It’s a busy week, with parents, family and friends thronging to Canterbury Cathedral for graduation ceremonies.
Many musicians are graduating throughout the week, including some here; congratulations to everyone celebrating their success over the past five days, as they pass through the doors of the Cathedral to become part of the world-wide University of Kent Alumni community.
Chorus Manager India Bottomley celebrates her success
Saxophonist Hannah Wiffen shakes hands with Chancellor, Gavin Esler
Flautist Anne Engels
Caped crusader for choral singing: Emma Wilder
Getting some stick: percussionist Cory Adams
It’s a breeze: singer and woodwind player, Harriet Gunstone
No strings attached: violinist Zoe Bradbury
All the President’s man: Music Society President, trumpeter, conductor and singer Joe Prescott
Blond ambition: clarinettist Rianna Carr
Madam Secretary: former Music Society secretary, flautist and saxophonist Alex Turner
Thanks for all your commitment and contribution to music-making here at Kent during your time; and remember: whatever you do, make music!
Members of staff from the School of Law here at Kent came to the concert-hall yesterday for a spot of team-building and staff development with a twist.
Organised by the Administration Manager for Kent Law School, Jill Holliday, the hall rang to the strumming of ukuleles, as staff got to grips with playing throughout the afternoon. ‘The Law School decided it wanted to do something completely different for its end of year celebrations this year,’ says Jill. ‘The idea of something musical was originally a bit of a joke between the organisers but having discovered Musivate on line we decided to give it a go. It’s fair to say most staff approached it with a degree of trepidation, but once we all got going everyone had a great time! It was slightly surreal – sitting with over fifty KLS staff singing along to The Lion Sleeps Tonight while strumming on a ukulele, but rather fabulous at the same time! It offered staff who have never picked up an instrument, or had the opportunity to use the Colyer-Fergusson Hall, to give this a go, which really added to the day.’
Exploring the intersection between science and music this morning, in preparation for a project which will take place next spring.
A combination of music and images from cutting-edge research in the School of Biosciences will aim to highlight moments of beauty in in the mundane, or more functional, aspects of the scientific environment. Bringing together piano works including pieces by John Cage, Tarik O’Regan and Philip Glass, the experience involves drawing out the aesthetics of the laboratory environment and the scientific process, aspects which are often overlooked or ignored.
The project, in collaboration with Dr Dan Lloyd in Biosciences, will be unfurled next spring.
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‘The Law School decided it wanted to do something completely different for its end of year celebrations this year,’ says Jill. ‘The idea of something musical was originally a bit of a joke between the organisers but having discovered Musivate on line we decided to give it a go. It’s fair to say most staff approached it with a degree of trepidation, but once we all got going everyone had a great time! It was slightly surreal – sitting with over fifty KLS staff singing along to The Lion Sleeps Tonight while strumming on a ukulele, but rather fabulous at the same time! It offered staff who have never picked up an instrument, or had the opportunity to use the Colyer-Fergusson Hall, to give this a go, which really added to the day.’
The project, in collaboration with Dr Dan Lloyd in Biosciences, will be unfurled next spring.