Faculty of Music
University of Oxford
Villiers Quartet: Composition Workshop II
Free entry, no registration required.
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Presented by the Faculty of Music and JdP Music Building in association with The Cultural Programme, University of Oxford, where the Villiers Quartet are part of the Hans Keller String Quartet Programme. Made possible thanks to The Cosman Keller Art & Music Trust.
The Villiers Quartet workshops and performs four new works written by students at the Faculty of Music.
There will be a public workshop from 2pm-3.45pm, offering a rare opportunity to witness the process of developing new quartet repertoire. This will be followed by a complete performance of all four works from 4.15pm-5.15pm.
<speaks> | Tomomi Adachi
Adachi will talk about his wide-ranging practice spanning music, poetry and visual art. Topics will include human voice, composition, improvisation, performance technique (and its absence), site-specific work, technology and artificial intelligence. The talk may also include a short performance designed for the online format.
Phantom Melodies and Tangerine Trees: A voyage through the psychedelic musical experience
Using musical illusions, perceptual experiments and examples from The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Tchaikovsky, Steve Reich and beyond, Prof. Milton Mermikides explores how music can evoke altered perceptions of time and self, the blending of senses and moments of transcendence, and why music relies on the very same perceptual mechanisms for its extraordinary power.