Neil Campbell in Concert with Perri Alleyne-Hughes

Friday 2nd July at 8pm at The Hope Theatre

A virtuoso classical guitarist specialising in the performance of his original music Neil Campbell’s musical universe draws on classical, rock, folk, jazz and Spanish styles in equal measure, often using technology to expand the sound and scope of the classical guitar to create emotionally moving and exhilarating live performances. A prolific composer his work encompasses music for solo guitar, guitar and cello, and pieces for various ensembles including his band The Neil Campbell Collective.

Neil says, "The concert on 2nd July will be an intimate experience in a brand new state of the art theatre space at Liverpool Hope University’s Creative Campus. Aside from playing a set of my music for solo guitar (which is always great fun) what is personally so very special to me is that, in collaboration with composer and vocalist Perri Alleyne-Hughes, we will be presenting some of the new music we have written together. These new songs are emotional, impressionistic, jazz tinged compositions with expressive vocals and instrumental excursions for guitar. The new music has also given me the opportunity to explore technology such as loops and digital effects to allow one guitarist (i.e. me) to create the impression of an entire ensemble".

Supporting the concert will be a short performance from the ensemble of the newly formed Liverpool Guitar Society, which promotes classical guitar music to enthusiasts on Merseyside.

The concert takes place on Friday 2nd July, 8pm in the Hope Theatre, Creative Campus. Tickets: £8 (£6 concessions). Box Office: Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Box Office, Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9BP, tel: 0151 709 3789 or find out more and book online via the link at www.neilcampbell.org.uk

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 29 June 2010 )

Learning and Teaching Lecture

The Faculty of Education is hosting a guest lecture by Dr James Atherton today. Dr Atherton will speak on 'Threshold Concepts and Professional Formation'. The lecture will take place at 5pm on Monday 28th June in Seminar Room 1 & 2 in the Conference Centre at Hope Park, with light refreshments to follow at 6pm.

Dr Atherton is well known to many in the Faculty of Education through his website ‘deceo' (I teach) and blog which is one of the most cited websites focused on teaching and learning www.doceo.co.uk/

For more information on critical concepts please visit:

www.doceo.co.uk/tools/threshold_topics.htm

Last Updated ( Monday, 28 June 2010 )

'Remembering Romero' - The 2010 Archbishop Romero Lecture

Friday 25th June at 7.30pm

The University's Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War & Peace Studies is hosting the 2010 Archbishop Romero Lecture which will be given by Fr Thomas Greenan.

Fr Greenan is a priest of Edinburgh Diocese, now living and working in the remote Petén area of Guatemala. He spent many years as a missionary priest in El Salvador before moving to neighbouring Guatemala. He has researched and written a major study which compares and contrasts the lives of Saint John Chrysostom in the 4th Century and Archbishop Romero in our own times. Fr Greenan will present new insights into Archbishop Romero’s life and teaching.

The lecture will be held on Friday 25th June at 7.30pm in Lecture Theatre A.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 23 June 2010 )

Success for Hope Student Film-maker

filming A Third Year Documentary student at Hope, Amin Bakhshian, has had his work selected by the National Association for Higher Education in the Moving Image (NAHEMI) for screening at the British Film Institute, South Bank, London.

The student film which was shot on location in Iran examines Iranian impressions of the British. The screening is part of EOS 2010 organised by NAHEMI. All the films shown at EOS will also be eligible for submission to the BAFTA Short Film or Short Animation Award competition.

NAHEMI is the organisation which acts as a forum for debate on all matters pertaining to the teaching of practice in the Moving Image in Higher Education and represents member institutions in debate on funding and structure on National and International Committees with Government Bodies and Industry.

The news follows on from the short listing earlier this year of another Hope film by the British Universities Film & Video Council and underlines both the breadth and quality of documentary film-making at Liverpool Hope.

Last Updated ( Friday, 18 June 2010 )

Fifteen African bishops’ wives study at Hope Park

bishops wives Fifteen African bishops’ wives have been enjoying a week at Liverpool Hope developing their skills as community trainers.

The women come from countries stretching from Cameroon to Liberia, Ghana to The Gambia.

The week-long course at Hope Park is a facilitated programme of learning co-ordinated by Revd Tony Bradley, Senior Consultant in
Organisation Development in the Dept of Business & Computing. Other Hope staff have helped deliver the course.

The woman have been in the UK for several weeks and have visited the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, at Lambeth Palace. OnFriday evening they will be guests at a special dinner where dignitaries will include Bishop James Jones, the Bishop of Liverpool.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 17 June 2010 )

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