Lives of Instruments

Music - Museums - Materiality

Researching the lives of instruments and of the people and institutions who interact with them

Principle Investigator: Dr Alice Little

Co-Investigator: Dr Kate Kennedy

Visiting Scholar: Professor Robert Brewer Young

 

Upcoming events:

The Hidden Power of Music - with pianist Dame Imogen Cooper - Tuesday 23 January 2024, Wolfson College

Imaginary Music Made Possible - with Composer/Arranger Matthew Sheeran - Tuesday 23 April 2024, Wolfson College

Listening to Maths: Euclid and the Violin - with Luthier/Philosopher Professor Robert Brewer Young - Tuesday 23 April 2024, Wolfson College

Enough - with Pianist/Memoirist Stephen Hough in conversation with Dr Kate Kennedy - Wednesday 19 June 2024 (venue tbc)

Materiality and the Meaning of Musical Instruments - conference organised by Dr Alice Little - Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 June 2024 (Music Faculty, Oxford)

Cello: A Journey Through Silence to Sound, by Kate Kennedy - book launch featuring cellist Natalie Klein - Sunday 29 September 2024 (Wigmore Hall, London)

Influence of Vibrations on Music - with Professor Martin Bencsik - date tbc