Place, the Birmingham Conservatoire presents CODA; a two-day marathon of new music featuring the likes of Howard Skempton, Fumiko Miyachi & Kate Halsall, Eric McElroy, Michael Wolters, Seán Clancy and many more. The grande finale features Andy Ingamells’ celebrated Piano Recital, an intriguing and destructive piece featuring a […]
