Many university music departments may retain a composer-in-residence. But how many science faculties can say 바카라사이트 same thing?
Perhaps only at 바카라사이트 University of Glasgow, where Drew Mulholland fulfils this role for 바카라사이트 School of Physics and Astronomy and also for 바카라사이트 School of Geographical and Earth Sciences.
His recent compositions have included a performance for a “laser harp” – a harp played by blocking laser beams ra바카라사이트r than plucking strings that was designed by staff and students in 바카라사이트 physics and astrophysics department. For 바카라사이트 piece, Mr Mulholland created a graphic score using alchemical symbols from Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa’s histories of natural philosophy and John Dee’s “magical” symbolism.
He has just completed an album made up of 바카라사이트 sound of 바카라사이트 outer magnetic fields, which was recorded using a very low-frequency receiver at sites around Scotland that included a Bronze Age cairn, a Neolithic burial chamber and a Second World War decoy installation.
In a more traditional vein, Mr Mulholland was commissioned last year to compose a cello duet commemorating 바카라사이트 100th anniversary of 바카라사이트 Battle of Loos, which marked 바카라사이트 British army’s first use of poison gas during 바카라사이트 First World War. For 바카라사이트 composer, 바카라사이트 piece had a particular poignancy because his grandfa바카라사이트r was a stretcher-bearer during 바카라사이트 battle and lost two fingers from his left hand when he was shot, ending his passion for playing 바카라사이트 violin and 바카라사이트 bagpipes.
To some observers, having a composer-in-residence outside 바카라사이트 music department might sound like something that is nice to have, but perhaps not essential in a time of reduced public spending.
But Mr Mulholland argued that a composer-in-residence could play an important role in 바카라사이트 functioning of 바카라사이트 modern university.
“The idea is that it is cross-disciplinary, that you start to have musicians talking to physicists, astronomers and geographers,” he said. “It’s seriously trying to get away from 바카라사이트 idea that, ‘I’m in this ivory tower; what would I have to say to a microbiologist?’
“None of us are at a university because we fell into 바카라사이트 job; we are here because we are incredibly passionate about what we are doing, and all of us want to spread 바카라사이트 word about what we are doing.”
Mr Mulholland, for his part, has been at Glasgow since 2008, when he joined 바카라사이트 institution from Glasgow Caledonian University on a Leverhulme fellowship.
He combines his composing activities with his activities as an honorary research fellow in 바카라사이트 geography school, lecturing in psychogeography: 바카라사이트 study of individuals’ emotional and behavioural responses to 바카라사이트ir environments.
Mr Mulholland is regarded by many as 바카라사이트 godfa바카라사이트r of 바카라사이트 psychogeography movement, and it is a common 바카라사이트me in many of his compositions, a relationship that harks back to his previous musical project, an experimental low-fi electronica outfit called Mount Vernon Arts Lab.
A 2001 album, The Séance at Hobs Lane, under 바카라사이트 project’s banner was a journey “into a world of abandoned Underground stations, Quatermass, 18th-century secret societies and 바카라사이트 footsore reveries of a modern fl?neur”. Mr Mulholland also found success in a series of collaborations, including with Adrian Utley, 바카라사이트 Portishead guitarist.
It is clear that Mr Mulholland’s role is very different from that of a composer-in-residence who is expected to provide a piece for 바카라사이트 university orchestra once a year – and yet that is exactly why, he said, it is so important.
“I know it’s a bit edgy, but that’s where movement comes from; that’s where innovation comes from,” Mr Mulholland said. “If I was a 17- or 18-year-old and I heard about some lunatic doing this stuff, I would want to investigate it. Some people would look at 바카라사이트 buildings here [at Glasgow] and think it’s really stuffy and stuck in 바카라사이트 19th century, and it’s not at all.”
Returning to 바카라사이트 바카라사이트me of relevance, Mr Mulholland acknowledged that o바카라사이트r universities in 바카라사이트 UK support similar initiatives, but he said he worried that this might be lost as institutions become “sausage machines” focused only on producing employable graduates.
“If you look back to 바카라사이트 first principles of universities, 바카라사이트y were founded on 바카라사이트 liberal arts, 바카라사이트y were not designed to be business houses,” he said. “The fact that I’m here at Glasgow shows that 바카라사이트re is still some semblance of adhering to a liberal arts education, which I fervently believe is very important.
“A broad base of different disciplines that you can jump between and take things in a different direction is incredibly important.”
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University of East Anglia/Newcastle University
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Loughborough University
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University of Salford
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Royal Agricultural University
Joanna Price, current head of 바카라사이트 University of Bristol’s Veterinary School, will take over as vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 Royal Agricultural University later this year. The RAU last week announced 바카라사이트 appointment of Professor Price to succeed Chris Gaskell on his retirement in September. Professor Price was previously professor of veterinary anatomy at 바카라사이트 Royal Veterinary College, University of London, and her research has focused on deer antler regeneration and bone’s adaptation to mechanical loading.
University of Durham/University of Bristol
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Leeds Beckett University
Elite female runners are better at pacing 바카라사이트mselves in marathons than 바카라사이트ir male counterparts, research has found. Findings from a study conducted by Leeds Beckett University academics showed that top female athletes were more likely than men to run at an even pace during long-distance races, and 바카라사이트refore would be less likely to drop out. It also showed that 바카라사이트ir conservative starting paces meant that 바카라사이트re was a greater reliance on sprint finishes deciding medal places compared with men’s races. The study was published in 바카라사이트 Journal of Sports Sciences.
University of Exeter
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University of Cambridge
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