- The Nature of Music lecture series – Gresham College
Professor Milton Mermikides has completed his inaugural lecture series at Gresham College. The Nature of Music examines how music exploits our innate and highly evolved listening faculties in order to communicate complex and otherwise inexpressible emotions. Using a diverse range of examples – from Bach to Beatles, Bossa to Björk, Bartók to Billie Holliday – we explore the universal building blocks of prediction, rhythm, pitch, scale, dissonance and multiplicity in the musical experience. The complete series is now available to…
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- Stephen Goss Releases Triple Album
On 18th October 2024, Professor Stephen Goss released his triple album entitled ‘Landscape and Memory’. Released by Deus Elle Classical recordings label, the album has been described as his most ambitious recording project yet.
- The Electric Guitar in Popular Music Symposium
https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/events/2024/the-electric-guitar-in-popular-music
- The Electric Guitar in Popular Performance Conference: Call for Papers
The Electric Guitar in Popular Music conference will take place at Canterbury Christ Church University from 11 to 12 July 2024. For full details see: https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/events/2024/the-electric-guitar-in-popular-music
- IGRC2022 Conference Announced
The IGRC are delighted to announce the International Guitar Research Centre Conference 7th to 9th October 2022 The conference is three days packed with concerts, keynote lectures, and lecture-recitals from guests, IGRC staff, and IGRC researchers. Full Details Here
- GFA22 Keynote
IGRC Deputy Director Milton Mermikides gave the Guitar Foundation of America Keynote in June 2022. Watch it here
- Katalin Koltai at Royal Festival Hall
IGRC PGR, Katalin Koltai is featured soloist with the Philharmonia Orchestra Chamber Players at the Royal Festival Hall: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/classical-music/philharmonia-chamber-players-tango
- IGRC Conference in Classical Guitar Magazine
- 2019 International Guitar Conference Hong Kong
The IGRC Conference took place at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong. The Conference was held alongside the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts’ International Guitar Forum, which will focus on 19th Century Performance Practice, and the Altamira Hong Kong Guitar Symposium and Competition. Keynote speakers and performers Professor Steve Goss, Professor Adrian Walter, Dr Milton Mermikides, Dr James Westbrook, Dr Jonathan Leathwood, and Dr Stanley Yates. The International Forum featured keynote presentations from Professor Clive Brown and…
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- 2018 IGRC Jazz Guitar Research Day
A day of panels, lectures, and recitals, exploring the history, craft, and future of jazz guitar at the University of Surrey. Speakers include Dr Tom Williams, John Wheatcroft, Nigel Price, Dr Kate Lewis, James Dean, Mike Outram, Dr John McGrath, Dr Milton Mermikides and Ant Law
- 2016 International Guitar Research
March 2016 – International Guitar Research Conference Some of the most distinguished and highly regarded scholars and musicians from around the world gathered for this major international conference featuring six public concerts, four keynote lectures, and over 50 lecture-recitals and academic papers. There was a conference installation in the Lewis Elton Art Gallery and delegates had the chance to try the latest Moog guitars in the project room. Visitors were also able to visit the Maurice J Summerfield Collection which…
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- 2014 IGRC Launch Event
The launch was a two-day event on 29 and 30 March 2014 that included academic papers, seminars, public discussions, lecture-recitals and concerts. Guest artists included John Williams, Xuefei Yang, Newton Faulkner, The Amadeus Guitar Duo, Bridget Mermikides, Declan Zapala and Michael Partington. Launch Event Film Schedule and Abstracts https://www.surrey.ac.uk/sites/default/files/symposium-abstracts_0.pdf
On 18th October 2024, Professor Stephen Goss released his triple album entitled ‘Landscape and Memory’. Released by Deus Elle Classical recordings label, the album has been described as his most ambitious recording project yet.
The IGRC are delighted to announce the International Guitar Research Centre Conference 7th to 9th October 2022 The conference is three days packed with concerts, keynote lectures, and lecture-recitals from guests, IGRC staff, and IGRC researchers. Full Details Here
IGRC Deputy Director Milton Mermikides gave the Guitar Foundation of America Keynote in June 2022. Watch it here
IGRC PGR, Katalin Koltai is featured soloist with the Philharmonia Orchestra Chamber Players at the Royal Festival Hall: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/classical-music/philharmonia-chamber-players-tango
The IGRC Conference took place at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong. The Conference was held alongside the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts’ International Guitar Forum, which will focus on 19th Century Performance Practice, and the Altamira Hong Kong Guitar Symposium and Competition. Keynote speakers and performers Professor Steve Goss, Professor Adrian Walter, Dr Milton Mermikides, Dr James Westbrook, Dr Jonathan Leathwood, and Dr Stanley Yates. The International Forum featured keynote presentations from Professor Clive Brown and…
A day of panels, lectures, and recitals, exploring the history, craft, and future of jazz guitar at the University of Surrey. Speakers include Dr Tom Williams, John Wheatcroft, Nigel Price, Dr Kate Lewis, James Dean, Mike Outram, Dr John McGrath, Dr Milton Mermikides and Ant Law
March 2016 – International Guitar Research Conference Some of the most distinguished and highly regarded scholars and musicians from around the world gathered for this major international conference featuring six public concerts, four keynote lectures, and over 50 lecture-recitals and academic papers. There was a conference installation in the Lewis Elton Art Gallery and delegates had the chance to try the latest Moog guitars in the project room. Visitors were also able to visit the Maurice J Summerfield Collection which…
The launch was a two-day event on 29 and 30 March 2014 that included academic papers, seminars, public discussions, lecture-recitals and concerts. Guest artists included John Williams, Xuefei Yang, Newton Faulkner, The Amadeus Guitar Duo, Bridget Mermikides, Declan Zapala and Michael Partington. Launch Event Film Schedule and Abstracts https://www.surrey.ac.uk/sites/default/files/symposium-abstracts_0.pdf