Calum Scott wins Watt Prize

Calum Scott wins James Watt prizeDr Calum Scott has recently won the University's James Watt technician prize.


Calum's work supports all types of activity in Music from learning and teaching to research, performances and public engagement activity.

He joined the University around the time he completed his PhD in 2021 and looks after all Music's practice rooms, studios and Audio Labs.

Recently, he has also set up an immersive space for staff and students to develop teaching and research projects in an ambisonic environment as well as being in charge of the technical set up for the GLE4M festival held in the Queen Margaret Union earlier this year.

 

 

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gleam festival logo

GLE4M returns 25-26 May

Wed, 24 May 2023 14:07:00 BST

GLE4M Festival returns with two days of concerts and specially-curated listening spaces in and around the Queen Margaret Union, University of Glasgow. The festival is a collaboration between the 4M netlabel and the Dear Green Bothy, which focuses on environmentally-conscious arts practices working at the intersection of technology and sustainability.

Alice Masterson
Alice Masterson

Alice Masterson joins music

Wed, 24 May 2023 14:28:00 BST

Alice Masterson joins as lecturer in Music Industries.

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maggie nicols poster

Maggie Nicols / Cramb Residency Whatever Arises : 18th-20th May

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 18:29:00 BST

Maggie Nicols joins us for three days of events to mark the 2022 Cram residency.

Speakers announced for Glasgow RMA Colloquia series

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 13:53:43 GMT

Yvonne Liao, Matthew Machin-Autenrieth, Elodie A. Roy & more come to Glasgow for our RMA Colloquia series

Music in the University Semester 2 programme

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 11:44:00 GMT

The Da Vinci Piano Trio launch the semester 2 Music in the University programme for 2021-2 on Thursday 20th January.

Phonographic Encounters - book launch

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 17:09:00 GMT

Elodie A Roy and Eva Moreda Rodriguez launch their edited collection, Phonographic Encounters: Mapping Transnational Cultures of Sound, 1890-1945 on Wednesday 8th December at 4pm.

EMR book image
EMR book image

New Publication: Inventing the Recording

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 16:16:00 BST

Eva Moreda Rodriguez’s monograph ‘Inventing the Recording: The Phonograph and National Culture in Spain, 1877-1914’, has recently been published by Oxford University Press as part of their Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music series.

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LH tile

New Publication: Composing Audiovisually by Louise Harris

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 15:21:00 BST

Louise Harris's book, Composing Audiovisually: Perspectives on Audiovisual Practices and Relationships' is available now, published by Focal Point.

Some Somatic Music

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 15:43:00 BST

Launch of Towards A Somatic Music network with performance and film as part of this year's Sound Festival.

Rose Room
Rose Room

Rose Room launch 2021-22 Music in University programme

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 22:08:00 BST

Music in the University returns this Thursday at 1.10pm, September 25 with Scottish Jazz Award-winning band Rose Room.

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RMA logo

RMA research colloquia return for 2021

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 12:18:00 BST

Five RMA research colloquia have been announced for semester 1. These will all be available to watch online, with some recorded in the University Concert Hall with public access.

Cathy Phillips Brady joins as Music Resource Development Officer

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 09:45:00 BST

There have been a number of staff changes at 14 University Gardens ahead of the 2021-22 session.

Janet Beat album sleeve
Janet Beat album sleeve

Janet Beat releases debut album

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:26:00 BST

Former lecturer / current research associate in Music, Janet Beat, has released her first album at the age of 83. ‘Pioneering Knob Twiddler’, a compilation of some her compositions from the 1970s and 1980s, has been released on vinyl by Trunk Records and is also available to listen to on streaming services.

Concert series Metamorphosis is now available to view online

Fri, 14 May 2021 13:25:00 BST

Sound Thought's recent concert series Metamorphosis is now available to view online

Leverhulme Research Fellowship for Prof. Björn Heile

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 12:18:00 BST

Prof. Björn Heile has secured a Leverhulme Fellowship to complete a major monograph with Cambridge University Press

RMA Colloquia schedule for 2021 announced

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 21:08:00 GMT

We are pleased to announce this semester's series of Royal Musical Association colloquia