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Events from the 01 January 2023 - 31 December 2023 Reset
MUSICON: EXAUDI | Chromatic Renaissance
Acclaimed vocal ensemble EXAUDI returns to Durham with a unique and fascinating programme exploring the chromatic music of 16th-century Renaissance Italy.
01 February 2023
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Chapter House, Durham Cathedral
- Music
- Performance
- Music Department
Leverhulme Lecture- Dancing Divas: La sonnambula on Video in 1950s Italy
Join us for the Leverhulme Lecture from Professor Emanuele Senici at the Music Research Forum
07 February 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
In person - Room PG20, Palace Green
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Music Department
08 March 2023
1:10 PM - 2:00 PM
Live Streaming on YouTube‘s Music Department channel
- Music
MUSICON | International Women's Day
MUSICON is proud to present, as part of this year’s International Women’s Day celebrations, a double portrait featuring two of the most original composers working today, Joanna Bailie and Cassandra Miller performed by the Netherlands-based Ives Ensemble.
08 March 2023
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Concert Room, Music Department, Palace Green, Durham University
- Music
Understanding phasing and synchronization in Steve Reich’s Drumming
Join us for the Music Research Forum session with IAS Fellow and Professor of Music Cognition/Percussion at McMaster University, Mike Schutz
14 March 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Concert Room
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Music Department
Towards an Ethnomusicology of Orchestration and Ensembles
Join us for the Music Research Forum session with Michael Tenzer, Professor of Music at the University of British Columbia
25 April 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Online via Zoom
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Music Department
MUSICON: a thousand regretz: renaissance & modern melancholy | Ben Smith
Pianist Ben Smith presents a beautiful and ingenious programme, featuring keyboard works from the Renaissance alongside contemporary music for solo piano. Separated by a period of 400 years or more, the composers of these works explore contrasting and comparable notions of melancholy, as emotional expression and creative inspiration.
26 April 2023
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Concert Room, Music Department, Durham University, Palace Green Please get in touch to confirm accessibility arrangements.
- Music
- Music Department
Reclaiming the Lore and Anti-Preservation Practices: On the Work of African American Music Collectors
Join us for the Music Research Forum session with cultural historian Dr Ellie Armon Azoulay
02 May 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
In person-Concert Room, Music Department
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
MUSICON: Arctic Soundscapes: UNDERCURRENT
The sounds of the modern Arctic are explored in two astonishing new works, created as part of Durham University’s Exploring Arctic Soundscapes project. Renowned sound-artist Jana Winderen presents 'Bleikdjupet'
03 May 2023
7:30 PM - 8:45 PM
Durham Town Hall, Market Place, Durham DH1 3NJ
- Music
- Music Department
Transformative Mimicry- finding space and breaking the frame of ones practice
Join us for the Music Research Forum session with composer Dr Cassandra Miller
09 May 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Online via Zoom
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Music Department