On Tuesday the 11th August at 8pm, Friends of the Library will be proud to host Dr Nicholas Bannan, discussing the evolutionary origins of music.
Homo cantans: the evolutionary origins of music
Dr Bannan is Lecturer in Music Education at UWA having previously been on the staff of the University of Reading. His interests are as wide as his background. He is a graduate of Cambridge University, has taught at Eton College and the Yehudi Menuhin School. For 12 years he was the conductor of the Esterhazy Singers, a London chamber choir that specialised in the music of Haydn, using instruments of that period, and he has also conducted contemporary music groups.
He is a noted composer who has fulfilled commissions for the Allegri and Grieg Quartets, Cantemus Novum of Antwerp and the Gentlemen of St Paul’s Cathedral. A Winston Churchill Fellow took him to the USA to prepare a report on the training of choral conductors and singing teachers. His interests as an educator focused increasingly on means of releasing children’s creativity. Voice is central to much of his research, not least into the origins of music, and his talk promises to be an original and insightful glimpse into this tantalising subject.
Dr Nicholas Bannan
Tuesday 11 August 2009 at 7:30pm for 8pm Start
Library Meeting Room
Ground Floor, Reid Library
The University of Western Australia
| Members: Free | Non-Members: $5 Donation |
Please note that the ground floor entrance to the Library, nearest to the carpark, will be open from 7.30pm - 7.45pm.
AN IMPORTANT DATE FOR YOUR DIARY
Our annual fund-raising film night is on MONDAY 5 OCTOBER, 7PM.
It will feature Mao’s Last Dancer which will have its premiere at the Windsor only the night before. To make the most of this fundraising opportunity we need over 100 people, so please secure your friends early before they get nabbed by other fund-raisers! It’s sure to be a very popular film, especially for those who have read the wonderful book.
