Legacies in Technology

Legacies in Technology
RBC Musicians
Date and time
17 Nov 2025 5pm - 8pm
18 Nov 2025 5pm - 9pm
Location

The Lab, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR

Price
To be announced.
Booking Information

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Silhouette of clarinettist against computer projection

Legacies in Technology

Monday 17 November - DAY 1

5pm - Talk: The Evolution of Music Tech at RBC and BCU
Admission - free
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Lamberto Coccioli (Professor of Music and Technology) and Simon Hall (Head of Music Technology) present 25 years of music technology at RBC

6.30pm - Works with electronics developed and performed by RBC’s Music Technology Department Team (with interval)
Admission - £5
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With
Katharine Lam piano
Suzy Purkiss voice
James Dooley, Simon Hall, Joe Wright, Edmund Hunt, Ben Markland electronics and diffusion

Over the past quarter of a century, the department has championed the development of new music through composition, research, commissioning, and supporting the technical sustainability of legacy pieces. We present some of the works from the past quarter of a century to include:

Jonathan Harvey Tombeau de Messiaen
Simon Hall GSOH
Edmund Hunt UNGELĪC IS ŪS
James Dooley Formels


Tuesday 18 November - DAY 2

5pm - Talk: Oram@100: Daphne Oram, the Oramics Machine, the Mini Oramics Machine
Admission - free
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Tom Richards and Joe Wright

Daphne Oram was one of the first composers in the UK to produce electronic music, co-founding the iconic and influential BBC Radiophonic Workshop. A true technical and musical pioneer, she was the first British woman to set up a personal electronic music studio, and developed the Oramics Machine, to create synthesised sound using graphic means.

Researcher Tom Richards has recreated Oram’s technology for the 21st century with his Mini Oramics Machine, and with RBC’s Joe Wright, he presents his, and Oram’s work.

6.30pm - Oram @ 100: the Mini Oramics Machine at RBC
Admission - £5
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The Mini Oramics Machine was resident at RBC in 2025, and team members were able to utilise its unique way of making music to create pieces. Some of these are presented here, alongside works by some younger musical pioneers.

8pm - A centenary of electronic music pioneers
Admission - £5
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A concert of classic electronic music from centenarian pioneers of composition with technology along with prizewinning works from the British ElectroAcoustic Network. Pieces are presented and diffused by members of RBC’s Music Technology Department

Programme to include:
Daphne Oram Electronic Sound Patterns
Bebe and Louis Barron Forbidden Planet Main Title
Luciano Berio Visage
John Cage Williams Mix
Irving Kinnersley Estuary 2

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