Press office news
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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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Performance aims to change public perception of seagulls and their song
A new performance taking its inspiration from the song of seagulls will premiere as part of the 2018 Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival, being held at the University of Plymouth
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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