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Music, Public Engagement, Widening Participation and Impact. A Study from The University of South Wales
Over the last several years I have been involved in a number of Public Engagement/Widening Participation projects, all of which have had a specific focus on how music can assist the University of South Wales (Previously the University of Glamorgan) … Continue reading
Elements of Music and Impact on Musical Form
My last musicology session discussed the various ways in which the elements of music impacted our appreciation of music. Factors such as dynamics, texture, timbre, harmony, melody etc are interesting – as they can be discussed with all age groups … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Musicology
Tagged elements of music, music analysis, musical form, musicology, paul carr
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Musicology – Session 1
As last year, here is a powerpoint of some introductory notes to a musicology session I teach. Anyone interested in commenting – please do so! <div style=”margin-bottom:5px”> <strong> <a href=”http://www.slideshare.net/carrp/introduction-to-musicology-lecture” title=”Introduction to Musicology Lecture” target=”_blank”>Introduction to Musicology Lecture</a> </strong> from … Continue reading
Update
I presented at a music and semiology conference last week – this was essentially a reading of the introduction to the forthcoming Zappa And the And book. Excellent conference, nice city – although I was pleased to get home. Although … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Frank Zappa, Music Industry
Tagged Frank Zappa, live music, music virtuality, paul carr, Wales
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Higher Education and Live Music in Wales: Future Developments
Well, I am coming toward the end of the research into the relationships between live music and higher education in Wales. With the report due at the end of this month, I thought I would provide some comments below. Very … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Live Music, Music Industry, SWN Festival, Wales
Tagged ACPL, Big Champagne, Cardiff, cultural tourism, deep blue sound, employability, Hypebot.com, knowledge resistance, live music, Live Nation, local councils, Major Events Unit, paul carr, Swn Festival, the backstage academy, Welsh higher education
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The Elements of Music: A Good Start To Basic Analysis
When considering the analysis of a piece of music for the first time, it is sometimes useful to start with the ‘elements of music’. As a first step – try placing the following elements in order of priority – in … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Education, Musicology
Tagged analysis, elements of music, musicology, paul carr, sir duke, tempo, texture, times they are a changin
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An Overview of 2011
It is so long since I last blogged, so I thought this seemed a good time to set a new year’s resolution to upload a post at least once a week. So – here goes – a brief synopsis of … Continue reading
