News in Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music

Dr Ceri Owen helps to celebrate 150 years since the birth of Ralph Vaughan Williams

Vaughan Williams Today, BBC Radio 3
Description:
Pianist and university academic Dr Ceri Owen has taken a prominent role in events marking 150 years since the birth of Vaughan Williams.
Date:
13 December 2022

Making music for the soul, with Jennifer Pike

Violinist Jennifer Pike
Description:
We spoke to renowned violinist Jennifer Pike about a special concert combining Indian and Western classical music traditions
Date:
29 November 2022

University of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra to star in Gospel Revisited

Detail of University of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra playing
Description:
We spoke with Ray Prince, founder of Gospel Revisited Project, about his upcoming concert with our Symphony Orchestra at Birmingham’s Town Hall next month.
Date:
21 November 2022

Autumn highlights for University Music

An orchestra practicing performing in the Bramall Music building
Description:
University Music are delighted to report the continued success of music-making on campus as students look forward to concerts this Autumn.
Date:
04 November 2022

Simon Halsey to lead Anniversary Singing Day

Professor Simon Halsey conducting in the Bramall Music Building
Description:
University Music are delighted to announce a special event which will mark the 10 year anniversary of the MA Music: Choral Conducting programme.
Date:
28 October 2022

Sean Shibe on his upcoming classical-electric guitar Barber Concert

Photo of Sean Shibe
Description:
We talk to innovative classical and electric guitarist Sean Shibe ahead of his evening Barber Concert on 26 October.
Date:
24 October 2022

University offers academic sanctuary for displaced Memory Scholar

One man and three women looking at the camera
Description:
A Ukrainian academic, who escaped the current conflict, is welcomed to the University of Birmingham under a pioneering fellowship scheme.
Date:
19 October 2022

Researching the past, present and future of the Arts Council Collection

A display of Arts Council Collection catalogues at the Longside gallery, photograph credit to Aurella Yuseff.
Description:
The University of Birmingham is working with the Arts Council Collection to chart its development through a new approach.
Date:
06 October 2022

University loans ‘Othello’s inspiration’ to major US art exhibition

Woman standing next to painting
Description:
An historic painting with a Shakespeare connection is set to star in a major new US exhibition.
Date:
04 October 2022

Isata Kanneh-Mason performs Fanny Mendelssohn’s long-lost ‘Easter Sonata’

Isata Kanneh-Mason with piano
Description:
On 5 October we welcome award-winning pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason for a recital featuring the long-lost ‘Easter Sonata’ of composer Fanny Mendelssohn.
Date:
03 October 2022

University Music highlights in 2021/22

students smiling during a music performance
Description:
University Music were delighted to return to regular music-making this year following an unprecedented two years of musical absence during the pandemic.
Date:
14 July 2022

UoB Voices perform Stanford’s Requiem with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

University of Birmingham Voices performing with Martyn Brabbins
Description:
University of Birmingham Voices performed and recorded this month with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and conductor, Martyn Brabbins at Symphony Hall
Date:
04 July 2022
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