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Working from home with your research
Ashley WestmacottStudent Representative I should start off by saying that I work from home 90% of the time Covid-19 or not, primarily because I live a fair distance away from […]
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My old flame, the ivory tower: a composer’s reflections on re-entering the academic fray
In this month’s blog post, Richard Jones gives a disarming and provocative account of his departure and return to music studies and composition. Richard is currently a research student in […]
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Stopping by Woods: A Study on the Soundscape of the Cedar Forest in the Gilgamesh Epic
Ever wondered what the gods of Mesopotamian mythology listened to? In this month’s student blog Tzu-Jang Wang explores some of the sounds of a recently discovered section from the Epic of […]
Read moreMatters Psychological and Theoretical in the Second Piano Sonata, opus 40 (1975) by Hubert du Plessis
In this month’s blog post, Dominic Daula explores Hubert du Plessis’ Second Piano Sonata. Dominic completed undergraduate and postgraduate studies in music at the University of Cape Town under the tutelage […]
Read moreConference Review: Music, Wellbeing and Mental Health, 11-12 May 2019, Hereford
Music, Wellbeing and Mental Health 2019 Hereford College of Arts, 11-12 May 2019 The Music, Wellbeing and Mental Health Study Day and Workshop Day took place at Hereford College […]
Read moreStudent Blog: Modelling a change: Sex Workers’ Children and Dance Pedagogy
In this month’s blog article, Mohanish Jaju explores the pedagogical strategies of Kathak dance and how the organisation Sutradhar incorporate them as part of their education and social project ‘DEED’. Mohanish Jaju is a professional Indian […]
Read more‘You’re just a Remoaner’: Brexit, Discourse and Musicology
With just 18 days until ‘Brexit-day’ this month’s feature by James Taylor draws our collective attention to the important relationship between musical discourse and political upheaval. James completed a BA in […]
Read more15 Minutes with… the Jerome Roche Prize Winner, Dr Yvonne Liao
Will Finch and Phil Robinson join Jerome Roche Prize Winner, Dr Yvonne Liao before her keynote address at the BFE/RMA Research Students Conference in January to talk about intersectionality in […]
Read more15 Minutes with … the Dent Medallist (Interview with Alejandro L. Madrid)
As has become a tradition at the annual RMA conference, we interviewed the 2017 Dent medallist a few hours before he delivered his keynote address. Alejandro L. Madrid, a Professor […]
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