Lectures and Seminars
The Great Exhibition, 1851: Of Instruments and Industry
07/10/2010
Outer Parry Room at 17:15
- Jenny Nex Royal College of Music
- Suzanne Fagence Cooper Victoria and Albert Museum
- John Liffen Science Museum
- Nigel Williams 1851 Commission
- Michael Musgrave chair
Join us for a round table on the subject of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Our distinguished panel of speakers includes representatives from a number of Exhibition Road institutions, who will discuss the importance of the event and its far-reaching impact through to the present day.
Part of the Grove Forum Series.
In association with the RCM Centres for Performance History & Music and Multimedia
Part of the Grove Forum Series.
In association with the RCM Centres for Performance History & Music and Multimedia
Free, but tickets required. Booking for this event opens on Monday 23 August. RCM Friends priority booking opens on Monday 16 August.
The New Symphony Orchestra, 1905-1938: A Very RCM Affair
14/10/2010
Outer Parry Room at 17:15
- Emily Worthington University of York
- Paul Banks chair
This talk focuses on a pioneering orchestra formed by the first generation of RCM alumni at a time of great change in British musical life.
Part of the Grove Forum Series.
In association with the RCM Centre for Performance History.
Part of the Grove Forum Series.
In association with the RCM Centre for Performance History.
Free, but tickets required. Booking for this event opens on Monday 23 August. RCM Friends priority booking opens on Monday 16 August.
Music at an Exposition 1: Brussels 1958: Cold War, Hot Jazz - Sidney Bechet vs Sputnik
11/11/2010
Outer Parry Room at 17:15
- David Burnand Royal College of Music
- Paul Banks chair
This forum will explore how music was (mis-)used to curb American anxieties about the negative impact of segregation on anti-Communist rhetoric.
Part of the Grove Forum Series.
In association with the RCM Centre for Music and Multimedia
Part of the Grove Forum Series.
In association with the RCM Centre for Music and Multimedia
Free, but tickets required. Booking for this event opens on Monday 23 August. RCM Friends priority booking opens on Monday 16 August.
Music at an Exposition 2: Montreal 1967: Electronic Music for a World of Tomorrow
18/11/2010
Outer Parry Room at 17:15
- Ian Helliwell
- David Burnand chair
This talk will explore the circumstances and impact of experimental music and film colliding with the mainstream, including the première of a specially made split-screen collage of archive music, audio extracts and photographic stills.
Part of the Grove Forum Series.
In association with the RCM Centre for Music and Multimedia
Part of the Grove Forum Series.
In association with the RCM Centre for Music and Multimedia
Free, but tickets required. Booking for this event opens on Monday 23 August. RCM Friends priority booking opens on Monday 16 August.
Bach and the Viol & La Voix Humaine: the unaccompanied Bass Viol
23/11/2010
Inner Parry Room at 14:00
Free, but tickets required. Booking for this event opens on Monday 23 August. RCM Friends priority booking opens on Monday 16 August.
Lectures and classes
24/11/2010
Durrington Room at 14:00
Part of the International Festival of Viols
Free, but tickets required. Booking for this event opens on Monday 23 August. RCM Friends priority booking opens on Monday 16 August.
Music at an Exposition 3: Hannover 2000: ‘Moment of Glory’
25/11/2010
Outer Parry Room at 17:15
- Vasco Hexel Royal College of Music
- David Burnand chair
Reflections on cultural eclecticism, national identity, and German sentiment at Germany's first World Exposition. Moment of Glory is the title of the Expo 2000 theme song by The Scorpions.
Part of the Grove Forum Series.
In association with the RCM Centre for Music and Multimedia
Part of the Grove Forum Series.
In association with the RCM Centre for Music and Multimedia
Free, but tickets required. Booking for this event opens on Monday 23 August. RCM Friends priority booking opens on Monday 16 August.