This lecture presented the rich history of musicians’ engagement with pitch. From the tuning systems of Babylon, Pythagoras and Hindustani ragas, through the temperaments of the Baroque and Classical eras and arriving at contemporary electronic, blues, jazz and global practices, the lecture explored how musicians have organised, sliced and manipulated the pitch continuum for expressive […]

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Climate change is already affecting us all, regardless of where we live, through changing risks of extreme weather events. This lecture took a break from global climate policy to talk about the links between climate and weather, chaos theory and the practical tools available to quantify changing risks. There is a lot we still don’t […]

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