Music Department Events
2020
January
14/01/20
- ‘Fala Minha Irma’ (Speak My Sister): Collaborative Audio-visual Ethnomusicology in Mozambique
Karen Boswall (Sussex University)
24/01/20
- Beyond Mode
Rachel Beckles Willson
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Music Intertwining Women from Past to Present and from Asia to Europe - A Concert of Memory and Hope.
February
05/02/20
- One Piano, Two Cultures
Kiu Tung Poon (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
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This lecture recital will look at selected piano works by four contemporary Chinese composers, living away from the direct jurisdiction of the People’s Republic of China in particular, to examine the sonic attributes that have been framed as “Chinese” and “Western,” as well as the language and strategies of musical syncretism that have been identified as an expression of their cultural identities in their compositions.
21/02/20
- Musicians of SOAS
The Sages & Aga Ujma
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A SOAS Music Showcase featuring The Sages & Aga Ujma
25/02/20
- Risk as Value and Affect: Making Uncertainty Profitable in the
Darci Sprengel (Oxford University)
March
10/03/20
- Listening to love: Auditory attention, vocal iconicity and intimate
Christina Woolner (Cambridge University)
13/03/20
- Women’s Voices From the Mediterranean
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An International Women’s Day Feast!
The finest singers from London’s Greek & Turkish family of musicians come together for this special concert.
July
10/07/20
- The Sound of New Taiwan Cinema
Dr. Andy Birtwistle
October
13/10/20
- Verses and Flows: Migrant Lives and the Sounds of Crossing
Alex Chávez (University of Notre Dame)
27/10/20
- Korea Old and New: Nostalgia and Borrowing in Korean Popular Music
CedarBough Saeji (Indiana University, Bloomington)
November
11/11/20
- Hello Psychaleppo (Syria/USA)
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Sonic soundscapes, samples, and digital dialogues with Electro-Tarab pioneer Hello Psychaleppo.
24/11/20
- Sounds of Caregiving: Listening to Filipino Migrants
James Gabrillo (The University of Texas at Austin)
December
08/12/20
- ‘There should be no dull and flippant matter’: Black Archives, Intellectual Histories, and the Jazz Journalism of Walter Nhlapo
Lindelwa Dalamba (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)