Organising Songs, Sounds, and Silences

Organising Songs, Sounds, and Silences

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Death in Venice
On conducting silence, and the organising of sound
Oct 14 • 
Richard Longman
Seven bells out of the curriculum
What a “throwaway comment” about a glockenspiel tells us about our deaf spots.
Oct 5 • 
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September 2025

On being heard
When music refuses neutrality at the Gaza border
Sep 27 • 
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Making silence noisy
The UK government's recognition of Palestine is theatre without justice
Sep 22 • 
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Encounters with silence
Fifteen years on from losing my hearing
Sep 19 • 
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The Sound of Silence
Arvo Pärt and the music that organises silence into meaning
Sep 16 • 
Richard Longman
Tintinnabuli organising
What Arvo Pärt’s music of silence can teach us about how we live and work together
Sep 15 • 
Richard Longman
Plastic-wrapped justice
The politics of preservation, and the noise of being silenced.
Sep 9 • 
Richard Longman
Organising Songs #bonustrack : Commander in Chief
Demi Lovato and the politics of speaking out (2020)
Sep 7 • 
Richard Longman
Organising Songs #10: Video Killed the Radio Star
The Buggles and the politics of playback (1979)
Sep 7 • 
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Organising Songs #9: Guess
Charli XCX and the aesthetics of not-knowing (2024)
Sep 7 • 
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Organising Songs #8: Taibhsí nó Laochra
The Coronas and remembering in erased languages (2010)
Sep 7 • 
Richard Longman
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