โญ 'As we enter a world of countless interactions with AI in all manner of our daily lives, I think it's important to study this relationship and explore what works.'
Composer Dr @robertlaidlow.bsky.social has recently joined King's and our department as an AI+ Fellow. Discover his research โฌ๏ธ
๐ Singer-songwriter Rosalรญa won her first BRIT Award for International Artist of the Year.
Her latest album, LUX, has earned critical acclaim. But should we consider it pop, classical music or something entirely in between?
@drandrewjgreen.bsky.social explains for @theconversation.com โฌ๏ธ
๐ต๐ท What is the cultural and political significance of Bad Bunny's Debรญ Tirar Mรกs Fotos? How is this album reshaping the soundscape of Latin music?
๐ Revisit our last year's feature by @drandrewjgreen.bsky.social โฌ๏ธ
This Shutterstock image shows singer Bad Bunny exiting Madison Sq Garden. The caption reads: 'The particular resonance of Debรญ Tirar Mรกs Fotos comes from the ways that it engages with Puerto Rican traditions at a time of increased dissatisfaction with the United States. โ Dr Andrew J. Green'
๐ต๐ท Bad Bunny's DtMF made history as the first Spanish-language album to win the Grammy for Album of the Year.
His Super Bowl performance, criticised by Donald Trump, celebrated Puerto Rican culture and called for unity, ending with the message 'The only thing more powerful than hate is love' ๐งตโฌ๏ธ
๐ฐ Tonight: 19:00, Temple Church
Lonesome lovers, beguiling songsters, friends at play... These are some of the characters you will encounter in this programme of songs from the courts of twelfth-century France.
Join us as our singers breathe new life into songs rarely heard today โฌ๏ธ
๐ผ What is the future of human-computer creativity?
๐๏ธ 28 Jan, online
Dr @robertlaidlow.bsky.social addresses the current relationship between music and artificial intelligence, looking back on the long and productive history between the two fields โฌ๏ธ
@aiatkings.bsky.social @kingsmusic.bsky.social
๐ผ In search of a new podcast?
Beyond 1932 offers a deep dive into the 1932 Cairo Congress of Arab Music by documenting the work of researchers and experts involved in preserving and promoting the recordings.
๐ Find out more: 1932muscon.kcl.ac.uk/scores/podca...
๐ We have launched a suite of new doctoral studentships through our new Doctoral School ๐
Over 30 places are now open for applications for the new Doctoral School for Arts & Humanities.
More details and how to apply ๐
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/arts-hu...
@komldsp.bsky.social @adaptai.bsky.social
๐ Congratulations to Professor @katherineschof8.bsky.social, the 2025 recipient of the American Musicological Societyโs prestigious Otto Kinkeldey Award for her book 'Music and Musicians in Late Mughal India: Histories of the Ephemeral, 1748โ1858' @universitypress.cambridge.org ๐ โฌ๏ธ
โญ The Faculty of Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social has funded the purchase of two brand new Steinway grand pianos, and the full refurbishment of a third, for the Department of Music at King's.
Discover more โ and watch our alumnus play the new piano โฌ๏ธ
๐น 200 years since the last piano was designed by a woman, Dr Sarah Nicolls is changing history.
First Light Pianos company, led by Dr Sarah Nicolls, has been awarded @innovateuk.bsky.social funding to develop a lightweight acoustic vertical grand piano to serve music-makers around the world ๐ โฌ๏ธ
๐ We look forward to welcoming you tomorrow at our recital of Jane Austenโs Music Collection, where we'll explore the interplay between Austenโs musical world and literary imagination by drawing on her personal music books ๐ฝ
๐ Register here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/recit...
๐ถ What can self-organised choirs teach us about collective creativity and cultural memory?
On 8 October, join our Colloquium Series event featuring Dr Ana Hofman and explore how grassroots musical practices shape cultural commons and challenge neoliberal norms ๐ฝ
๐ 'Revealing a forgotten performance practice in a single fermata opens new vistas.'
Barฤฑล Demirezer, our student pursuing a PhD in historical musicology, received a commendation for his outstanding paper at the Society for Music Analysisโs annual Theory and Analysis Graduate Students Conference โคต๏ธ
๐ โIf you want to feel overpowered by grief, reach for some music. If you want to feel close to the person whoโs died, thereโs music that will take you there.โ
Dr Emily MacGregorโs โWhile the Music Lastsโ explores the relationship between music and loss โฌ๏ธ
๐ถ Advent carol 'O frondens virga', recorded by the Choir of Kingโs College London, is featured in the new Netflix film Havoc (2025).
The action film starring Tom Hardy, Jessie Mei Li, Timothy Olyphant and Forest Whitaker is out today.
Keep an ear out โฌ๏ธ
๐ Congratulations to Professor Emma Dillon, the first woman to hold the Thurston Dart Professor of Music title!
She works with performers, curators and scholars to explore the intersections of sound, music and objects in medieval culture and to make medieval music more accessible to the public โฌ๏ธ
๐ The National Plan for Music Education: is it too late?
On 26 February, Dr @stevenberryman.bsky.social will consider the trajectory of recent policy initiatives, with a focus on primary and secondary education.
#musiceducation #policy
Soprano Sofรญa Kirwan-Baez performing at Kingโs College London on 27 November 2024.
Pianist and innovator Sarah Nicolls playing an improvisation โinsideโ the piano. 4 December 2024.
๐ Hello Bluesky!
Follow us for the latest updates on our innovative research in performance, composition, musicology, ethnomusicology, sound studies, jazz and popular music studies at King's College London.
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