CMRC seminars
Our researchers host regular seminars, lectures, concerts and informal meetings throughout the year.
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Previous events
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CMRC Seminar with Olivia Chaney
Tuesday 5 March 2024, 16:00–17:30, Sally Baldwin Room D/003 and on Zoom
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The Sound-world of Coral Rose and Friends
Coral will dive into the processes behind some of her recent compositions and projects, from her recorded output as The Silver Field, to artist projects like her “The Scrubland” instrument and residency.
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Creating a Percussionist's Songbook
“Percussionist extraordinaire Joby Burgess” discusses the commissioning, recording and premiering of his latest album A Percussionist’s Songbook
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Different Voices, Different Contexts
How my career and practice has developed to write for multiple types of voices across a variety of genres and music-making contexts: including choral and operatic composition, music for young and amateur singers, and popular music production.
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Composing for voices with Toby Young
Join Toby Young and Stef Conner for a deep dive into the special joys and many challenges of composing for voices, with an in-depth look at some works in progress by York composers.
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Italianissimo: new aesthetics and collaborations in the creation of music
A CMRC seminar with cellist Frances-Marie Uitti
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A Performer’s Approach: thinking radically about instrumental sound
Frances-Marie Uitti takes us on a tour through some of the seminal thinking during a period of radical development in the sonoral resources of string instruments
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Spirited Winds perform new music from York
Spirited Winds – Carmen Troncoso (recorder), Desmond Clarke (oboe) and Jennifer Cohen (flute) – host this workshop and perform new works written for them by composers from the York community.
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CMRC Seminar: Kirsty Devaney (composer, educator and researcher)
Please join us for this week's CMRC seminar with composer, educator and researcher, Kirsty Devaney
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CMRC Workshop: Writing for non-professional/young musicians with Kirsty Devaney
Please join us for this week's CMRC workshop with Kirsty Devaney
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CMRC Seminar (Semester 1 Week 7): Black Fell: a game-for-music
In this seminar, composer Martin Suckling will outline the creative process for the online game, Black Fell, considering ways in which online may be a new 'venue' for music.
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CMRC Seminar: Andy Ingamells (composer-performer)
Composer and performance artist Andy Ingamells talks about the relationships between the different elements of his work, and in particular the ways in whine his recent work develops forms of collaboration and social interaction.
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Theory feeds practice feeds theory feeds practice
Gaia Blandina and Niamh Dell, two practice researchers in music in the School of Creative Arts and Technologies, discuss the role of theory in their creative work.
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The Critical Organology of Gear Cultures
In this Contemporary Music Research Collective seminar, Eliot Bates examines the social status of musical ‘gear’: why is there such interest, today, in a bulky, expensive and difficult to use instruments like the modular synthesizer?
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CMRC Seminar (Summer Week 10): Discussion session
Join us for a discussion session concerning an aspect of contemporary music practice and research – topic to be announced.
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CMRC Seminar (Summer Week 9): Discussion session
Join us for a discussion session concerning an aspect of contemporary music practice and research – topic to be announced.
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CMRC Workshop (Summer Week 9): Composing for the Harp with Ruth Lee
Join us for this session with harpist and composer Ruth Lee in which she discusses considerations when approaching writing for the harp and workshops music by student composers.
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CMRC Seminar (Summer Week 8): Federico Reuben (composer) + Kate Harrison-Ledger (piano)
Join us for this session in which Federico Reuben (composer) and Kate Harrison-Ledger (piano) discuss their recent collaborative project On Violence.
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CMRC Seminar (Summer Week 7): Audrey Riley (cello, composer, arranger)
Join us for this session in which cellist, composer and arranger Audrey Riley discusses aspects of her work.
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CMRC Seminar (Summer Week 5): Discussion session
Join us for a discussion session concerning an aspect of contemporary music practice and research – topic to be announced.
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CMRC Seminar (Summer Week 3): Jia Chai (composer)
Composer Jia Chai discusses aspects of her recent work.
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CMRC Seminar (Summer Week 2): ‘Garden of Forking Paths’ with Scott Mclaughlin (composer) & Heather Roche (clarinet)
The Garden of Forking Paths project (GoFP) explores how we can compose for contingent instruments that have their own ‘material agency’
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CMRC: ‘Listening with the Clarinet’ workshop with Heather Roche (clarinet) & Scott Mclaughlin (composer)
Working through Pauline Oliveros’ Deep Listening framework, the workshop engages clarinettist Heather Roche and a group of participants in a range of listening activities and scenarios.
