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Forthcoming
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Conference: Arts in Prisons: their impact and potential |
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International conference bringing arts practitioners and academic researchers together to look at the impact and potential of the arts in prisons.
St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh
Additional information and Registration form (PDF)
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Previous Events
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IMHSD Seminar |
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Dr Peter Keller
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany
4.00 - 5.00 pm - Lecture Room A, Alison House
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Music and Language Seminar |
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The Minor Third in Human Culture and Human Development
Dr. Jeremy Day-O'Connell, visiting Fulbright Scholar from Knox College, USA
4.00 - 5.00 pm - Common Room, Alison House
Abstract (PDF) Audio recording of talk (Large MP3 file)
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| Music Departmental Seminar |
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Songs to support foreign language education
Karen M. Ludke, PhD student in Music, IMHSD, UoE
5.15 - 6.15 pm - Lecture Room A, Alison House
Abstract (PDF)
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| Premiere of "Deacon" |
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Councillor by day, criminal by night, the life of William Brodie unfolds in Zack A. Moir's contemporary musical "Deacon". Specially composed to suit cochlear implant users, but highly entertaining for all.
Commissioned by MED-EL UK Limited.
Saturday 19th September, 4.00 pm and 8.30 pm, Tickets: £6 adult/£4 child, £17 family ticket (for 4 people) - The Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
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| IMHSD Seminar |
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What does auditory cortex do?
Prof. Timothy D. Griffiths, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University
4.00-4.50 pm - Lecture Room A, Alison House
Abstract (PDF)
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| The Nash Ensemble and the Musical Brain |
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Artistic Director, Amelia Freedman CBE.
"Great music and why we love it." The Nash Ensemble, Professor Nigel Osborne and invited speakers will explore the Musical Brain through concerts, open rehearsals, and discussions. Generously supported by the Wellcome Trust. Held at the Windsor Parish Church of St John the Baptist and Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park.
Brochure (download
pdf)
Six student bursaries are available (download pdf)
Download application form (Word document)
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Rime of the Ancient Mariner |
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Collaboration between students of Music in the Community at the University of Edinburgh and students of Animation at the Edinburgh College of Art. Composed by Dee Isaacs and featuring Nigel Osborne!
Ticket information (download
pdf)
Saturday
28th February and Sunday 1st March, 7.30 pm, Tickets: £10/6 - The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
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| IMHSD
Conference: Communicative Musicality |
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International,
interdisciplinary conference
Register
for this event ... (download
pdf)
Saturday
6 December - St. Cecilia's Hall, University of Edinburgh
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| IMHSD
Music and Language Seminar |
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Beat fusion
in the brain of a drummer: Effects of musical expertise
on perceived audiovisual synchrony and congruence
Dr
Frank Pollick and Dr Karin Petrini, Department of Psychology,
University of Glasgow
5:30 pm -
Room 1.17, Dugald Stewart Building
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| IMHSD
Uganda Dance Academy and London Sinfonietta |
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Uganda Dance
Academy and London Sinfonietta will be performing, all
welcome. Both events are free.
More
information available here.
Friday 17
October: 4pm - 8pm - St. Cecilia's Hall
Saturday 18
October: 6pm - 9pm - Reid Concert Hall
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| IMHSD
Music and Language Seminar |
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Movement
and Prosody in British Sign Language: About Real Elephants
and Fake Squirrels
Dr.
Martine Verheul, (Centre for Perception, Movement, and
Action Research), Moray House School of Education, UoE
5:30 pm - Room 1.17, Dugald Stewart Building.
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| IMHSD Conference: Dance, Timing and Musical Gesture |
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International, interdisciplinary conference
St. Cecilia's Hall, University of Edinburgh.
Browse conference website..
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| IMHSD
Music and Language Seminar |
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Music
and Intuition: Improvisation, invention and polyphonic
consciousness
Peter Cudmore, PhD Student in English Literature and
Philosophy, UoE
5.30pm - Common
Room, Alison House.
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Music and Language Seminar |
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Music and Poetry
at the Crossroads: Baudelaire, Debussy and 'Recueillement'
Dr David Evans, Lecturer in French,
University of St Andrews
5.30pm - Common Room, Alison House.
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| “REEL
AFGHANISTAN” |
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The UK’s
first festival of Afghan cinema and culture
Directed
from the Edinburgh University Settlement and supported
by the IMHSD. See
http://reelafghanistan.org for the complete
festival programme.
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| Shona
Singing and Mbira Workshop |
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Chartwell
Dutiro, Zimbabwe
2-3.30pm, Lecture Room B, Alison House
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IMHSD Music and Language Seminar
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Can songs support second
language learning?
Karen M. Ludke, PhD student in Music,
IMHSD, UoE
5.30pm - Common Room, Alison House. Read
More...
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IMHSD Music and Language
Seminar
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'Text-setting tied in Trefoil
Knots'
Dr. Rosalia Rodriguez-Vazquez, Lecturer in the Department of English, French and German, University of Vigo (Spain)
5.30pm - Common Room, Alison House.
Read More...
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| Colloquium:
Music and Healing, East and West |
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James
Robertson (Queen Margaret University), Ilhan Barutcu
(Trabzon University, Turkey) and Prof. Nigel Osborne
St
Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh
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| Seminar:
Cochlear Implants and Music |
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Geoff
Plant (MED-EL, USA)
Alison
House, Edinburgh
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| Musical
Integration : Middle Europe - Middle East |
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Prof
Nigel Osborne (Gol and the Intercultural Music and Arts
Project)
St
Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh
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| Exposure
to Music and Cognitive Abilities: from the Mozart Effect
to the Blur Effect |
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Prof
E. Glenn Schellenberg (University of Toronto Mississauga)
Alison House, Edinburgh
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| Colloquium:
Interactive Minds: An interdisciplinary discourse on the
musical communicative brain |
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Prof.
Andy Clark (Philosophy, University of Edinburgh), Prof
Robert Turner (Wellcome Department of Neurology, Institute
of Neurology, University College London), John Milner
(Care Today Residential Special School, Derbyshire)
and Prof. Osborne (Music, University of Edinburgh)
St
Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh
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| Seminar:
Neural components of working memory in non-musicians and
musicians with and without absolute pitch - an fMRI study |
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Katrin
Shulze (Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and
Brain Sciences)
Alison
House, Edinburgh
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Music
School of Arts, Culture & Environment
Alison House
12 Nicolson Square
Edinburgh
EH8 9DF
Tel: +44 131 650 2427
Fax: +44 131 650 2425
E-mail: Music@ed.ac.uk
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Contact the IMHSD
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University of Edinburgh,
School of Arts, Culture and Environment (Music),
Alison House,
12 Nicolson Square,
EDINBURGH
EH8 9DF
UK
For general enquiries, please contact Dr Katie Overy (IMHSD
Co-Director):
Email:
K.Overy@ed.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)131-650
2428
Fax: +44 (0)131-650 2425
For enquiries about IMHSD events or to join our e-mail
list please contact Karen Ludke (IMHSD Events Secretary):
Email: K.Ludke@sms.ed.ac.uk
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