Year of Jubilee
Lecturer Rachel van Besouw, who in her day job does research on music for cochlear implantees, has been singing with the university's community choir.
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Written in Water: Portrait of a Town
Final year PhD composer Ben Mawson tells us about his project 'Written in Water: Portrait of a Town', which allows listeners to explore Gosport in a new and exciting way:
After receiving the first prize at the SXSC3 Dragons' Den competition (November 2013) to develop 3DBARE (software to allow listeners to walk inside a piece of music), I have just completed a commission from New Dimensions, portraying the maritime history and contemporary character of the town of Gosport - using virtual...
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Excellence in Teaching Awards
Congratulations to our colleague Andy Fisher, Senior Lecturer in Music and Head of Commercial Composition, who was the winner for the Faculty of Humanities for 'Best Feedback' in this year's Excellence in Teaching Awards. These awards are sponsored by the Students' Union, and Andy was nominated by the SUSU Faculty Officer, Academic Presidents and Course Reps from the Faculty of Humanities.
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Winchester Chamber Music Festival Masterclass
Postgraduate pianist Ellen Day tells us about a masterclass at the Winchester Chamber Music Festival with the Bridge Piano Quartet:
This year three other students and I formed a new ensemble, The Bridge Piano Quartet, and on Sunday 4th May we attended a masterclass with the London Bridge Ensemble as part of the Winchester Chamber Music Festival.
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Nuffield launch
Last Wednesday we had an event to mark the opening of the newly-refurbished Nuffield theatre Kitchen, a café space that is housing the lovely Brinsmead baby grand that was given to us in the autumn. Andy Fisher, our head of commercial composition, played Gershwin and accompanied postgraduate singer Lizzie Rogers in a sneak preview of some of the songs from his new one-woman show, Girl in a Crisis.
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