CMRC seminars
Our researchers host regular seminars, lectures, concerts and informal meetings throughout the year.
Latest events
Previous events
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CMRC - Elsa Hewitt on songwriting, production, and navigating the music industry
In this Contemporary Music Research Collective seminar, Elsa Hewitt will join us to chat about her expression and experimentation in the world of ‘dreamy electro-pop’.
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CMRC Seminar with Olivia Chaney
Tuesday 5 March 2024, 16:00–17:30, Sally Baldwin Room D/003 and on Zoom
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The Sound-world of Coral Rose and Friends
Coral will dive into the processes behind some of her recent compositions and projects, from her recorded output as The Silver Field, to artist projects like her “The Scrubland” instrument and residency.
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Creating a Percussionist's Songbook
“Percussionist extraordinaire Joby Burgess” discusses the commissioning, recording and premiering of his latest album A Percussionist’s Songbook
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Different Voices, Different Contexts
How my career and practice has developed to write for multiple types of voices across a variety of genres and music-making contexts: including choral and operatic composition, music for young and amateur singers, and popular music production.
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Composing for voices with Toby Young
Join Toby Young and Stef Conner for a deep dive into the special joys and many challenges of composing for voices, with an in-depth look at some works in progress by York composers.
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Italianissimo: new aesthetics and collaborations in the creation of music
A CMRC seminar with cellist Frances-Marie Uitti
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Spirited Winds perform new music from York
Spirited Winds – Carmen Troncoso (recorder), Desmond Clarke (oboe) and Jennifer Cohen (flute) – host this workshop and perform new works written for them by composers from the York community.
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CMRC Seminar: Kirsty Devaney (composer, educator and researcher)
Please join us for this week's CMRC seminar with composer, educator and researcher, Kirsty Devaney
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CMRC Workshop: Writing for non-professional/young musicians with Kirsty Devaney
Please join us for this week's CMRC workshop with Kirsty Devaney
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CMRC Seminar (Semester 1 Week 7): Black Fell: a game-for-music
In this seminar, composer Martin Suckling will outline the creative process for the online game, Black Fell, considering ways in which online may be a new 'venue' for music.
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CMRC Seminar: Andy Ingamells (composer-performer)
Composer and performance artist Andy Ingamells talks about the relationships between the different elements of his work, and in particular the ways in whine his recent work develops forms of collaboration and social interaction.
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Theory feeds practice feeds theory feeds practice
Gaia Blandina and Niamh Dell, two practice researchers in music in the School of Creative Arts and Technologies, discuss the role of theory in their creative work.
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The Critical Organology of Gear Cultures
In this Contemporary Music Research Collective seminar, Eliot Bates examines the social status of musical ‘gear’: why is there such interest, today, in a bulky, expensive and difficult to use instruments like the modular synthesizer?
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Federico Reuben
Senior Lecturer
Contemporary practice research cluster lead