Workshop

Since the 1990s, we have witnessed the emergence of generations of Arab oud players, mainly working in Europe in close collaboration with musicians from jazz and world music scenes. Since then, the oud has undergone transformations aimed at adapting it to sound performance situations, through amplification and, more recently, electrification. We have participated  to this […]

What is the role of citizens and local communities in preserving the sound of their region? Who decided what music and sounds are ‘worth’ being archived? And how should we engage with archives as sites of both remembering and forgetting? As part of the ERC’s Beyond 1932 Research Project at King’s College London, sound artist […]

Ibrahim Muslimani presents on the musical heritage of Aleppo, focusing particularly on the art of Muwashshahat. Martin Stokes and Sophie Frankford participated in performing this musical repertoire alongside Ibrahim.  

Martin Stokes organised a 1-day workshop on May 31, ‘Song and Dance-scapes in Popular Turkish, Greek and Egyptian Cinema/Theatre’, with Anne R David (Roehampton KCL), Dafni Tragaki (University of Thessaly), Carole Woodall (University of Colorado, Colorado Springs), Lydia Papadimitriou (John Moores University, Liverpool), Cüneyt Çakırlar (Nottingham University), Samar Abderrahman (Liverpool University), Iain Smith (KCL), Yara […]