In April 2022, I was honoured to have my original composition played on 28 new Steinway pianos by 56 pianists at the Steinway launch concert, which celebrated the amazing event of Durham University officially becoming the nation’s largest All-Steinway School.
The Competition
When scrolling through Facebook I saw a…
When someone mentions the humble PhD student the imagination often conjures a caricature of a bespectacled twenty-something year old buried in a book and chained to a desk. Research is often presented as isolated, but over the first half of my PhD at Durham I have found the opposite to be true; as we stand on the shoulders of…
An amazing opportunity
I had the absolute honour of travelling to Hamburg a few weeks ago to visit the Steinway and Sons factory to choose the Steinway piano for the Saltwell Building at Durham University.
After a quick change in Amsterdam, we arrived at the factory to go on a tour showing how the pianos are made. The…
As many of Durham’s students were enjoying the last week of their holiday’s before returning to the madness that is the Epiphany term, DULOG’s finest found themselves heading back to campus ready to embark on a week of rehearsals in preparation for Frank Loesser’s golden age musical and this year’s Gala show: Guys and…
After a busy term, we are all looking forward to performing our ‘Banding Together at Christmas’ concert, alongside Durham University Brass Band! It’s looking to be a very jolly and festive evening, with seasonal refreshments free of charge available during the interval. We are also taking the opportunity to raise some…
Myself and co-president of A Cappella Society ‘Northern Lights’ Sam Jones, were really keen to do more Outreach work this year. We felt it was so important to get back into the community and spread some A Cappella fun and cheer, after the pandemic left everyone feeling so isolated. Sam and I both spent our Freshers…
Having joined the Durham University Choral Society (DUCS) in the midst of the pandemic last year, I wanted to help ensure that this year the choir hit the ground running when restrictions lifted, by being on the Executive Team, and so far the choir is yet to disappoint! DUCS is one of the oldest and largest music societies at…
Durham University musicians were asked to record the orchestral part of the soundtrack for a Lumiere installation. For this, a specially-created ensemble was assembled, consisting of 38 of the university’s most talented musicians. An application was sent out for a student to conduct and, as a keen conductor, I applied and…
When I signed up to be involved in this piece of student writing, I had no idea what I was getting myself into; the origin of ‘The Single Lady’ is unlike that of most new musicals, written almost entirely over Zoom and FaceTime, by second-year students Lauren Brewer and Will Geraint Drake. The show’s influences, deeply…
There is, quite literally, no greater music to a pianist’s ears than the topic of Steinway Pianos. Luckily for me, here’s an entire blog dedicated to them! Why you ask? Because as of the academic year 2021/2022, Durham University is becoming an all Steinway Uni!!! *queue cheering*
Students practicing
Firstly…
