Univ Record 2017

John Clements (1966) John Clements, E. Zarkowska: Behavioural concerns and
autistic spectrum disorders (Jessica Kingsley, 2000)
John Clements (1966) John Clements, E. Zarkowska: Care staff management
(John Wiley, 1994)
John Clements (1966) John Clements, E. Zarkowska: Problem behaviour and
people with severe learning disabilities (Chapman & Hall,
1994)
John Clements (1966) Severe learning disability and psychological handicap (John
Wiley, 1987)
Jane Graham Reed Alastair E.H. Salveson: Slekten Salveson 1550-1995
(Scottish Families Researched, 1995) [grand-daughter of
OM Noel Graham Salveson (1911)]
Julian Ashby
Frederic William Maitland: Domesday book and beyond
(CUP, 1907) [in honour of his godfather, OM Professor
Edward Lyttel]
Colin Shrimpton (1954, History) gave us a 1st edition (3rd impression) of Virginia
Woolf ’s Between the Acts (Hogarth Press, 1941).
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From the Director of Music
The last academic year has been as busy as usual for the
musicians in Univ. The College has seen a large number
of musical events of all sorts, both student-led and
professional. The Chapel Choir has released its first CD
for a number of years and has been on tour to Florence.
The Martlet Ensemble has given a number of concerts
and the newest venture, Martlet Voices, has made its
debut.
The Martlet Ensemble met again in the Michaelmas
term to perform with the Chapel Choir, singing Bach
Cantatas. The orchestra assembled was the largest yet,
as was the audience, with extra seats having to be found
at the last moment to accommodate many more people
than were expected. We were lucky to have the same team of soloists as the previous year;
Augusta Hebbert, Guy Cutting and Johnny Herford provided a wonderful example of
stylish and idiomatic singing of Bach which was an inspiration to the students involved.
As last year, the organ scholars Alice Habisreutinger and Stella Kremer were given the
opportunity to play with the professional players in the orchestra.
The Chapel Choir’s new CD, Dayspring Bright was released just in time for the
Advent Carol service at the end of the term. This CD marks the beginning of the next
step for the Choir and all their hard work incongruously recording carols in June paid off!
Copies are still available from the lodge and can be ordered via the Development Office.
Hilary term began with The Mendl-Schrama Music Prize Recital which took place
in January with Isobel Rose giving a wonderful performance of music by Schubert,
Handel, Chausson and Libby Larsen, amongst others. This was a long version of her
Final Recital which took place in June and gave her the perfect springboard to get the
excellent mark she finally achieved. It was also the first time a public music event was
held in the new lecture space in 10 Merton Street, which has turned out to be a lovely
venue for small-scale musical performances. Once again, the College would like to thank
Mrs Heleen Mendl-Schrama for her generosity in providing this prize. The new winner
was announced as Oscar Hansen, baritone, who will give his recital in January 2018. The
College is grateful for the help of distinguished musicians, Teresa Cahill (soprano) and
Anahit Chaushyan (piano) who gave their time to sit on the audition panel.
The term continued with a memorable performance of Brahms’ Sextet in B flat. The
Martlet Ensemble for this event consisted of three professional players and three students
and the result of all their hard work was obvious to all present. Once again, the Chapel
proved to be an ideal chamber music venue.
Martlet Voices gave its first concert in the Merton Passiontide festival in April, which
was quickly followed by a repeat performance in Univ at the end of that month. As
with the instrumental ensemble, Martlet Voices has been devised to enable individual
singers to be alongside professionals. Six students were given the opportunity to sing
in a programme of twentieth century music (including Britten, Stravinsky, Barber and
Philip Moore), all written for solo voices. Thus, throughout the concert, one of the
professionals was replaced by a student, giving each singer the chance to get to grips with
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