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| DIRECTOR OF MUSIC - Susan Wanless | |||||||||||||
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Susan read Music at Leeds University, followed by a further three years’ study there, researching into the operas of Verdi and conducting the University Chorus and Orchestra. She then combined teaching at the University and Leeds Grammar School with an active conducting career, working with many of the choirs and orchestras in Yorkshire. Since her appointment at Kent, Susan has been involved in a wide range of musical activities. She likens her job to an eighteenth-century Kapellmeister, and anything with the word ‘music’ on it comes her way! In 2005 she created the University’s summer ArtsFest, an event which now attracts over 6,000 people to the Canterbury campus. Susan writes and lectures on a wide variety of musical subjects, and was also Master of Eliot College from 1998 to 2001. In 2007 she was awarded The Barbara Morris Prize for Learning Support for her contribution to music provision across the University. | ||||||||||||
If you would like to arrange a meeting with the Director of Music after Week One please email her on the e-mail address below. Tel: +44 (0)1227 823305 |
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Daniel read Music at York University, specialising in French piano repertoire. He was awarded a Major Research Fellowship in Conducting, after conducting Britten’s first operetta, Paul Bunyan, working with Donald Mitchell, and Kurt Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins, as well as works by Mahler and Dvorak, as an undergraduate. During his post-graduate studies, he went on to conduct the University Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, the University Choir and Chamber Choir, as well as various New Music ensembles. He also founded the Early Classical Orchestra, focusing on historically-informed performances from the period. He also conducted Steve Reich's Tehillim on the Contemporary Music Studies course at Bretton Hall College, Wakefield. Other roles have included Director of the Senior and Junior Choirs at York Minster Songschool, and a Lecturer in Music for ten years in Further Education. Daniel is an experienced accompanist and repetiteur. He is also a keen jazz pianist, and has performed at various venues including the Water Rats, King’s Cross, with Hollywood Award-winning vocalist Gill Ward at Pizza on the Park, Knightsbridge and recently at the Poco Loco club in Sardinia as part of the Jazz Festival. |
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| MUSIC ASSISTANT - Sophie Meikle | |||||||||||||
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Tel: +44 (0)1227 827335 |
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| MUSIC SOCIETY | |||||||||||||
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The Music Society (incorporating the Chorus, Orchestra, Concert and Big Bands and Chamber Choir) is one of the largest Student Union Societies on campus. It has a committee of around 20 students which provides opportunities to get involved with organising concerts, publicity and marketing, music administration and organising social events. The Music Society also puts like-minded musicians in touch with each other to form other ensembles (eg. jazz, brass, barbershop, recorders etc)
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Tel:+44 (0)1227 764000,
ext 3150
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| ROCK SOC | |||||||||||||
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Rocksoc is here to provide access to music equipment to allow people who want to form a band to do just that, and have somewhere to practice. A drum kit, PA system, and practice space in which to use them are available to those who join.
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| LIVE MUSIC SOCIETY | |||||||||||||
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We are dedicated to bringing ore live music onto campus, and to getting campus musicians seen in the city. You don't have to be able to play anything to join us, you jsut have to love live music. If you want to get involved in any way, email our president, Celia. If you want to book a slot at an open mix night contact Tim. | ||||||||||||
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