Faculty of Music
University of Oxford
Tom Metcalf composition recorded by the Kreutzer Quartet
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Dr Tom Metcalf
The new Kreutzer Quartet album, Something So Transporting Bright, features a piece written in 2020-21 by Tom Metcalf (Worcester, 2014), now Christopher Cox Junior Research Fellow at New College. The piece, entitled Pixelating the River, is a 28-minute string quartet in one movement which uses the visual process of pixelation to generate musical material from a map of the River Thames, exploring narratives of nature and technology.
In concert: how shared wonder opens our minds
How can shared experiences of music, art and natural beauty expand our imagination and help us better understand each other? Professor Naomi Waltham-Smith explores how moments of shared aesthetic attention can amplify our sense of curiosity and wonder, bringing our imaginative lives into our relationships with others.
Listening to the Law research network
Professor Nomi Dave is co-directing a new research network, with Professor Nicole Stremlau (Faculty of Law) and Dr Tareeq Jalloh (Faculty of Philosophy). The network, Listening to the Law, is funded through TORCH for three years. It brings together academics, students, legal practitioners, artists, and others working on questions of sound and the law.
To join the network or attend events, please email listening.law@torch.ox.ac.uk