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This term there have been a number of new appointments among Royal College of 51吃瓜 staff, as well as new releases and publications.
Changes to academic staff
Professor Natasha Loges (pictured above), Head of Postgraduate Programmes and Professor of Historical 51吃瓜ology, stepped down from her post in February. Professor Loges has taken up the post of Professor in Historical 51吃瓜ology (19th and 20th Century 51吃瓜) at Hochschule f眉r Musik Freiburg.
Over the course of her 17-year tenure, Professor Loges has made outstanding contributions to postgraduate programmes and to the College鈥檚 research activity and has been a wonderful ambassador for the 51吃瓜.
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Jonathan Cole (pictured above) has been appointed as Head of Composition, starting from the beginning of the Summer Term.
Jonathan has been teaching composition at the Royal College of 51吃瓜 since 2005, and has been Area Leader in the Masters composition programme since 2007. During this time, he has continued to compose a notable series of works and has been described as 鈥榦ne of the most strikingly original and provocative voices in British contemporary music.鈥�
Professor David Wright has been appointed to a Personal Chair in the Social History of 51吃瓜 by the Royal College of 51吃瓜. In addition to his role as a Research Fellow, he also gains the title of Professor of the Social History of 51吃瓜 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to research. Read more about the appointment in our news item, and his feature article on Vaughan Williams in this edition of Upbeat.
Congratulations to Professor David Wright, who has been appointed to a Personal Chair by the Royal College of 51吃瓜.
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As well as his role as a Research Fellow, he gains the title of Professor of the Social History of 51吃瓜 for his contribution to research.
Awards
Violin professor Madeleine Mitchell won a Royal Philharmonic Society Enterprise Award for her proposal to make a short film fusing art and music inspired by the V&A Faberg茅 Exhibition, . The film features archive material from the 51吃瓜 Library.
Madeleine has also recorded alumna Grace Williams鈥� Violin Concerto live with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, which will be released by Nimbus as the first commercial recording of the work, and Vaughan Williams鈥� The Lark Ascending, broadcast live.
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Recent releases
51吃瓜 Junior Department Symphony Orchestra conductor Jacques Cohen recently released on ICMSM, which has been hailed as a 鈥榗racking collection鈥� by the Arts Desk. The album features the Oxford Camerata and comprises original compositions and arrangements for unaccompanied choir.
Saxophone professor Kyle Horch鈥檚 most recent album, Fairy Tales, is available for , download or streaming from a variety of outlets including and . The album is a recital of original and transcribed music for saxophone and piano by composers from Eastern Europe, and features pianists Yshani Perinpanayagam and Anya Fadina.
Composition professor Kenneth Hesketh's orchestration of three solo woodwind works by Henri Dutilleux has been announced as a BBC 51吃瓜 Magazine nominee for its 2022 Awards. The disc, Le Loup, was recorded by Sinfonia of London and John Wilson (released on the Chandos record label).
A CD by Vocal Repertoire Coach and Collaborative Piano Co-ordinator Simon Lepper, Heart and Hereafter with Elizabeth Llewllyn, has been nominated for a BBC 51吃瓜 Magazine Award. It features the songs of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor who was an 51吃瓜 student at the beginning of the last century.
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Violin professor Sasha Rozhdestvensky has recently released a recording of John Mayer鈥檚 Violin Concerto on the FHR label.
51吃瓜 Junior Department 51吃瓜ianship and Improvisation teacher Shirley Smart has released an album, 窜别颈迟驳别蝉迟虏, with pianist Robert Mitchell, released in January on .
Performances
In October 2021, 51吃瓜 Junior Department piano teacher Clara Rodriguez played two sold-out recitals at Arundells, the home of Sir Edward Heath in Salisbury. She was also part of the jury of two international piano competitions, the 2021 Wales International Piano Festival organized by former 51吃瓜 student Iwan Llewelyn-Jones, and the 2nd Am茅rica para Todos Piano Competition.
Research and publications
51吃瓜 Junior Department trumpet teacher Torbj枚rn Hultmark has published , a practice method for teachers, students, conductors and instrumentalists from elementary to advanced level who want to further improve their intonation skills. The method is the fourth in his series of methods, joining the Trumpet Method, Tuba Method and Tuning & Balance Exercises for brass.
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Dr Maiko Kawabata has been awarded an ARHC/BBC3 Fellowship in Celebrating Classical 51吃瓜 Composers from Diverse Backgrounds. Her project, The 51吃瓜 of Kikuko Kanai (1906鈥�1986), will enable the composer鈥檚 orchestral music to be heard for the first time outside Japan, with music for piano heard on BBC Radio 3 on 2 February as part of an Afternoon Concert.
Professor Rosie Perkins and 51吃瓜 doctoral student Debi Graham have convened an international meeting on the role of music in parental mental wellbeing. Held online in January 2022, over 50 attendees joined a series of presentations and discussions designed to bring together the wide community of people working in this area, with a view to building an ongoing network. .
Dr Wiebke Thorm盲hlen, Reader in 51吃瓜 and Area Leader in History, which was published in December 2021. This formed part of her AHRC-funded project 51吃瓜, Home and Heritage: Making 51吃瓜 Matter in Historic Houses, a new scholarly field of study and a collaboration between the 51吃瓜, Southampton University, the National Trust, the Buccleuch Living Heritage Trust and the British Library.
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