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Jack Wylie (Portico Quartet) ‘VIP Guest Talk’

On Friday 13th October, Jack Wylie from the group Portico Quartet visited the Southampton Music Department to deliver a ‘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 of soprano sax and electronic loop pedals, Jack talked extensively about how he forged a career in music whilst still being able to stay true to his own artist intentions. Continue reading →

Improvising the Renaissance

PhD student Grace Newcombe reports on the last Hartley Residency of this academic year: What a delight for the Early Music nerds like myself that the third Hartley Residency of the year was led by Peter Schubert of McGill University. Continue reading →

The future of digital musicology – Hartley Residency

By Anna Kent-Muller, PhD candidate. We were delighted to have Professor Simon McVeigh, from Goldsmiths, University of London, to join us for our first Hartley Residency of the 2016-17 academic year. On the 15th-16th November Simon shared with us his work on concert life, with specific emphasis on his collaborative project ‘In Concert’. Continue reading →

Professor Klaus Pietschmann in residence

by Collin Campbell, MMus Musicology student. For our third and final Hartley Residency of the 2015-2016 academic year the 26th and 27th of April, we were very pleased to welcome Prof. Klaus Pietschmann from the Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität in Mainz, Germany. Prof. Continue reading →

Residency, reception and regions

Master's student Daisy Smeddle reports on the most recent Hartley Residency, a programme that brings leading scholars to Southampton to interact with our postgraduates and staff over several days: Professor Katharine Ellis from the University of Bristol is amongst the most esteemed musicologists of her generation. We were lucky enough to spend 2nd – 3rd of February exploring and discussing her current research fields with her. Continue reading →

Cosmopolitan operetta

On the 24 and 25 November, we were privileged to welcome Derek Scott as the first guest speaker for this year’s programme of Hartley Residencies in Music. Master's student Catherine Garry reports: Launched in February 2015, the Hartley Residencies are a series of two-day events during which an eminent scholar is invited to share and discuss their current research. Continue reading →

Exchanging the Middle Ages

In one of our final posts before breaking for the summer, another recent guest talks about her exchange visit to Southampton from her university in Spain: My name is Nuria Torres and I’m a PhD student at the Complutense University of Madrid, where I’m working on my PhD thesis on medieval music under the supervision of Carmen Julia Gutiérrez. Continue reading →

Interview with Jennifer Walshe

In the second of a series of interviews by postgraduate students with eminent composers who are coming to visit us at Southampton Ben Jameson asks Jennifer Walshe some questions: Ben Jameson (BJ): Your work often draws upon fields outside of music, such as performance art, video, sculpture and fashion. Continue reading →

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