SEPTEMBER 2013
N E W S L E T T E R
NO. 1
D E PA RT M E N T O F M U S I C & P E R F O R M I N G A RT S
A NGLIA R US KIN U NIV ER SI T Y
It’s been a busy summer for the Department
Whether you are a new or a returning
student - welcome to Anglia Ruskin
and to the Department of Music and
Performing Arts. We have had a very
b u s y s u m m e r, m a k i n g h u g e
improvements to our existing facilities
and moving into our brand new Music
Therapy Centre on Young Street. This
new centre has fully equipped therapy
rooms, as well as a large, multi-purpose
hall for all of us and is the result of a
£1.5 million private donation to the
Department.
In our other spaces, there have also
b e e n s i g n i fi c a n t u p g r a d e s a n d
improvements. Our Covent Garden
Studio has had a lighting upgrade to
provide more capacity on the grid, and
also has a brand new sound system.
Coslett Studio has a new projector and
audio-visual console for teaching, while
LAB 028 has a new lighting rig, meaning
that the studio can now be used for
performance. The Music Centre on the
ground floor of Helmore has been
completely gutted to install a much
VOLUNTEERING:
WHO IS YOUR COURSE
Want to do some volunteering this
semester? It’s a great addition to
your CV, plus you meet new people
and do something worthwhile.
For more info, contact our
volunteering co-ordinators in
Helmore 123, or email them on
[email protected]
LEADER?
Popular Music - Dr Sue Miller
Music - Dr Paul Rhys
Creative Music Technology - Dr Tom Hall
Drama - Dr Sue Wilson
Performing Arts - Dr Nigel Ward
MA Dramatherapy - Dr Ditty Dokter
MA Music Therapy - Helen Loth
improved air flow system and then redecorated. There is an additional music
practice room, six new pianos and lots
of new instruments, computers and
software.
We do hope that you will share in our
excitement at these new facilities and
that you will bear with us as we settle
into our new accommodation. We also
thank you for your patience over the
summer whilst the work was done!
GET INVOLVED:
Details of musical activities
for the next semester,
including what is on offer,
when and how to get
involved, will be provided
at 5pm on Monday 30
September in Helmore 029,
the Recital Hall in the
music centre. All welco me!
Forthcoming Conference
fee for the conference is £25 for students and you can find
the full programme here www.anglia.ac.uk/on-repetition
‘And so on: On Repetition’ is taking place at Anglia Ruskin
University on the 30th November 2013. This will be a day
of talks, performances and discussion around the topic of
repetition in contemporary performance, visual arts, music,
comedy and dance. The day will end with the incredible
work of Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion and their
double bill Cheap Lecture and Cow Piece, which will be
presented at the Mumford Theatre.
Join us for the day or book your ticket for the performance
(£7 student price) via the Mumford Theatre Website. The
Keynote speakers:
Joe Kelleher, Professor of Theatre and Performance
(Roehampton University), Alan Read, Professor of
Theatre (King’s College, London) and Keith Potter,
Reader in Music (Goldsmith’s University, London).
Also confirmed: How to catch a dog in a bucket, performance
lecture by Joe Kelleher and Eirini Kartsaki
For more information email Eirini Kartsaki. All students
welcome to attend.
STAFF RESEARCH:
DR TOM HALL, Course Leader for Creative Music Technology
Tom is currently completing a book chapter for Cambridge
University Press on the electronic music collaboration between
Harrison Birtwistle and Dr Peter Zinovieff. As a world-famous
British composer, Birtwistle is know for his 'difficult' modernist
music, but most of his electronic music experiments with
Zinovieff, which were created over a decade from the late 1960s,
are relatively unknown. Zinovieff is rightly regarded as the father of
computer music in the UK, and celebrated for the co-creation of
the iconic VCS3 synthesiser in the late 60s, used at the time by
such electronic and popular music acts as Pink Floyd and Jean
Michel Jarre. The most readily available fruit of Birtwistle's and
Zinovieff's collaboration is the 25 minute experimental musique
concrète work, 'Chronometer'. Likely the first British surround
sound tape composition (originally for eight channels, premiered in
1972 in four channels), the piece features evocative sounds of
multiple clocks (including Big Ben) running at different speeds.
A concert at Anglia Ruskin University celebrating Peter Zinovieff's 80th birthday in the presence of the composer was
organised by Tom in May 2013.
WANT TO BE A COURSE
What do course reps do?
REP?
Course reps have the
opportunity to shape and develop
their course alongside their
course leader to improve the
experience for all students, whilst
developing transferable skills that
Nominations open on 11th
September 2013 for all our
courses, via the SU website:
www.angliastudent.com
will be useful for their future.
What skills will I develop?
• Gathering feedback using a
variety of tools
• Presenting feedback impartially
• Working in partnership to find
and negotiate solutions to issues
• Communicate feedback
GUEST LECTURES
New student
events committee
The Department of Music and
Performing Arts is setting up a student
committee to organise gigs, events and
performances, particularly for the end-ofyear Festival and for our Christmas
cabaret night. Sue Miller and Sue Wilson
Two Popular Music scholars will be giving invited lectures for
students this semester: Dr Simon Warner (University of
Leeds) on 5 November at 6pm and Professor Philip Tagg
(University of Huddersfield) on 28 November at 2pm, both in
the Music Recital Hall (Hel 029). All welcome.
will be co-ordinating, but we want our
students to take the lead on initiating,
planning and organising activities.
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE
CROSS-COURSE STUDENT
COLLABORATIONS!
!
!
Performance work is central to the
whole department and the committee
will be able to develop opportunities for
everyone to showcase their skills, in
DR SUE
MILLER
performance, production & management.
Want to contribute?
If you want to develop your arts
management profile and contribute to
SUE HAS JUST COMPLETED
HER BOOK ON THE CUBAN
FLUTE STYLE OF
IMPROVISATION, PUBLISHED
BY SCARECROW PRESS AND
WITH A LAUNCH DATE IN
THE USA OF 16 NOVEMBER.
this committee, please email Sue Miller
and Sue Wilson. They will then set up
the first committee meeting as soon as
possible. We want to get the ball rolling
and start early planning for the year!
!
TEA AND C AKE SESSIONS
Back by popular demand! Come and socialise
over a free cup of tea and a slice of cake.
4.30 - 6.00pm,
Monday 7 October,
Monday 21 October, Monday 4 November
and Monday 18 November in our Covent
Garden Studio.
Just turn up - all welcome!
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