Currently browsing tag

undergraduate, Page 2

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 →

Music in the community

Finalist Sarah Newell tells us about some of the work she is involved with the localĀ community: On the 7th of June, I had the opportunity to perform at MenCap, Southampton. It was a wonderful experience to play for MenCap, especially as they are a charity working for such a great cause. I played acoustic pop set as well as some of my own originals. The crowd were very welcoming and everyone seemed to enjoy the music. 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 →

How to Write a Dissertation

In the second of our series on third year research projects, Beth Walker talks us through the steps of her project on film music: Over the course of my final year I gave myself the challenge of writing a 10,000 word dissertation titled ‘Emotion in Film Music’. This was my first time completing such an extensive academic project but it was definitely worth it (especially since it counted towards my degree!). Continue reading →

Redeeming Schreker ā€“ Flammen and Erlƶsungsoper

In the first of a series on final year projects by this year’s graduates, Harley Mitford describes his dissertation on Schreker’s early opera: Franz Schreker (right) with close friend Arnold Schoenberg (centre) and Alexander von Zemlinsky (left). While I was reading around the subject of German opera after Wagner, I came across the little-known Austrian composer Franz Schreker (1878-1934). Continue reading →

The Human Project

Final year BA Music student Bethany Stenning tells us about her current project. Over the past few months, beginning in November, I have been planning, directing and producingĀ The Human Project. The music for the project will count towards my final year Commercial Composition double module, but I decided I wanted to challenge myself even more ā€“ and learn more about filming, another passion of mine, in the process. Continue reading →

Conducting Acis and Galatea

Isabel Tuffin-Donnevert as Galatea Lucy Grant (year 2) tells us about the her experience as Musical Director of the university’s Chamber Opera Society production last weekend: Acis and Galatea is an opera composed by Handel, based upon a text by the author John Gay. The opera was first performed in 1718 as a single act piece; however, Handel later devised a two-act opera, first performed in 1739, and it was this version we performed. Continue reading →