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Shakespeare meets Game of Thrones at the Contemporary Music Festival 2019

A Shakespearean prequel opera with a Game of Thrones twist will be among the highlights of the 2019 University of Plymouth Contemporary Music Festival.
8 January 2019
University prepares to host second Music Week

A performance by jazz saxophonist Steve Buckley is among the highlights of the second University of Plymouth Music Week, presented by Peninsula Arts
1 May 2018
Short film aims to raise profile of the effects of early onset dementia

A film which seeks to highlight the effects if early onset dementia is to be premiered during a free event supported by the Marine Institute at the University of Plymouth
17 April 2018
Free event celebrates benefits of the marine environment for human health and wellbeing

A free event at the University of Plymouth will explore the many and varied ways that the marine environment can benefit human health and wellbeing, including fields such as antibiotics, dementia, psychology and social work
17 April 2018
Plight of critically endangered crocodiles put in spotlight through new performance

Reptile Rhythms, an audiovisual work which aims to raise awareness of the plight of the critically endangered gharial crocodile, will be premiered at the 2018 Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival in conjunction with percussion group Ensemble Bash.
20 February 2018
Music for aliens – 1970s coded message transformed into musical composition

The Arecibo message – a 1970s attempt to contact extra-terrestrial life – will form the basis for an exclusive musical performance at the 2018 Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival, taking place at the University of Plymouth
13 February 2018
Musical molecules and the battle for biological supremacy laid bare in new performance

The unseen battle between bacteria and antibiotics will be played out through a new composition during the 2018 Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival, being held at the University of Plymouth
6 February 2018
Decoding the secrets of life at the 2018 Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival

Decoding Life will be the theme for the 2018 Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival. It will feature performances of exciting new works by researchers at the University of Plymouth alongside the world-renowned percussion group, Ensemble Bash
16 October 2017
Come Together – Lennon and McCartney transformed for 60th anniversary performance

The works of John Lennon and Paul McCartney have been reconfigured by Dr Alexis Kirke, a composer at the University of Plymouth, into a new performance that will be showcase to audiences at the Port Eliot Festival this summer
14 July 2017
Could particles and pianos combine to provide greater understanding of the laws of physics?

Data generated by the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland are to be transformed into music through a ground-breaking project involving researchers at the University of Plymouth, the MIT Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
30 May 2017
Sinfonietta takes audiences on journey across centuries

Audiences will be taken on a fantastical journey from the Baroque era to more contemporary visions of the future at a concert by the Peninsula Arts Sinfonietta being staged at the University of Plymouth
24 March 2017
PhD student receives award recognising international contribution of French expats

University of Plymouth PhD student Pierre-Emmanuel Largron has received one of seven Trophées des Français de l’etranger 2017, which celebrate the achievements of French expatriates and francophones around the world
8 March 2017