#EarBox: new collaborative project launching with Studio 3 Gallery

We are very excited to be launching #EarBox,  a new collaboration between the School of Arts’ Studio 3 Gallery and the Music Department next Wednesday, 28 January, at 1pm.

WP_20150122_10_42_55_Pro#EarBox is a series of events exploring the meeting-point between visual art and music, where visitors can experience the latest Studio 3 exhibition, or listen to the unfolding musical performance – or wander the new emotional landscape mapped by the intersection of art and music, where the experience of one medium informs and influences a response to the other.

The event next Wednesday will feature piano works by Debussy, John Cage, Chick Corea and Philip Glass; visitors can explore the paintings during the performance, or sit and listen to the music – admission is free.

This term’s exhibitions features an exploration of colour and form in paintings by  Brian Rice, and sculpture by Richard Rome, and the music includes piano works performed by Deputy Director of Music, Daniel Harding, as well as performances later in the term by University ensembles including the Chamber and Cecilian Choirs and the Wind Ensemble.

WP_20150122_10_42_24_ProAdmission to all these events is free; make sure you’re following @Unikent_music or @Studio3Gallery for event details, or visit the Music department’s What’s On or the Studio 3 blog page.

Indulge the senses: #EarBox at Studio 3 Gallery.

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Snow arrives on campus

Thanks to Phil Ward for this wonderfully atmospheric view of the campus this morning, overlooking Canterbury Cathedral. Shortly after this cold and frosty morning, it started snowing too.

Image: Phil Ward
Image: Phil Ward

Phil’s photographs will form part of the new commission piece which will be premiered by the Chamber and Cecilian Choirs on Friday 13 June during Summer Music Week (details here).

Image: © Phil Ward

New events brochure now online

Our new What’s On has now gone live, and is packed with lunchtime concerts, choral and orchestral concerts, visiting ensembles and special events.

Around The World InWe continue to celebrate the University’s fiftieth anniversary with the annual Colyer-Fergusson Cathedral concert in a performance of Verdi’s Requiem in March, whilst in June we bring a department-commissioned choral piece from members of the University community. Our Lunchtime Concert series sees tangos from Piazzolla, jazz with the Geoff Mason Quintet, and a second concert from our ensemble-in-residence, CantiaQuorum, in music by Bach, Handel and Telemann. The Concert Band and Big Band will take us on a trip Around The World In… in February; the new Alumni chamber choir Invicta Voices launches; pianist and Honorary Doctorate recipient Freddy Kempf gives a recital in June; and the year ends as usual with the now-customary week-long musical festivities of Summer Music Week.

Take a look at all that’s happening from January to June online here, or download a copy of the brochure (pdf) here.