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Debussy 2018 Conference, Workshops, and Concerts

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David J. Code, Reader in Music in the SCCA, and Professor Barbara Kelly, Head of Research at the Royal Northern Conservatory of Music in Manchester, are pleased to announce a co-hosted commemorative event: ‘Claude Debussy in 2018: A Centenary Celebration at the RNCM and the University of Glasgow’, from March 19-23, 2018. An ambitious collaboration… Continue reading

How a Political Song Collection can help to preserve a country’s memory

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Eileen Karmy is a 3rd-year PhD student at the Music subject area, researching unionized musicians in early 20th-century Valparaíso. 15 June 2017 marked the 40th anniversary of the Scotland national football team playing Chile at the National Stadium in Santiago.  Because of all the controversy this match stirred up, it later became known in Scotland… Continue reading

From the concert hall to an e-journal: the journey of my published article

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Ingrid Bols has just completed her first year of PhD study researching orchestral programming in the UK and France under the supervision of Dr Eva Moreda Rodriguez and Prof. John Butt. When I first arrived in Scotland, I attended several concerts of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Glasgow. The orchestra was playing Russian music… Continue reading

Sound Thought post-graduate festival starts next week: bigger than ever and still free!

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Lina Tobler is currently studying towards a MSc in Sound Design and Audiovisual Practice at the Music subject area. She sits in the organizing committee of Sound Thought. The Sound Thought Festival is back, bigger than ever and still free! This year marks the 10th anniversary of Glasgow University’s annual Sound Thought Festival, which will… Continue reading

New solo exhibition by Louise Harris launches at the Alchemy hub

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Dr Louise Harris is a Lecturer in Sonic and Audiovisual Practice. This blog post follows up on some of the works and ideas presented in a previous blog post.   On the evening of May 4th, 2017, my solo exhibition, Auroculis, will launch at the new Alchemy hub in Hawick on the Scottish Borders.  Alchemy… Continue reading