An insight into a student-led collaboration between Music and Fine Art
Over the last half year I’ve had the pleasure of visiting exhibitions of two artists local to the North East of Scotland. I was taken by surprise to find – among the seascapes of Frances Walker and Kate Downie – a similar little gem,...
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Good news for current and potential music students at the OCA! We have commissioned Carla Rees to write a new Level 1 Music course. Gareth’s recent interview with Carla gives some fascinating background on her interests, including her pioneering work on the 21st century flute repertoire and developments with the instrument itself (alto and...
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OCA is going to be further developing its curriculum in the next 12 months, and there are some exciting new additions to the existing suite as well as a couple of exciting additions to our undergraduate degree programmes.
First, there is a new Textiles course at level 1 (HE4) coming in the next few weeks...
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Music Tutor, and soon to be author of the OCA’s second Level 1 Music Course: From The Present To The Past, Carla Rees talks to Gareth Dent about her work.
I have many associations with the OCA; I came to the College initially as a photography student, and then later became a tutor on...
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My reputation as a cool dude when playing jazz (pause for ironic jeers) has taken a bit of a hammering recently as I’ve had to start wearing middle distance glasses in order to see the charts. My optician tells me I’ll soon be needing multifocal lenses.
Which brings me to Random Fact Number 742…...
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We are delighted to announce that Chris Lawry has been awarded the first prize in OCA’s first ever music competition.
The challenge was to produce an original arrangement of a traditional folk tune. Entrants could choose one of two melodies. In practice, most chose ‘We’ve been a-wandering’, as follows:
Chris Lawry’s arrangement can be heard on an...
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Patric Standford, the Course Leader for Music was in the office yesterday so we took the opportunity to ask him about his career and what he was currently working on. We also recorded a piece about the Composition courses and this will be on the main OCA website next week. In addition to being...
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I was listening to the Today programme on Radio 4 whilst driving into work last week and there was an item about an exhibition in Cambridge entitled Under Covers: Documenting Spies. Cambridge has been something of a breeding ground for spies, of course – and not always for the same side!
The interviewee commented...
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