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Billie Holiday's Art: interpretation of a lyric versus vocal improvisation
The Music department research forum welcomes Professor Andrew Hamilton from the Department of Philosophy
31 October 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Concert Room
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Mitigating the swerve to modernism: practice-led methods for reimagining historical music
Join us for the Music Research Forum where we welcome Neal Peres Da Costa, Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Historical Performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (SCM), University of Sydney
07 November 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Concert Room
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Undine Smith Moore's Soweto: A Cartography of Racial Terror, Rage, and Remembrance
Join us for the Music Research Forum where we welcome Dr Samantha Ege, concert pianist and Anniversary Research Fellow at the University of Southampton.
21 November 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Concert Room
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Music Department International Women’s Day 2024 Showcase
An evening spotlighting achievements in composition and performance from women musicians of Durham and beyond – in celebration of International Women’s Day 2024.
29 February 2024
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Leech Hall, St John’s College, 3 South Bailey, Durham, DH1 3RJ
- Performance
FILM SCREENING: Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros
To mark International Women’s Day 2024, MUSICON, together with Durham University’s Centre for Visual Arts and Culture (CVAC) host a screening of Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros by Daniel Weintraub (2022).
04 March 2024
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Concert Room, Department of Music, Durham University, Palace Green, DH1 3RL
- Music
- Music Department
These Things Shall Be: Ailsa Dixon [IWD concert]
Ailsa Dixon (1932–2017), who studied music at Durham’s Music Department and St Mary’s College in the 1950s, is one of the many women composers who have been sidelined in musical history. Only a handful of her works were performed in her lifetime, until in 2017 her anthem These Things Shall Be was chosen for premiere as part of a project to highlight the work of female composers.
06 March 2024
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Kenworthy Hall, St Mary’s College, Elvet Hill Road, Durham, DH1 3LR
- Performance
Music and Gender Symposium
Join us on International Women's Day to hear a range of presentations on music and women centred topics. This event brings together researchers from Durham University.
08 March 2024
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Concert Room, Department of Music, Durham University, Palace Green, DH1 3RL
- Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
- Music Department
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13 July 2024
12:37 PM - 1:37 PM
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- Performance
- Music Department
Come and Sing Day: Henry Purcell
All-day choral workshop with a unique Evensong performance.
12 October 2024
10:00 AM - 6:15 PM
Chapter House, Durham Cathedral, Durham, DH1 3EH
- Music
- Music Department
The Portrait Players: Les Femmes Illustres – The Female Genius
Described in their debut concert as ‘beguiling’, The Portrait Players are an all-female trio whose engaging programmes are inspired by historical characters. Featuring Claire Ward (soprano), Kristiina Watt (theorbo/lute) and Miriam Nohl (cello/viola da gamba), the trio, founded in January 2023, has quickly established a busy concert schedule across the UK.
15 October 2024
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Elvet Methodist Church, 8 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HL
- Music
- Music Department