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Displaying from Friday, July 15, 2011
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July 2011
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Friday 15 |
What is “value”? What is “goodness” and “badness”? What does our only scientific theory of life have to say?
The mathematical logic of game theory shows that cooperation can evolve, as does the adaptationist logic of biology. Both kinds of logic rely on the assumption of (...)
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Friday 22 |
18:30 - PUBLIC TALK - AESTHETICS OF THE MULTICOSM with JOE DAVIS : Free public talk presented by the Institute of Advanced Studies and SymbioticA
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Artists operate within both the miniscule contexts of cells and molecules and the vastly larger macrocosm of human experience. While scientists ponder higher dimensions and the existence of multiple universes, the scope of knowledge encompasses once inconceivable reaches of space and time. Art is (...)
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Monday 25 |
A public lecture by Professor Terry Smith, FAHA, CIHA - Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory, Department of the History of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh.
The lecture is based on Terry Smith’s new book which argues that, in recent (...)
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August 2011
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Tuesday 02 |
17:00 - EVENT - School of Music presents International Research Seminar - Exploring the Politics of Collaboration: Bridging the Scholarly Divide in the Kyrgyz Manas Epic
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Today, the Kyrgyz Manas is one of the most celebrated epic heroic poems in the world. At the turn of the new millennium it was appointed a UNESCO ‘Masterpiece in the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Mankind’, signaling its global importance. It sits alongside Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, or the (...)
A free public lecture by Professor Lyndel V. Prott, Honorary Professor, University of Queensland.
Appreciation, accumulation, devastation? The love of beauty has inspired many great collections of works of art.
Source countries are today increasingly articulate about the (...)
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Wednesday 03 |
Music for Cello and Piano with Guest Artists Niall Brown, cello and Isabelle Trub, piano
Following more than ten years of concerts, it has become clear that cellist Niall Brown and pianist Isabelle Trub have created something quite special in chamber music that the press have unanimously (...)
3 - 8 August 2011
A festival of old and new music for 1-12 cellos spanning 3 centuries
Old meets new in an exciting festival of music composed for the cello, ranging from baroque works written in the early 18th century through to world premier compositions by UWA resident (...)
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Thursday 04 |
Specialist performer Geoff Gartner will workshop UWA student composer pieces, as well as presenting select works from the repertoire, and give composers advice about writing for cello.
As a musicologist Gartner specializes in the American experimental scene with a particular emphasis on (...)
Dorothy Ellen Ransom Prize in Composition and Pauline Steel Prize for Solo Cello
Students competing for the Pauline Steel Prize for cello will play newly composed works for solo cello by UWA student composers especially for the Old Cello/New Cello Festival in this combined lunchtime (...)
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Friday 05 |
Accompaniment with Guest Artist Isabelle Trub, piano
Trub has also been closely associated as an accompanist with the International Menuhin Music Academy in Switzerland, Freiburg Hochschule and Villa Musica in Germany, Hindemith Foundation in Switzerland and more recently Youth Music (...)
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Saturday 06 |
19:30 - PERFORMANCE - Spanish Fire : A performance of one of the great Spanish compositions in a stunning arrangement for castanets and piano.
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Danzas Espanolas is one of Enrique Granados’ supreme achievements for keyboard.
Now there’s a rare opportunity to listen to, and watch, as two masters of their art – Deanna Blacher (castanets) & Cameron Roberts (piano) – take you into the uniquely thrilling and passionate (...)
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Sunday 07 |
15:30 - PERFORMANCE - School of Music Concert: Artistry! 4 - Old Cello/New Cello Festival Concert
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In association with Tura New Music this concert can only be described as an extravaganza of music.
Bringing together international and national cellists, music for one to twelve cellos will saturate the senses in their exquisite sound.
Featuring guest artists Niall Brown (...)
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Monday 08 |
Selected UWA cello students will perform and work with cellist Niall Brown in this public masterclass.
Niall Browns talent was recognised early on by Yehudi Menuhin. Brown has performed as soloist with the Camerata Bern, Camerata Lysy Gstaad, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra and the Scottish (...)
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Thursday 11 |
Dominic Perissinotto (organ)
Sarah-Janet Brittenden (mezzo soprano)
Clare Tunney (cello)
An assortment of old favourites for organ, voice and cello.
20:00 - PERFORMANCE - School of Music: Music Students' Society - Composition Concert
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The UWA Music Students' Society presents a concert of works composed and performed by UWA music students.
FREE for MSS members / $10 for non-members (available at the door)
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Friday 12 |
15:30 - PUBLIC TALK - SymbioticA Friday Seminar with Art Oriente Objet : Informal open seminar with visiting French artists Benoit Mangin and Marion Laval-Jeantet
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The duo Art Object Oriented (Marion Laval-Jeantet & Benoit Mangin) aim to use an interdisciplinary approach to expand the amazing ability of art to communicate non-verbally. Through anthropological, environmental or biotechnological experiments, they try to understand the limits of their own (...)
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Sunday 14 |
0:00 - EXHIBITION - Recent Past: Australian painting of the 70s and 80s : Recent Past is a vibrant selection from the University's Art Collection.
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Recent Past: Australian painting of the 70s and 80s, is an engaging exhibition of art from a period of profound change in Australian painting and culture. The exhibition traces a modern history of painting through the work of 36 artists, over half of whom worked in Western Australia. Abstraction (...)
UWA opens up the whole campus to the public.
Come and find out about the courses on offer, valuable research, community programs, and facilities...all mixed with a day full of lots of fun activities for everyone!
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Tuesday 16 |
17:00 - SEMINAR - School of Music presents International Research Seminar - Factors affecting the performance wellness of jazz pianists in practice and performance
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Graham Wood, Head of Music, WAAPA, ECU presents an a significant performing arts medicine investigation entitled 'Factors affecting the performance wellness of jazz pianists in practice and performance.'
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Thursday 18 |
This free lunchtime concert will showcase senior vocal students from the School of Music.
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