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Scottish Chapter
The RMA Scottish Chapter coordinates and publicizes RMA-affiliated events at the Universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, and at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. It encourages participants to feel part of a UK-wide musical community and aims to enhance awareness in Scotland of the considerable range of benefits available to RMA members.
Forthcoming Chapter events
- University of Aberdeen research seminars take place at the MacRobert Building, Rm MR 055 at 4pm. Contact: Ronnie.Gibson (ronnie.gibson@abdn.ac.uk).
- University of Edinburgh research seminars take place in Lecture Room A of Alison House at 5.15pm unless otherwise stated. Further details on-line.
- University of Glasgow colloquia and special events take place at 5.15pm at 14 University Gardens, Rm 2, save as indicated. Contact: Sarah.McNulty (Sarah.McNulty@glasgow.ac.uk). Further details at http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/cca/events/
- Royal Conservatoire of Scotland events, known as ‘The Exchange Talks’, take place at 6pm in the Fyfe Lecture Theatre unless otherwise stated. Contact: John De Simone (J.DeSimone@rcs.ac.uk).
- All lectures are free and open to the public.
2012
Thu 27 Sep |
U of Edinburgh |
Professor Simon Frith (University of Edinburgh): ‘What are we doing when we are listening to music?’ |
Wed 3 Oct |
U of Glasgow |
Paul Newland (Oxford Brookes University; Guildhall School; Trinity Laban Conservatoire): ‘Chance and Formality Imperfection and Incompleteness’ |
Thu 4 Oct |
U of Aberdeen |
Ronnie Gibson (University of Aberdeen): Tullochgorum: A Case Study in the Transmission of Scottish Fiddle Music |
Thu 4 Oct |
U of Edinburgh |
John Milsom (Liverpool Hope University): ‘Composing with the Tudors: Thomas Morley’s Testimony’ |
Thu 11 Oct |
U of Edinburgh |
Christopher Field (University of Edinburgh): ‘General Reid’s Music Library’ |
Mon 15 Oct |
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
Suzy Glass (Trigger): The role of the producer in creating performance art |
Wed 17 Oct |
U of Glasgow |
Prof. Bill Sweeney (University of Glasgow): ‘The Gentle Art of Self-Quotation’: A Seminar, inviting response to materials provided in advance |
Thu 18 Oct |
U of Aberdeen |
Tbc |
Fri 19 Oct |
U of Edinburgh (Common Room, Alison House) |
Professor Joseph Hyde (Bath Spa University): ‘Composing beyond sound’ |
Mon 22 Oct |
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
Jane Manning: ‘Voicing Pierrot’ |
Thu 1 Nov |
U of Aberdeen |
Dr Trevor Wishart (University of York): Title tbc |
Thu 1 Nov |
U of Edinburgh |
David I. Clarke (Newcastle University): ‘Approaching multiculturalism? South Asian communities and music in Newcastle and beyond’ |
Mon 5 Nov |
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
Rui Pedro Alves (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland:) Early Sixteenth Century Portuguese Iconographic Sources Depicting Shawm Bands: Facts, Artistic License, Misrepresentations and Performance Practice Elements |
Thu 8 Nov |
U of Aberdeen |
Tbc |
Thu 8 Nov |
U of Edinburgh |
Neil Gregor (University of Southampton): ‘Listening to Richard Strauss after 1945’ |
Sat 10 Nov |
U of Glasgow |
*Special Event* Dr. David J. Code (University of Glasgow), chair: ‘Envoicing the Other’; a Symposium (10am – 5pm) and Concert (6pm), in honour of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918) and the 75th anniversary of the death of Maurice Ravel (1874 – 1937). See www.gla.ac.uk/cca/events for details |
Wed 14 Nov |
U of Glasgow |
Allan Moore (University of Surrey): ‘Developing a Hermeneutics of Recorded Popular Song’ |
Thu 15 Nov |
U of Aberdeen |
Dr Jasmin Cameron (University of Aberdeen): In Search of Giovanni Maria Ruggieri: Recent Archival Research |
Mon 19 Nov |
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
Dr Angela S Jaap (University of Glasgow): ‘It’s just a hobby that I’m good at’: Recognising and developing musical talent |
Thu 22 Nov |
U of Edinburgh |
Tom Perchard (Goldsmith's College, University of London): ‘ “We must expand the domain of jazz so we never have to leave it”: André Hodeir and the search for a European jazz art’ |
Mon 26 Nov |
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
Dr Laura Bissell (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland): Deviant Practices: Technological Re-codings of the City through Radical Play |
Wed 28 Nov |
U of Glasgow |
Sarah Hibberd (University of Nottingham): ‘Painting as Opera: Bringing Art to Life in 1830s Paris’ |
Thu 29 Nov |
U of Aberdeen |
Dr Andrew Wooley (University of Edinburgh): ‘French’-Style Music in England in the Late Seventeenth Century: Exploring the Keyboard Sources from a Broader Geographical Orbit |
Thu 29 Nov |
U of Edinburgh |
Mine Dogantan Dack (Middlesex University): ‘The piano as a research tool’ |
Mon 3 Dec |
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
Dr Josh Dickson (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland): ‘Piping Sung’: an Exploration of Syllabic Notation and Performance Practice by Hebridean Women |
Mon 10 Dec |
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
Sofia Pyrounaki (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland): Johann Sebastian Bach’s Works for Lute Suite in e minor, BWV 996, A transcription for 10 string guitar |
Thu 13 Dec |
U of Aberdeen |
Shelagh Noden (University of Aberdeen): ‘Miss Monteith Played the Harmonium with Great Taste and Skill’: Scottish Catholic Directory Music Reporting in the Nineteenth Century |
2013
Wed 16 Jan |
U of Glasgow |
Tony Myatt (University of York): ‘New Aesthetics in Computer Music’ |
Wed 30 Jan |
U of Glasgow |
Bettina Varwig (King’s College, London): ‘Beware the Lamb: Staging Bach’s Passions’ |
Wed 13 Feb |
U of Glasgow |
Holly Rogers (University of Liverpool): ‘Poetic Realism: Documentary Film Soundtracks and the Search for an Objective Voice’ |
Wed 27 Feb |
U of Glasgow |
Prof. Martin Cloonan and Dr. John Williamson (University of Glasgow): ‘Researching the History of the Musicians’ Union: Some initial findings’ |
Wed 13 – Fri 15 Mar |
U of Glasgow |
*Special Event* Cramb Residency: Professors Katherine Bergeron and Joseph Butch Rovan (Brown University). See www.gla.ac.uk/cca/events for details. |
Warwick Edwards (Scottish Chapter Organiser, email Warwick.Edwards@glasgow.ac.uk)