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Giving audiences and performers a window into the past
13th April 2022
OU Music academics’ extensive research into George Frideric Handel's life, career and music is helping musicians perform and record the celebrated Baroque composer's works with a greater understanding of his intentions.
St David's Day and the role of the crowd in perceptions of Welsh musical identity
26th February 2021
Dr Martin V Clarke of OU Music talks about the sporting crowd and the supporting role it plays in positioning Wales as the ‘land of song’.
‘A roaring-meg against melancholy’: Musical responses to pandemic
15th June 2020
Dr Naomi Barker, Senior Lecturer in Music at The Open University, highlights the extraordinary parallels between how music is being used during the current pandemic and how it was used during the Italian plagues of the 14th and 16th centuries
Music, Moral Management, and Mental Health: What can we learn from the Victorians?
8th June 2020
Dr Rosemary Golding is a Staff Tutor and Senior Lecturer in Music at the OU. In this blog, she discusses the role that music has played in society's adjustment to lockdown, linking with her own research, into the use of music in nineteenth-century lunatic asylums
New OU/BBC Series: Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason Presents ‘A History of Music and Technology’
17th April 2019
The first episode of a new nine-part OU/BBC series ‘A History of Music and Technology' begins on BBC World Service Radio on Saturday 27 April at 11.00 GMT/12.00 BST. The programme was supported by FASS Academics Dr Sean Williams, Dr Robert Samuels, Dr Alexander Kolassa and Media Fellow Dr Chris Williams, with particular relevance to BA (Hons) Music R25, BA (Hons) Arts and Humanities (Music) R14 and BA (Hons) Arts and Humanities R14.
Catherine Tackley curates music for RIBA's House Party
29th July 2016
RIBA's celebration of the Great British Home will feature 'House Music' curated by Catherine Tackley. This 'musical journey through time and space' will explore the architectural roots of popular song and dance and features a folky fun sing-along, parlour pop and a house party dance off.