Brookes MA in Music

Our annual conference is back! This year's event, on 12 September, tackles the subject of opera and money from historical and current perspectives. We have a wide array of speakers, academics and practitioners both. Programme here. 1/ obertobrookes.com/forthcoming-ev…

"Does commercial success undermine or support aesthetic value in music?" The debate in today's "Music and Society" seminar got quite lively, ranging from library music to Arctic Monkeys to opera impressarios and back. #musicindustry #musicaesthetics #commercialmusic #artmusic

Today is the 100th birthday of the BBC! OBERTO's @amwilson_opera and @BarbaraEichner have enjoyed sharing the fruits of their opera research over many years with audiences for Radio 3, Radio 4, the World Service and BBC4 TV.

A few years ago, @oxford_brookes had a campaign called "university of the trees". If you are on Headington Hill campus in the October sunshine, you can see why! #October #Autumn #autumnleaves

Students, staff and members of the community are all welcome to join our Brookes #choir, #orchestra, #jazzband, #musicaltheatre choir and all the others! #ThisIsBrookes #HelloBrookes

Congratulations to our music students graduating today! We are proud of you and wish you all the best for the future! #Classof2022 #ThisIsBrookes #HelloBrookes #graduation

Our opera specialist Dr Alessandra Palidda will give a guest lecture in Vienna: "From Habsburg province to Napoleonic republic: Milan as a transnational cultural powerhouse, 1796–1802". Tomorrow, 6.30pm - in person only. musikwissenschaft.univie.ac.at/detailansicht/… @APalidda @ResearchTDE

This also included our current MA students who are specialising on opera studies in their 2nd semester! #operastudies #opera #MADegree

Funded PhD opportunity at the School of Arts! Join our vibrant research community ⁦@ObertoBrookes⁩ ⁦@obuarts⁩ ⁦@saru_brookes⁩ facebook.com/788929138/post…

A wonderful example of #supporttrhoughmusicfor those who are available! 🇺🇦

An image of the wonderful Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet, which has remained standing through so many historic changes. #supportthroughmusic #rememberhistory

In a moment where it is important to remember the place of culture and history, a take on a folk tune by the incredible Kiev quartet DakhaBrakha youtu.be/hsNKSbTNd5I

From 11-15 July 2022, Brookes will hold its second annual Business Challenge Week. Teams of students will work on one or more interdisciplinary ‘challenge’ projects brought by Brookes’ partner businesses. Open to all PG students!! @BrookesCareers @Brookesbusiness

Had a great time yesterday watching and commenting on Zeffirelli’s wonderful La traviata! Looking forward to continuing the discussion next week

Good morning from our campus squirrel Suki, and #GoodLuck to our students who are submitting their coursework this week! #DeadlineDay #HappyMonday

Today several finalists presented their research projects in the traditional dissertation forum. Topics ranged from the film music of Thomas Newman, to Ngoma music therapy, to British WW2 propaganda and a comparison of the fan chants of Exeter rugby and football supporters!

Today a group of MA students was welcomed by curator Andy Lamb to the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments. We even tried some of the historical keyboard instruments. Thank you for a fun and instructive afternoon!

Did you know that music lecturer and film music expert Dr Matt Lawson has his own youtube channel, "The Musicologist"? Come on, let's get the views to 500,000! youtube.com/c/TheMusicolog…

Today marks the start of induction week for our new students, and week 0 for our continuing students. We are thrilled to deliver, safely, a fully face-to-face offering across our degrees, and we can’t wait to see Richard Hamilton Building populated with our students again!

Our music ensembles are finally back! Watch this space for details of when and where, or find us at the #FreshersFair ! facebook.com/musicatbrookes…