Faculty of Music
University of Oxford
Sampling the City: Shiva Feshareki Live at the Sheldonian
Sampling the City is an interdisciplinary project between Shiva and the Faculty's Electronic Music Practice Research Group (EMPRes) incorporating sound, composition, technology, hermeneutics and architecture. The performance in the video below was the culmination of her 2021/22 visiting fellowship sponsored by the Humanities Cultural Programme.
In this live performance Shiva manipulated recordings and narratives collected from across the city, juxtaposed with music and archive recordings from the EMPRes library, to create a unique spacial composition and new perspectives out of the diverse sounds and narratives of Oxford.
More information about the project can be found in the video below and on the EMPRes website.
Professor Gascia Ouzounian launches new book on sound, warfare and urban violence
Professor Ouzounian will launch her new book, The Trembling City: The Sonic and Atmospheric Violence of Vibrational Warfare (MIT Press, 2026), at Ibraaz in London on Sunday 8 November at 3pm, in conversation with artist and writer Susan Schuppli.
'Everyday Beethoven' - Professor Laura Tunbridge
Professor Laura Tunbridge repeated her inaugural lecture as Heather Professor of Music at this year's Meeting Minds weekend for alumni. As the 200th anniversary of his death approaches in 2027, Ludwig van Beethoven remains ubiquitous, his music still dominating concerts, films and advertising. In 'Everyday Beethoven', Professor Tunbridge explores the friendships, collaborations and musical relationships that enabled the composer to come to prominence.
A recording of the lecture is now available to watch online.
