Precinct April 05 - University of Liverpool

Precinct Issue 202 10
NEWS
University helps
Tsunami victims
Staff and students from the University united to show their support for the Tsunami Disaster
Appeal raising over £3,000.
The book sale.
T
he lecture is held triennially in
memory of the first Viscount
Leverhulme, and is given at the
University in recognition of its special
relationship with the Leverhulme family.
During his lecture, entitled, Back to what
future? Musical tradition in an age of
anxiety, Mr Kenyon discussed recent
seismic changes in classical music,
challenges in the area of repertory,
audience behaviour, funding and the
impact of these cultural shifts on our
understanding and enjoyment of music.
Nicholas Kenyon said: “Classical
music is at a turning point. Changes in
repertory, tradition and the way in
which people listen to music have had
a huge influence on our musical
culture. It is a time of great opportunity
for the future, but these opportunities
must be grasped with imagination and
vision if classical music is to be more
than a relic of the past.”
Nicholas Kenyon, CBE, was appointed
Controller of BBC Proms, Live Events and
Television Classical Music in 2000. He
played a key role in the BBC’s
programming for the millennium
celebrations, prior to which he was
Controller of BBC Radio 3. He spent much
of his early career working as a music critic
for publications including The New Yorker
and The Observer and has written the
biography of the Liverpool-born conductor,
Simon Rattle. He has edited four volumes
of BBC Proms Guides and edited the
influential volume Authenticity and
Early Music.
Over 150 staff and students –
including the three-legged
student! – participated in a
1.4-mile walk, which started at the Guild
of Students and followed a route around
the University campus. Money was raised
through the sale of commemorative
t-shirts and sponsorship. T-shirts from the
day are still available and can be
purchased from the Guild Office, 1st Floor
Guild of Students or the LSCA Office.
Another fundraising event on campus
was the joint Corporate Communications
and Centre for Lifelong Learning book sale.
Over £200 was raised from avid readers
and a raffle which was held on the day.
Steve and John, Porters from the Self-Catering Residences, half way through the walk.
LSCA is considering supporting Liverpool
City Council projects to support the affected
areas of the disaster including ‘twinning’ with
Galle in Sri Lanka.
They are also working with staff at
Philharmonic Court, who are planning a
memorial garden, to remember the students
who were killed in the disaster, and with an
international agency, Friends of the South,
which supported those affected in the
immediate aftermath of the tidal wave and
long term development projects.
For further information on any of the
projects the University is supporting,
contact lsca@liv.ac.uk
12th Leverhulme lecture
Music lovers had a rare opportunity to learn about changes in
the classical music world when the Director of the BBC Proms,
Nicholas Kenyon, visited the University to deliver the prestigious
Leverhulme Memorial Lecture.