Press office news
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Multimillion pound project will see AI remixing radio to help people living with dementia
A £2.7 million project is to use artificial intelligence to adapt and personalise live radio, with the aim of transforming life for people living alone with dementia.
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Shakespeare, CERN and Game of Thrones combine for new Contemporary Music Festival opera
A new operatic prequel to The Tempest performed by the BBC Singers is to headline the Contemporary Music Festival 2019: Multiverse in Plymouth.
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Duet for clarinet and seagulls seeks to rescue reputation of birds and their song
A piece of music is to use recordings of seagulls to try and persuade audiences to see the beauty in the much-maligned birds.
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Seminal research into musical ‘illusions’ influences new piece for Contemporary Music Festival
A piece of music exploring the contrasting ways sounds are perceived by different listeners is to premiere as part of the Contemporary Music Festival 2019.
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Premiere of Entangled Brains will allow audience to see and hear quantum physics in action
A scientist and composer will feed live data from performers’ brainwaves into one of the most powerful computers on earth to help an audience understand the mysteries of quantum physics.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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