Press office news tagged 'arts-institute-public'

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
New Musical Director reveals big plans for Peninsula Arts

Peninsula Arts, the public arts programme at the University of Plymouth, has appointed acclaimed pianist Dr Robert Taub as its new Musical Director
30 April 2018
Winners of the Peninsula Arts Film Commission 2018 announced

The Peninsula Arts Film Commission 2018 panel has announced three practitioners from the South West of England as this year’s winners.
13 March 2018
Plymouth to stage final exhibition by ‘the last of the St Ives modernists’

A new exhibition featuring the work of abstract artist Trevor Bell (1930-2017) opens in the Peninsula Arts Gallery at the University of Plymouth on 16 April.
12 March 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
Former Levellers guitarist uses performance to chart personal experiences of epilepsy

Alan D Miles, a former guitarist with The Levellers, will be premiering a new work charting his experiences with epilepsy at the Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival, taking place at the University of Plymouth from March 2-4, 2018
8 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
New exhibition marks 200 years of civil engineering excellence

A new exhibition celebrating the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is set to open in the Sherwell Centre on the University of Plymouth campus on Monday 8 January
22 December 2017
Culture app ceases after three successful years

Artory, Plymouth’s incentivised mobile app for cultural events produced by i-DAT at the University of Plymouth and Plymouth Arts Centre, is going offline
31 October 2017
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
Controversy and revolution on the silver screen for Peninsula Arts’ autumn season

A series of controversial films which were either banned or heavily censored on their release are to be shown as part of Peninsula Arts’ autumn season at the University of Plymouth
13 September 2017