Music Research Seminar Series

2023-2024 events

The Leeds Music Research Colloquia take place on Thursdays at the dates and times listed below. All events except the 16 November will be in person in Music Room LT2 and online (via Zoom). The 16 November event will be online only. All are welcome.

2023

Semester 1

Thursday 5 October: 4.30 – 5.30pm
The Evolution of Music – Professor Michael Spitzer (University of Liverpool)
Join in person in Music LT2 or online via Zoom at the scheduled time. Visit the event website for speaker bios and talk abstracts.
 
Thursday 19 October: 1 – 2pm
Mainstream Song, 1520 – 2020 – Oskar Cox-Jensen (NUACT Fellow – University of Newcastle) 
Join in person in Music LT2 or online via Zoom at the scheduled time. Visit the event website for speaker bios and talk abstracts.
 
Thursday 2 November: 4.30 – 5.30pm
Exploding the Canon (making room for more) – Michael Harper (Principal Studies Vocal Tutor (Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) / Music Staff – Song (The Guildhall School of Music and Drama)
Join in person in Music LT2 or online via Zoom at the scheduled time. Visit the event website for speaker bios and talk abstracts.
 
Thursday 16 November: 1 – 2pm
The Congregation Stands: Sonic Miracles and East Anglian Worship in Britten’s Noye’s Fludde – Imani Mosley (Assistant Professor – University of Florida)
Join in person in Music LT2 or online via Zoom at the scheduled time. Please note that the speaker will be joining us online only. Visit the event website for speaker bios and talk abstracts.
 
Thursday 30 November: 4.30 – 5.30pm
Supporting selfhood and agency in couples with dementia through embodied and relational musical engagement – Justin Christensen (Research Associate – University of Sheffield)
Join in person in Music LT2 or online via Zoom at the scheduled time. Visit the event website for speaker bios and talk abstracts.
 
Thursday 14 December: 1 – 2pm
DJing and disability – A qualitative and participatory research study – Maria Witek (Associate Professor – University of Birmingham)
Join in person in Music LT2 or online via Zoom at the scheduled time. Visit the event website for speaker bios and talk abstracts.
 

2024

Semester 2

Thursday 1 February: 4.30 – 5.30pm
Collaborative processes & complexity – Maya Verlaak (Senior Lecturer in Classical Music Composition – Conservatoire of Amsterdam)
Join in person in Music LT2 or online via Zoom at the scheduled time. Visit the event website for speaker bios and talk abstracts.

Thursday 15 February: 12 – 1pm
Towards a model of time-varying music engagement – Diana Omigie (Senior Lecturer –Goldsmiths, University of London)
Join in person in Music LT3 or online via Zoom at the scheduled time. Visit the event website for speaker bios and talk abstracts.

Thursday 29 February: 4.30 – 5.30pm
Tinnitus, musical listening and musical labour – Marie Thompson (Senior Lecturer in Popular Music – The Open University)
Join in person in Music LT2 or online via Zoom at the scheduled time. Visit the event website for speaker bios and talk abstracts.

Thursday 14 March: 4.30 – 5.30pm
Sculpting in Sound: Valentin Silvestrov's Symphony No. 5 –  Richard Gillies (Lecturer in Music – University of Nottingham)
Join in person in Music LT2 or online via Zoom at the scheduled time. Visit the event website for speaker bios and talk abstracts.

Thursday 25 April: 4.30 – 5.30pm
Student Engagement in the Secondary Music Classroom – Possibilities and Challenges – Dimitra Kokotsaki (Associate Professor – Durham University)
Online only – please join via Zoom at the scheduled time. Visit the event website for speaker bios and talk abstracts.

Thursday 9 May: 4.30 – 5.30pm
Distant Streaming – Eric Drott (Associate Professor of Music Theory – University of Texas at Austin)
Online only – please join via Zoom at the scheduled time. Visit the event website for speaker bios and talk abstracts.