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Milton Mermikides
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Musical sciences and anything else beautiful. 37th Gresham Professor of Music, Professor (University of Surrey), Professor of Jazz Guitar (Royal College of Music), Certified Nerd
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👉 gres.hm/music-animals

Do animals make music? From whale songs and birdsong to horse rhythms echoing the blues, @miltonline.bsky.social asks if music is uniquely human - or shared with our animal cousins.

📍 Held at LSO St Luke's
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September 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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We've come to the end of this academic programme and we'd love to know... what was your favourite lecture this year? 🎓

💬 Share your thoughts here or via: https://gres.hm/survey

We really appreciate your feedback! 🙌
June 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Happy solstice everyone. The journey to the long nights of winter starts here…
June 21, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Friday June 13th 4pm I'm giving a free 30min talk at the #londonfestivalofarchitecture at the NLA Centre, London.
‘Liquid Skylines’ explores the history and technological potential of translating architecture into music.

www.londonfestivalofarchitecture.org/event/liquid...
June 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Hidden Music - The Composer’s Guide to Sonification

The craft of turning data to music. Free to read and download until Feb 13

www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Hidden Music
Cambridge Core - Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Music - Hidden Music
www.cambridge.org
January 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Happy publication day to me! Gorgeous paperback copies of ‘Our Accidental Universe’ are now available so you can read about how astronomers stumble upon the truth but in softer covers! blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro... (also the annoying mistake on p174 is corrected). Please buy! Tell your friends!
January 9, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Free tickets still available for next Wednesday's @greshamcollege.bsky.social lecture, 'Touching the Sun': sign up here for tickets to be there in person or online: www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/tou...
Touching the Sun
Despite its familiarity, the Sun is a very different presence from the friendly yellow circle in children's paintings. Our star is a broiling mass of plasma, with its powerful magnetic fields, twisted...
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January 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Hello Blue Sky.
Next free public lecture. How sound and music transform the cinematic experience. Jan 16, Rich Mix cinema and online.

www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/sce...
Breaking the Fourth Wall of Sound: The Paradox of Screen Music
Sound and music hold a strange and powerful role in film, TV and video games, aiding narrative and emotional impact. They can even exist in the world of ‘the film’ – heard by the characters – or in th...
www.gresham.ac.uk
January 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM