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Running music workshops for cochlear implantees

People with hearing loss who benefit from having a cochlear implant often report problems with enjoying music, and Southampton researchers from Music and the Institute for Vibration Research have been working on rehabilitation programmes that can help. Continue reading →

Composing and conducting in Beijing

On completing his PhD at Southampton last year, composer George Holloway was awarded a grant for postdoctoral work in China. One year in, he tells us how it has been going: Autumn, the best time of year in Beijing, is rapidly giving way to the icy chill of Winter. I have my duck feather coat ready! I’m in Beijing studying conducting at the Central Conservatory of Music. Continue reading →

Premiere of Loop Concerto for Improvising Pianist and Orchestra

Ben Oliver (Lecturer in Composition) tells us about the first performance of his new Piano Concerto: One of the highlights of my summer was conducting the Kent County Youth Orchestra and jazz pianist Ivo Neame in the September premiere of my new piano concerto, Loop Concerto. The manager of the orchestra, Geoff Dixon, approached me in 2012 to write a piece for the orchestra’s 50th Anniversary concert. Continue reading →

Adelaide Symphony (plus kit)

To launch the Southampton Music blog, we've commissioned a series of 'What I did over the summer vacation' posts. Here's what Lecturer in Composition Matthew Shlomowitz has been up to: Over the summer I've been working on a fifteen-minute piece for the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra that will be performed in March 2014. Continue reading →

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