This online taster session will give you an insight into what it's like to study Music at university. You'll have the chance to hear from one of our academics, participate in a taster lecture and engage with current undergraduates.
Music and Environmentalism
The natural world has inspired music makers across human cultures and histories: composers have been motivated by our planet's oceans, landscapes and animal life to create music which expresses human relationships with the natural world. Today, we face the consequences of human actions and attitudes towards the natural world in the form of environmental change and the climate emergency. What role does music have in this context? This session explores the different ways in which music is relevant to environmentalism: how music represents, expresses and uses the natural world as sound (e.g. compositional techniques incorporating field recordings or environmental data); how music brings people together in virtual/imagined activist communities, and in live performances which have their own environmental impacts. To what extent can music make a difference to this major issue?
When: Tuesday 23rd April - 3.50pm - 5.15pm
Age Group: Year 12 and Year 13
Location: Online
Itinerary:
3.50pm - 3.55pm - log-in & get comfortable
3.55pm - 4.05pm - welcome & introduction to the department
4.05pm - 4.50pm - taster lecture
4.50pm - 5.00pm - Q&A on the taster lecture, leading into
5.00pm - 5.15pm - Q&A about your subject at Sheffield -with Admissions Tutor and current students
Please note that this is an approximate schedule and is therefore subject to change.