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Displaying from Tuesday, May 13, 2014
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May 2014
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Tuesday 13 |
17:00 - BOOK LAUNCH - Launch of "Personalities & Places" : Full Title: Personalities & Places on the Crawley Campus
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This book was funded by a University Centenary Grant with detailed vignettes of 71 places named after personalities on the Crawley Campus. An initiative of the UWA Historical Society, it includes a fold-out map showing each location. Join the authors and their many supporters for the launch.
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Thursday 15 |
13:10 - CONCERT - School of Music Presents FREE Lunchtime Concerts : UWA Guitar Ensemble
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Be transported from the everyday every Thursday in our free lunchtime concert series.
FREE 50min Concert every Thursday during Semester at 1:10pm.
No booking required, just turn up!
18:00 - PRESENTATION - What's Christianity Ever Done for Arts and Architecture? : This WXED talk presents stunning visuals of soaring and uplifting Christian art and some stories of iconclasm and censorship in order to draw a picture of Christianity's contribution to our current artistic culture.
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'Verily it is by beauty that we come at wisdom,'so it says at Winthrop Hall, so what are all the 'words' for? This WXED talk presents stunning visuals of soaring and uplifting Christian art and some stories of iconclasm and censorship in order to draw a picture of Christianity's contribution to (...)
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Friday 16 |
17:00 - EVENT - UWA School of Music presents Fridays@Five : A new series for 2014, Fridays@Five showcases the Voice students. Whether the Vocal Consort, solo song in recital, public workshop, mixed instrumental and voice ensemble or public Masterclass with Q & A, Fridays@Five are an ideal way to start your weekend.
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Masterclass
19:00 - CONCERT - Assembled - School of Music Broadening Units : The School of Music offers a number of stimulating and enjoyable broadening units for all undergraduates studying at UWA. Come and hear part of the wealth of musical talent on campus!
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All Assembled performances are unreserved and ticketed at the door.
All tickets are $10.00.
Doors open 15 minutes prior to the commencement of the event.
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Saturday 17 |
10:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Excavating the Future: Archaeology and Technology : UWA Archaeology Department celebrates National Archaeology Week on 17 May
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The UWA Archaeology Department invites you to join us to celebrate National Archaeology Week on Saturday, 17 May.
What do archaeologists actually do? How do archaeologists use cutting-edge technology in their research? What kind of archaeological research goes on at UWA? How can you even (...)
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Sunday 18 |
3:30 - CONCERT - 'Back in the USSR' Concert : Selection of UWA School of Music graduates perform a selection of musical gems.
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Former violin lecturer at the UWA and USSR educated violinist Semyon Kobets, mentors young trio members and recent School of Music graduates Osborn Fong (cello) and Siang Ching (piano) to perform a selection of musical gems that were composed during and in anticipation of the Soviet Union.
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Monday 19 |
19:30 - EVENT - Artistry! Collaboration : The exceptional ability of young emerging artists and their passion for music will always create an extraordinary experience for concertgoers. In 2014 four outstanding orchestral concerts will feature Western Australia's best young musicians.
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Conducted by Head of School, Dr Alan Lourens, the School of Music celebrates its community links in a concert at the Perth Concert Hall. The UWA Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Chorus will be joined on stage by the choirs of John Septimus Roe Anglican School as part of their 25th anniversary. A (...)
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Tuesday 20 |
19:00 - CONCERT - School of Music Broadening Unit: Percussion : The School of Music offers a number of stimulating and enjoyable broadening units for all undergraduates studying at UWA. Come and hear part of the wealth of musical talent on campus!
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All Assembled performances are unreserved and ticketed at the door.
All tickets are $10.00.
Doors open 15 minutes prior to the commencement of the event.
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Wednesday 21 |
20:00 - PERFORMANCE - The White Devil : English and Cultural Studies theatre students present John Webster’s 1612 Jacobean revenge tragedy.
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The White Devil is set in a Renaissance Italian court society of devious Dukes, decadent Counts, murderous malcontents, and corrupt Cardinals. Through this misogynistic milieu moves Webster’s protagonist, the Venetian lady, Vittoria Corombona, seeking opportunities for advancement wherever she (...)
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Thursday 22 |
13:10 - CONCERT - School of Music Presents FREE Lunchtime Concerts : Ensemble Hackett (UWA New Music Ensemble)
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Be transported from the everyday every Thursday in our free lunchtime concert series.
FREE 50min Concert every Thursday during Semester at 1:10pm.
No booking required, just turn up!
14:00 - SEMINAR - 'O, that this too, too pixelated flesh would melt' : The Decade in Digital Shakespeare Studies
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A Digital Humanities Research Seminar with Dr Brett D. Hirsch, ARC Discovery Early Career Research Fellow in English and Cultural Studies, UWA.
How has the field of Shakespeare Studies responded to the emergence of exciting new technologies, innovative computational and quantitative (...)
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Friday 23 |
17:00 - EVENT - UWA School of Music presents Fridays@Five : A new series for 2014, Fridays@Five showcases the Voice students. Whether the Vocal Consort, solo song in recital, public workshop, mixed instrumental and voice ensemble or public Masterclass with Q & A, Fridays@Five are an ideal way to start your weekend.
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UWA Voice Consort
19:00 - EVENT - Assembled - Ensemble Hackett (UWA New Music Ensemble) : Music in Similar Motion: works by David Lang, Philip Glass Frederic Rzewski and Martin Bresnick.
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New music deserves a place
that is not on the margins, but at the epicentre of how we define, consume, perform and teach classical music. In 2014, Artist in Residence and Freedman Fellowship “Genius” award winner stellar clarinet player Ashley William Smith, takes a community of young artists (...)
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Saturday 24 |
19:30 - PERFORMANCE - The Rap Guide to Evolution : World-class rapper with the accuracy of a scientist
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“Astonishing...fizzing energy and spell-binding charisma!” New York Times
Combining the wit, poetry, and charisma of a great rapper with the accuracy of a scientist, Baba Brinkman takes us on a hip-hop tour of modern biology.
A smash hit at the Edinburgh Fringe, in New (...)
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Tuesday 27 |
18:00 - PERFORMANCE - UWA School of Music in The Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery - UWA Guitar Ensemble : In 2014, UWA School of Music performs in the beautiful acoustic space of the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. This is a wonderful opportunity to experience a pleasurable evening of music and art.
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UWA’s celebrated Guitar Ensemble returns to the gallery for another outstanding performance surrounded by beautiful Korean art and ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints.
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Thursday 29 |
Be transported from the everyday every Thursday in our free lunchtime concert series.
FREE 50min Concert every Thursday during Semester at 1:10pm.
No booking required, just turn up!
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Friday 30 |
The film 'Sisters of Gion' portrays pre-war Japanese society's treatment of women. It is one of director Kenzo Mizoguchi's finest pre-war films. It tells the story of two sisters who work as geishas in a district of Kyoto. FREE to attend. RSVP: Required. Register via the link.
18:00 - EVENT - The School of Music presents VOICE! : The romantic German song cycle has no relevance to the modern Australian audience. Andrew Foote begs to differ.
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Presented in association with the Institute for Advanced Studies, Andrew Foote, Head of Vocal Studies at UWA, explores the transition from solo song to the romantic trio of singer, piano and poet and exposes its relevance to the musicians and audience of today using examples of the songs by (...)
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Saturday 31 |
Acclaimed Western Australian artist Pilar Mata Dupont offers an insight into her personal practice as she investigates ideas of nationalism, identity and the triggers of nostalgia.
Mata Dupont was awarded an Asialink Residency at the National Art Studio, Goyang, South Korea in 2013 where (...)
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