Faculty of Music
University of Oxford
Making a classical music documentary for cinema and streamers
With Visiting Professor in Music Business Jan Younghusband
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In this session we will look at the process of making a music documentary with clips from the new Andrea Bocelli biographical documentary to be released next year.
Jan also invites students to sign up for brief one-to-one meetings, to discuss any ideas they may have for TV (or radio, or podcasts) with her, on Thursday morning.
<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.