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Enjoyed this thoughtful documentary. Especially refreshing to hear informative & myth-busting accounts of what it actually means to be diagnosed with OCD (about which - like most people, I guess - I had very little idea before my partner became a clinical psychologist)

Huge congratulations to Magdalen Fellow by Examination Giles Masters who was awarded the 2024 Jerome Roche prize for his article ‘Mimetic Mechanicity: The Iron Foundry and Vernacular Internationalism in the 1930s’ read more: rma.ac.uk/2024/06/16/jer…

A very big - but very nice - surprise! It all feels quite surreal (previous Roche winners include many been big influences or mentors for me), but I'm very honoured & grateful, above all to the many people who supported me & my work on this article over quite a few(!) years

2024 is the 150th anniversary year of the Royal Musical Association! Here's the first page of the first issue of the 'Proceedings of the Musical Association' (as it was then known) calling for a new Society to be formed.

Enjoying dipping into some of the excellent presentations & discussions at this conference today (running tomorrow as well, all streamed on zoom)

A privilege to catch this at the library this afternoon

The Faculty & Wadham College intend to appoint to the Heather Professorship of Music with effect from 1 October 2025. The Heather Professor is the senior academic in the Faculty, taking a leadership role in research, teaching and administration. music.ox.ac.uk/article/heathe…

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The RMA condemns the provisional redundancies at Goldsmiths Music Department in the strongest possible terms. We encourage our members to sign and share this petition started by Goldsmiths music students: change.org/p/protect-musi…

such a joy to see my old pal Angharad Elin Thomas playing with BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in this mad, jumpy, delicate, swooping, space-age hoedown music last night

Really exciting to get started on this project with @roseanne_martin, Emma-Jane Greig, Lucy Hunt - lucyhunt.bsky.social et al - produced by The Cultural Programme & working with a link school of @magdalencollege / @magdoutreach #LetsBuildATown

'This week we’ve again seen Oxford at its best, and it’s all the more important because the violence people feared was over here, not over there.' Our latest blog 👇 asylum-welcome.org/unity/

Forbidden trample bellow plate

In Trinity (summer) term, I'll be convening a session for this series called (provisionally) "Scenes from Childhood: Music Theory & Analysis, Education & Play" - watch this space!

Some musicological fun facts from me for Magdalen College

Imagine a city where there are no adults and children are in charge...that's what German Composer Paul Hindemith asks in Let's Build a Town (1930)! 1/2 Music at Oxford Magdalen College Giles Masters Florence Park Community Centre

Music at Oxford Magdalen College Giles Masters Florence Park Community Centre Friday, 14 March at 6pm, free but tickets are required: oxfordculturalprogramme.org.uk/event/lets-bui… Image: Simon Vail  /ENDS

Something exciting's happening in East Oxford! Let’s Build a Town! is a community-focused project inviting young people to build an ideal city through music and performance. Come and see their performance: musicatoxford.com/whats-on/lets-… Read: magd.ox.ac.uk/news/lets-buil…