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Celebrating Michael Finnissy

Last week staff, students and friends of the Department gathered for a special concert at Turner Sims to celebrate Michael Finnissy’s twenty years as Professor of Composition at Southampton.Ā  Postgraduate composer Joe Manghan was one of the performers: Iā€™ve been studying at Southampton for almost 7 years now, and Iā€™ve had several opportunities to participate in Finnissy projects. In 2012, I performed timpani in his completion of Mozartā€™s Requiem. Continue reading →

Theatre Guitar for Shakespeareā€™s Globe

Guitar tutor Jon Gingell has just finished music directing and performing for Emma Riceā€™s show for Shakespeare’s Globe, Little Match Girl and Other Happier Tales. Music was by Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare In Love, Captain Corelliā€™s Mandolin, Billy Elliot). The show began its run at Bristol Old Vic before Christmas, took in a tour from Plymouth to Liverpool, and then returned to its home at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in London in March. Continue reading →

Performing the Film of the Great War

Yesterday markedĀ the launch of Silent Film Fortnight, a three-part series focusing on the film heritage of the World War I as part of the university’s Great War, Unknown War programme. Third year students Emma Atkins and James Carter are performing for Dawn, the second film of the set: Emma: On Tuesday 13 February at 7.30pm, silent film Dawn (1928) is screened at Turner Sims, accompanied by an ensemble led by composer and pianist Dr Andrew Fisher. Continue reading →

Triumph and Passion with the Bournemouth SO

Will Wilkins (year 3) reports on an exciting and enlightening visit to the BSO: Last Tuesday, January 23rd, it was my great pleasure to visit a Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra rehearsal at the Lighthouse in Poole as part of a delegation from the Southampton University Music Department. The orchestra were in their second day of rehearsals for their ā€˜Triumph and Passionā€™ concerts, which were performed in Poole, Portsmouth, and Exeter over the following three days. Continue reading →

Brilliant Bach with Blaze and Balding!

Second year BA Music student and violinist Columba Dromgoole-Cavazzi describes her experience of performing in a recent performance project: In the lunchtime concert on Friday 24th November, the string workshop and early music ensemble worked together for a performance of Brandenburgā€™s Fourth Concerto, and the beautiful aria ā€˜Erbarme dich, mein gottā€™ from Bachā€™s St. Matthewā€™s Passion. Continue reading →

New Turner Sims RUSH tickets

Turner Sims intern and third year student Sabine Russell introduces the new RUSH ticket scheme: Many music students will have noticed that a new Student Newsletter from Turner Sims landed in their inboxes a couple of weeks ago about a new RUSH ticket scheme. The idea for this initiative has come about to raise awareness of the free tickets made available by Turner Sims for their concert series. Continue reading →

Authentic tootling with the Prince Regentā€™s Band

Third year BA Music student David Child reports on a recent visit to Southampton by the Prince Regent’s Band: As a brass student, it was an absolute delight to listen to and meet the players of the highly reputable Prince Regentā€™s Band, who specialise in historic wind and brass chamber music in the period from the French revolution (1789) to the end of the First World War (1918). Continue reading →

Jack Wylie (Portico Quartet) ā€˜VIP Guest Talkā€™

On Friday 13th October, Jack Wylie from the groupĀ Portico QuartetĀ visited the Southampton Music Department to deliver aĀ ā€˜VIP Guest Talk’ about his career and approach to making music. 3rd-Year Music student Archie Combes tells us more: After performing a short solo set ofĀ soprano sax andĀ electronic loop pedals, Jack talked extensivelyĀ about how he forged a career in music whilst still being able to stay true to his own artist intentions. Continue reading →

By Jupiter!

Professor of Music and Head of Keyboard Studies, David Owen Norris tells us about tonight’s concert at Beaulieu. I’ve been preparing for our Jupiter Project concert in the spectacular Upper Drawing Room at Palace House, Beaulieu, at 6.30pm on Wednesday 4th October: sibbing the parts of Clementiā€™s ā€˜adaptationā€™ of Mozartā€™s Jupiter Symphony, for flute, violin, cello and piano. Continue reading →