Graduate Research Colloquia: Dr Rebekah Okpoti (Liverpool Hope University)

'Domesticity and The Girly Organist'

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Abstract

Interventions into Domesticity through The Girly Organist Project. This book project considers spirituality and Domesticity through creative practice interventions. Anne Lister, John Ruskin, Adelaide Watt & Finding Home present new insights into Domesticity. 

Biography

Rebekah Okpoti's research focuses on Musicology, Creative Practice, Culture and Librarianship and how they work through History and with other fields.  It includes Sonic Installation Art, Domesticity, Composition and the Pipe Organ within a variety of communities. Much of her work is interdisciplinary and looks at the relationships between culture and practice across time through platforms such as The Girly Organist  which explores hyper-femininity, feminine identity and ritual in church music.

Workshop 'Lalande’s Legacy: from Fame to Posterity'

To mark Lalande’s 300th death anniversary, the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles and Maison Française d’Oxford explore his musical legacy and enduring reputation.

Celestial Art: Edward Higginbottom's 80th Birthday Concert

Purcell, Lalande and Handel on period instruments for Edward Higginbottom's 80th. Oxford students can use the code OXON30 for 30% off student tickets until 4 November.

Bach at New College: Henrik Persson & Anhad Arora

Gambist Henrik Persson and harpsichordist Anhad Arora explore music from the turn of the eighteenth century, culminating in J.S. Bach's Sonata for viola da gamba and harpsichord in g minor.

Public seminar: Alexander Rehding (Harvard University)

Migration, Performance & Policy study day

A day for interdisciplinary thinking about the nexus between migration, policy and performance.

Welcome Joy + A Ceremony of Carols

Corvus Consort's upper voices join with harpist Louise Thomson to present a festive concert, featuring music celebrating women's voices from their acclaimed album 'Welcome Joy' alongside Benjamin Britten's iconic Ceremony of Carols.