The Music staff at Lincoln are a team of professional musicians who perform, compose, produce and write about music internationally. If you’re thinking about taking your music-making to the next level and even pursuing a career in music, our events might be for you or your school or college.
To find out more about our BA Hons Music programme please visit the UoL BA Hons Music Website.
The following events are available for you to book, but we are also keen to offer bespoke events tailored to the interests and needs of you or your students.
Workshop 1
Title: Preparing for performances
Duration: 1 hour
Description:
The music team have performed all over the globe, from opera houses to festival stages, with experience in a wide range of musical styles. In this workshop we offer practical advice and tips that you can apply to your own performing to help you take it to the next level. Whether you’re preparing for a grade exam or rehearsing with your band, preparation is key. From tackling stage fright to knowing how to sound check, we will guide you through some important ideas drawn from direct experience in the music industries
Workshop 2
Title: Composition masterclass
Duration: 1 hour
Description:
When you’re creating your own music – whether writing songs, working electronically or creating notated scores – it can be hard to know if you’re doing it right. Getting advice and tips from professionals is key to honing your skills. In this masterclass, professional composer Dr Martin Scheuregger will take a selection of your work and offer some insider hints and tips about how to take it to the next level. By sharing your music with others, this masterclass offers you the opportunity to learn from each other in a unique way.
Workshop 3
Title: Music from around the world
Duration: 1 hour
Description:
Senior lecturer in Music and founder of the International Bagpipe Organisation, Dr Cassandre Balosso-Bardin will introduce you to the world of bagpipes. Did you know that there were over 130 different kinds of bagpipes in the world, from India to Ireland? Did you know that they already existed 2000 years ago in Roman antiquity and that they only came to Scotland quite late? Do you know that in Italy, bagpipes are a typical Christmas instrument? This session will give you a taste of the different kinds of music you will encounter throughout your degree, expanding your sound map and opening you to a world of new and wonderful music.
Workshop 4
Title: Teaching Music
Duration: 1 hour
Description:
In this online session, we will look ahead to our popular ‘Teaching Music’ module that forms part of our degree. Some of you will know that teaching is what you want to do in the future – we’ve all been inspired by great music teachers at school. Others of you will be thinking that you might want to do this one day, and you’re interested in teaching your instrument as part of your future career as a performer. This taster session will start with us meeting as a group to identify one thing (from lots of things) we are each especially good at. Then we will set you a challenge to prepare a short lesson for the rest of the group that teaches us something about that. We will explore setting a learning objective, different ways we like to learn and how we assess what has been learned.
Workshop 5
Title: Music and emotion
Duration: (1 hour)
Description:
Emotional responses to music: Individual or universal? Music has the ability to induce emotional responses in listeners, from tears to goosebumps to standing ovations. People regularly select mood-congruent music to reinforce how they feel, or to elicit a particular feeling or behaviour in others. But what is it about music that makes it emotive? How do we capture that experience? And is music a universal language, or something much more nuanced? This workshop will interactively explore these questions, looking at the musical features that composers and musicians have been using to evoke emotion through their music.
If you would like to book a workshop please email Sam Cable at scable@lincoln.ac.uk with the following information:
1. Name of school/ college
2. The programme and title of the activity you wish to book
3. Suggested available dates that you can make to schedule the activity
We look forward to hearing from you!