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Katie Bank

@spparkle.bsky.social

music + art in early modern England | Uni Bham | fa la la | canbeautysavetheworld.com | ye olde pineapples | neighbourhood polyphony geek | creative industries | KatieBankmusic.com | she/her

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Katie Bank@spparkle.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Another ridiculous but amazing choir project to raise money for St Mary Mags Oxford (home to a long tradition of early music excellence and history). If you can spare a fiver it would be most appreciated. 💸https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/tallisinwonderland 👂https://bit.ly/TallisMags

Tallis in Wonderland

The Complete Choral works of Thomas Tallis, all performed live on Saturday April 25th 2026 in aid of the Church and Musicians of St Mary Magdalen, Oxford

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John Gallagher@earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Please do spread the word about the @srsrensoc.bsky.social Scholars of Colour MA Scholarship Awards -- two pots of £4,000 each, and an optional mentoring opportunity. I've very much enjoyed being a mentor to a fantastic scholar through this scheme!

Society for Renaissance Studies@srsrensoc.bsky.social · 4mo ago

MA Scholarship Award for scholars of colour. In 2026, we plan to offer two scholarships of £4,000 each, to contribute to the costs of postgraduate study. This scholarship is open to candidates studying on either a full time or a part time basis. Apply by 15 July 2026 rensoc.org.uk/apply/schola...

Daniel Rowe@danrowe.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A **new** and **permanent** job in US Politics at the RAI. An exciting opportunity to help design and launch a new one year Master’s program in US politics, and join our intellectually vibrant (and fun) multidisciplinary dept dedicated to the study of the US and its place in the wider world.

Churchill Associate Professor of United States Politics at University of Oxford

Searching for an academic job? Explore this Churchill Associate Professor of United States Politics opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

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Katie Bank@spparkle.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Very excited to be working with @racheljwillie.bsky.social et al and our rather STELLAR editorial board (if I don't say so myself).

Rachel Willie@racheljwillie.bsky.social · 5mo ago

👀 Over the last few months, I’ve been working with the terrific triumvirate @spparkle.bsky.social, @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social & Hannah Yip to set up “Sonance: A Journal of Early Modern Sound Studies”, a diamond open access journal dedicated to historic sounds in all their wondrous & eclectic forms.

Green-blue-grey blocky soundwaves on background. Centred in black serif lettering “Sonance”, with “journal of early modern sound studies” underneath.
Katie Bank@spparkle.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Writing about music close to your heart can be a joy. Writing about music close to your heart with one of your amazing pals is 100x better. Katie Bank, Cosima Clara Gillhammer, Intermedial Afterlives of the Arma Christi in Orlando Gibbons’s ‘See, See the Word is Incarnate’, Music and Letters

Intermedial Afterlives of the Arma Christi in Orlando Gibbons’s ‘See, See the Word is Incarnate’

ABSTRACT. We propose that Orlando Gibbons’s consort anthem ‘See, See the Word is Incarnate’ is linked to a wider phenomenon in visual culture surrounding t

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Ellie Chan@elliechan.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Agonising over what to listen to over your haggis this evening? Never fear! I’m on Radio 3 tonight talking about one of the most incredible musical-visual relics of the Tudor era (complete with singing and top banter with @spparkle.bsky.social and Liz Waring)! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, The Eglantine Table at Hardwick Hall

Ellie Chan visits Hardwick Hall in search of a fascinating relic of Tudor musical culture.

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Hannah Robbins (they/them)@drhannahrobbins.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Devastated to share the news that was broken to colleagues in Music (and other departments) at the University of Nottingham yesterday. This is obviously a very difficult time for us and our students. Please contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to be involved.

On Wednesday 5 November, the very same day the Prime Minister publicly reaffirmed the importance of music education, staff in the Department of Music at the University of Nottingham were informed of the immediate suspension of recruitment to all undergraduate degree programmes. This announcement precedes proposed plans to permanently close all Music degrees at the University. This decision threatens to end over a century of music education in the East Midlands, offered continuously since the University opened in 1881. Across that time, the Department has educated thousands of composers, researchers, performers, educators and other creative professionals. Its graduates have taken up leadership roles within the country’s leading arts organisations, fostering creativity and growth within the UK’s dynamic creative industries. It remains a centre of world-leading research, using music to explore and address complex societal and global challenges.The Department is deeply embedded in the local community, working with schools, music hubs, community groups and venues. Its closure would not only dismantle a thriving academic and cultural institution but also severely diminish musical life and future opportunities across Nottingham, the wider East Midlands and the nation as a whole. As staff we are devastated, especially on behalf of our students, but also for the future of music education and research in the UK. We remain committed to advocating for the value of Music programmes at Nottingham and beyond. If you share our concern and wish to support efforts to protect music education at the University of Nottingham, please get in touch with protectuonmusic@gmail.com. Your voice can make a difference. Thursday 6 November 2025
Mark Lewis@marklewi5.bsky.social · last yr.

It was a pleasure to present at this event a few days ago - my first academic paper delivered 📄😅 Thank you @spparkle.bsky.social and Peter Auger for organising, to the other presenters for some terrific papers, and to those who listened to me and asked questions - very much appreciated!

Centre for Reformation & Early Modern Studies (Birmingham)@bhamcrems.bsky.social · last yr.

Registration now open! Hybrid study day: Popular Recreations in Early Modern England, 25 June - register now to attend for free! www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edac...

Katie Bank@spparkle.bsky.social · last yr.

Thanks to the SRS for their contribution to our project via their Public Engagement Grant scheme! www.rensoc.org.uk/funding-priz....

Public Engagement Scheme – Society for Renaissance Studies

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Society for Renaissance Studies@srsrensoc.bsky.social · last yr.

We’ll miss the Byrd Nyrds & their joyful bringing of William Byrd’s music & music-making to young chycks! From one byrd to another, glad to have sponsored some of these activities through our public engagement scheme. Wasn’t it a terrific project?! *preens* 💫🐣🎶 www.byrdcentral.com/post/project...

Katie Bank@spparkle.bsky.social · last yr.

The ByrdCentral website will be going soon. As our last farewell, we wanted to share with you some stats from our education outreach project on the life and music of William Byrd, 'Reasons to Sing' 🎊 www.byrdcentral.com/post/project... Thank you for following us on our ByrdNyrd journey!

Project Summary: Byrd's 'Reasons to Sing'

In 2023, we celebrated the quatercentenary of English renaissance composer William Byrd. Thanks to generous grants from Arts Council England and the Stile Antico Foundation (with additional support fr...

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