Placement visits have their perks. They take you places, both literally and metaphorically. Today’s visit was at the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), at the Barbican Centre in the heart of the City of London. My usual 40 minute train journey into London Waterloo, followed by a shorter journey on the tube to reach Barbican on […]
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The latest ‘Live at University Hall’ took place at the University of Surrey on the evening of 31 March 2017. The epic four-hour event comprised a total of 14 bands, groups, and solo artists featuring students from the Department of Music and Media. ‘Live at Uni Hall’ was organised by students, supported by student audio and stage management […]
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Three Music alumni of the University of Surrey have won Vice-Chancellor’s Alumni Awards, announced in the University’s Annual Review 2016. American-Cuban conductor, composer, and record producer Odaline de la Martinez (MMus Music, 1977; pictured) won the inaugural Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award. This award was introduced by the current Vice-Chancellor in 2016 as part of the University’s 50th anniversary celebrations, to […]
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Three current and former Surrey BMus Music students addressed the annual Surrey ExciTeS Excellence in Teaching Symposium at the University of Surrey on Wednesday 4 January 2017. Karen Taylor (BMus with PTY 2012–16), Octavius Longcroft-Wheaton (BMus 2013–16; PhD 2016–), and Jadene Doak (BMus 2014–) (pictured, l-r) addressed questions from academics drawn from across the University. The panel […]
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The placement year forms an important part of your education and aims to develop your professional, practical, interpersonal, organisational, and creative &/or technical skills, and to allow you to apply some of the theory that you have learned in the first two years of the programme. Full placement scheme details for current students are available […]
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Out Tonmeister students in Music and Sound Recording have again been benefitting from the expertise and experience of a wide range of visiting industry experts, from talks to practical workshops. The final years took part in a pop mixing workshop with Tonmeister graduate Dom Monks (whose work with multi-Grammy winning producers Glynn and Ethan Johns […]
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