By Jerry Zhuo, MA in Composition. When discussing Chinese contemporary music, one may recall the debate around ‘Chineseness’ that arose with the formation of modern China in the early 20th […]
By Justin Turnbull, MA (Music Studies). I find that listening to music in the background whilst undertaking another task can either focus my mind on the task or distract me […]
By Chris Stone, MA (Composition). As popular music enters an era of unprecedented stylistic diversity, the practise of revisiting and re-contextualising older genre-specific tropes and conventions is increasingly popular with both […]
By Sini Mononen, PhD student, University of Turku. In the film When a Stranger Calls (1979), a young babysitter (Carol Kane) is being terrorized by an anonymous stalker, who keeps […]
By Richard McReynolds, PhD student (Composition). As a composer who deals with electronics and studio-based composition, I believe that using real-world sounds produces powerful artistic statements about the world. In […]
This Blog collects material used as a catalyst for discussion at the School of Music’s PG Forum, an informal meeting where PhD and Master’s students debate the practical and theoretical […]
Boxwood & Brass, specialists in Harmoniemusik (for wind instruments) from the two or three decades either side of 1800, will be in concert here in February as part of our […]
