What's On at UWA

This event is a special Teacher Professional Learning workshop for Secondary School Teachers focusing on the exhibition Elise Blumann: an emigre artist in Western Australia, 1938 - 1948.

Attend a Curator's Tour with Dr Sally Quin, have afternoon tea and then stay on to participate in a (...)

The Chairman and Board of the Gravity Discovery Centre Foundation invite you to the opening of a special art and science exhibition - The Light of Einstein to celebrate the centenary of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity and International Year of Light.

The exhibition has several (...)

The UWA Cultural Precinct presents: UWAugust; Australians and War

Swing That War Away

Date: Saturday 15 August

Time: 7pm - late

Venue: The University Club Banquet Hall

Price: $99.00

Price includes a three-course meal, selected (...)

War and Emotions is the intellectual hub of the Australians and War program. This symposium will explore current research into emotions relating to war, various aspects of World War I and the ANZAC legend, and the experience of Australian soldiers returning from war.

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The 2015 Fred Alexander Lecture by Joy Damousi, Professor of History and ARC Laureate Fellow, University of Melbourne.

This lecture considers the ways in which the sounds of the battlefield and the home front during the Great War defined the memory of the war and elicited a range of (...)

UWA Faculty of Arts together with the Korean Cultural Centre Australia presents a fun festival of Korean cultural experiences including K-pop performances, traditional dance and music, hands on cooking, trying on Hanbok, playing Korean traditional games and well as a number of Korean food stalls (...)

School of Music is proud to present Hackett Brass

Tickets: Entry is free, no bookings required.

To browse the full program, please visit music.uwa.edu.au/concerts or call 6488 7836 to obtain a hard copy of our 2015 brochure.

From the Vocal Consort, solo song in recitals, public workshops, mixed instrumental and voice ensembles, or public Masterclasses with Q&A, Fridays@Five is the ideal way to start your weekend.

This week the UWA Vocal Consort perform in the beautiful acoustic of St George's College (...)

Composed whilst he was prisoner of war and premiered by his fellow prisoners at a Nazi prisoner of war camp in 1941. Messiaen's magnificent and moving Quartet for the End of Time will be performed in this special ANZAC concert by School of Music staff.

Xenakis: Peaux Varese: Ionisation M (...)

Forum with Ron Bodycoat, Geoffrey Bolton, Well-Versed for presentations and round table discussion to challenge local myths and explore and reveal the true impact of war.

School of Music is proud to present UWA Guitar Ensemble

Tickets: Entry is free, no bookings required.

To browse the full program, please visit music.uwa.edu.au/concerts or call 6488 7836 to obtain a hard copy of our 2015 brochure.

Dr Sally Quin's research on Elise Blumann combines her interests in the historical fortunes of women artists and the cultural and social contexts of artistic production. This talk will focus on her approach to research for her book on the artist and the accompanying exhibition.

As part of the 100th Anniversary ANZAC commemorations, in this special free event, the School of Music, in collaboration with the UWA Choral Society and Churchlands Senior High School present Britten's epic War Requiem.

Britten: War Requiem

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As part of the 100th Anniversary ANZAC commemorations, in this special free event, the School of Music, in collaboration with the UWA Choral Society and Churchlands Senior High School present Britten's epic War Requiem.

Britten: War Requiem

Tickets: THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT (...)

Bradshaw rock art is highly controversial in all its aspects, not least being its age. Respected direct physical dating methods have failed, with radiocarbon invalid for living art that continues to take up C14 from the environment, and with Uranium isotope series so far inoperative in silica-based (...)

The Winthrop Singers are joined by instrumentalists from the School of Music in serenading the sunrise from the Winthrop Hall Tower.

Tickets Entry is free, no bookings required.

Professor John Oakley (William and Mary College, Virginia), the 2015 Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens Visiting Professor, will be giving a lecture on 'Scenes from Daily Life on Athenian Vases'. This event is free and open to the public; all are welcome.

School of Music is proud to present Andrew Foote (baritone)

Tickets: Entry is free, no bookings required.

To browse the full program, please visit music.uwa.edu.au/concerts or call 6488 7836 to obtain a hard copy of our 2015 brochure.

From the Vocal Consort, solo song in recitals, public workshops, mixed instrumental and voice ensembles, or public Masterclasses with Q&A, Fridays@Five is the ideal way to start your weekend.

This week the Senior Vocal students work with a special guest presenter.

Ticket (...)