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CMRC seminar - Matthew Schellhorn
Pianist Matthew Schellhorn discusses his work bringing new music to a wider audience, exploring themes of collaborating with composers and the commissioning process.
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How knowledgeable do you want your audience to be?
This session will open up discussion around the pros and cons of a knowledgeable audience.
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Communal ears: recorded music infrastructure and creative communities (Discussion session)
Alex Mackay will be introducing the work of a selection of record labels engaging with musical practices outside of the mainstream
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Sarah Lianne Lewis - Collaboration and connection: Responding with creativity in the shadow of a climate crisis
Composer Sarah Lianne Lewis will discuss aspects of her recent work.
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Restriction and freedom in music performance
Discussion session led by PhD student Kate Ledger
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CMRC seminar – Amy Thatcher
Accordionist Amy Thatcher joins us to present some of her work and composition methods.
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Tune writing with Amy Thatcher
Accordionist Amy Thatcher will present and speak about her practice.
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CMRC Seminar – Matthew Whiteside
Matthew Whiteside joins us to talk about his compositions and career as a composer and concert producer.
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Workshop: Self-Releasing Your Music – with Matthew Whiteside
This workshop will give you a broad overview of what steps you need to take to self-release your music to generate income and engagement.
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Maya Verlaak: ‘Disrupted Human: REBOOT’
Maya Verlaak introduces her music and her approaches to composition and collaboration, with opportunities for questions and further discussion.
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Alex Tay: ‘Cautionary tales from Professor GoodTrip on Composition / Illusion / Research’
In this talk, Alex will compare two pieces from his doctorate portfolio: Ghoulish Airs, an orchestral piece written for the LSO Panufnik scheme, and Jab for solo piano, performed and recorded by Ben Smith.
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Cultural borders: Contemporary Music Research Cluster Seminar, week 10
A discussion session led by Jake Adams (PhD composer)
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Contemporary Music Research Cluster Seminar: week 8
This talk will consider compositional practice in relation to Timothy Morton’s ideas surrounding the hyperobject.
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Contemporary Music Research Cluster Seminar: week 7
Join composers Alan Bullard, Kristina Arakelyan and Association Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) Partnerships Manager and composer James Welburn as they explore the world of composing to a brief with ABRSM.
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Contemporary Music Research Cluster Seminar: week 5
This discussion session led by PGR Music students with Professor Christopher Fox explores the question: 'What is the nature of the 'new' in 'new music'?
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Contemporary Music Research Cluster Seminar: week 4
Graham Fitkin talks about his work, including his new piece, BLA BLA BLA, for pianos, samplers and spoken voice (York Concert Series: The Fairy Relentless Fitkins).
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Contemporary Music Research Cluster Seminar: week 3
Boston (USA) based composer Roustom will share his experiences of his journey exploring identity through music.
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Contemporary Music Research Cluster Seminar: Finding space/Inhabiting space
This session will explore the 'spaces' in which contemporary music practices can or might take place. Questions might include: Where is there space 'for' contemporary practice? How does the choice of context shape or change practice?
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The Chimera Ensemble
The Chimera Ensemble - the University’s student-run contemporary music ensemble - presents its first concert of the academic year.
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The Chimera Ensemble
The Chimera Ensemble - the University’s student-run contemporary music ensemble - presents its first concert of the academic year.
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on screen/off screen
on-screen/off-screen showcases the work of two pioneering audio-visual artists and electroacoustic composers.
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The Great White Silence
Silent film with live score by Frame Ensemble
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Sounding Antiquity
Stef Conner and Barnaby Brown pull music out of archaeological remains with mind-blowing results.
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Clare Lesser and David Lesser
Internationally-acclaimed duo Clare and David Lesser explore the very latest developments in the song repertoire.
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Hera
Three women: a Boomer, a Millennial and the one in the middle. What do they have to teach each other? Or to forgive each other for?
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Huw Warren Trio
Everything in Between combines new music from Huw Warren and Dudley Phillips.