Public seminars

The Faculty hosts a number of lecture and seminar series featuring speakers from within and outside the University, by established and younger scholars. As well as the Graduate Colloquium Series, organised by current students, which covers all kinds of music-related topics, there are sessions devoted to music analysis and ethnomusicology. These public research seminars take place at 3pm on select Thursdays at the Faculty of Music.

Professor Jennifer Walshe convenes a composer <speaks> online series in which visiting composers discuss their work. Recent speakers have included Alex Paxton, Laetitia Sonami, and Charmaine Lee. These take place online on select Monday afternoons at 4pm.

Professor Margaret Bent convenes the All Souls Seminars in Medieval and Renaissance Music which run online at 5pm on select Thursdays.

Students, staff and the general public are warmly encouraged to attend. Free and open to all.

Upcoming Seminars

Migration, Performance & Policy graphic

Migration, Performance & Policy seminar

12 November 2026
From Iranian Classical Music to Bad Bunny: Resistance and Global Cultures in France, Canada and the US
Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Music

All Souls Seminars in Medieval and Renaissance Music: Davitt Moroney (University of California, Berkeley)

12 November 2026
Morton Wan

Public seminar: Morton Wan (University of Oxford)

19 November 2026
'“Scheming for Profit”: The First Made-In-China Piano'
Alexander Rehding

Public seminar: Alexander Rehding (Harvard University)

24 November 2026
Matthew P. Thompson

Public seminar: Matthew P. Thomson (University College Dublin)

03 December 2026
Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Music

All Souls Seminars in Medieval and Renaissance Music: Karen Cook Karen Cook (University of Hartford)

03 December 2026