Association of British Orchestras

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The Academy and Academia - 'What Universities can offer to Orchestras'

Where: Portico Rooms - Somerset House, The Strand London WC2R 1LA

When: 20 June 2008

Times: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

LCACE Event with the Association of British Orchestras

This took place in the beautiful recently refurbished Portico Rooms within the imposing neoclassical Somerset House, this was an information exchange event to encourage understanding of what academia can offer to Orchestras, and what kinds of issues Orchestras have which higher education institutions might be able to help them address.

The event was a series of short presentations by academics, about areas of their work which are appropriate to orchestras either now or in the future, and possible sources of funding, and an orchestra who was already working with academics to demonstrate what can be achieved. It was followed by networking drinks in King’s College London.

Presenters included :

  • Jonathan Vaughan, Head of Music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama on their relationships with the LSO and the Barbican
  • Professor Daniel Leech-Wilkinson of King’s College London on their work in the area of musicology and learning from performance, as well as introducing the Kings Sound Archive
  • Professor Mark Sandler of Queen Mary, University of London on recent developments in the field of Digital Music
  • Nancy Evans, Education Manager of BCMG on their ‘Resonance’ project with the University of Birmingham

The event was of interest to CEOs and their education and marketing departments.

Entrance was free and spaces were limited.