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RMA Music & Philosophy Study Group @rma-mpsg.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

@jakedownsmusic.bsky.social opens the panel on recession pop with the question: What happens to commercial music when economies collapse?

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RMA Music & Philosophy Study Group @rma-mpsg.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

What happens to commercial music when economies collapse? Join the conversation in Dublin by submitting a paper to the Themed Session "Recession Pop" organised by @jakedownsmusic.bsky.social #MPSG26 at @dublincityuni.bsky.social 9–10 July 2026 musicandphilosophy.ac.uk/2025/09/25/c...

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CFP Themed Session 1 - Recession Pop - Music & Philosophy

The Royal Musical Association Music and Philosophy Study Group aims to provide a long-term forum for those with an interest in music and philosophy.

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Jacob Kingsbury Downs @jakedownsmusic.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

*New article!* Max Blansjaar and I have written an essay about Taylor Swift for the Journal of Popular Music Studies. It's open access for the next 30 days via this link: online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article...

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Faculty of Music, Oxford University @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

The #oxopendays are taking place on Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 July. Hear from Dr Jacob Downs about the benefits of attending an Oxford Open Day, as well as what will be taking place here at the Faculty of Music. We look forward to seeing you! #oxopendays2025 #oxfordmusic #oxfordopenday @ox.ac.uk

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Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Depression in Popular Music, an interdisciplinary conference w/a star-studded lineup of speakers from the US, Canada, SA, the UK, and Europe. June 26-27, Sorbonne University Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health, organized by me in my capacity as 4EU+ Visiting Professor at the Sorbonne:

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Faculty of Music, Oxford University @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Hans Keller's 'Group functioning of a string quartet' is the topic for the Graduate Research Colloquium on Thursday 8 May. Professors Eric Clarke, Laura Tunbridge, @jenniferwalshe.bsky.social, and Dr @jakedownsmusic.bsky.social will each give brief presentations.

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Graduate Research Colloquia: Hans Keller's 'Group functioning of a string quartet'

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Faculty of Music, Oxford University @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

You can also find out about media appearances by Faculty members, including tonight's episode of BBC Radio 3's The Essay, which has been written and recorded by @jakedownsmusic.bsky.social and discusses the intimacy of radio.

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In the media

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Jacob Kingsbury Downs @jakedownsmusic.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

One of my very talented students at Oxford—Christopher Churcher—has launched a fundraiser to support his debut album with Somerville College Choir: supportsomerville.com/campaigns/su.... He is very talented; I am very proud. Any donation, however small, would be fab. @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social

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Support Christopher Churcher's Debut Album with the Somerville Choir - Somerville College Giving

This year, Somerville Choir will record its next CD, Moonrise: the debut recording of the choral music of Christopher Churcher a young composer, music undergraduate at the University of Oxford, and a ...

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Jacob Kingsbury Downs @jakedownsmusic.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Forgot to share this from my birthday lunch: my favourite misspelling for a while. Just lovely.

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Jacob Kingsbury Downs @jakedownsmusic.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I just had a deep-tissue massage. I'd not had one before. I feel like… a cloud? Incredible how much tension I'd been holding (!).

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Naomi Waltham-Smith @auralflaneur.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

The inimitable @jakedownsmusic.bsky.social giving a talk on Beyoncé at @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social.

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Jacob Kingsbury Downs @jakedownsmusic.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Great to see @auralflaneur.bsky.social in conversation about her new Free Listening earlier in the week 💙🖤🤍 If interested (I was!): www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...

Naomi Waltham-Smith sitting as part of a panel of four speakers discussing ideas from her new book

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Jacob Kingsbury Downs @jakedownsmusic.bsky.social · 03/10/2024

Do you send VOICE-NOTES? Or do your friends use them when communicating via WhatsApp, Instagram, iMessage, etc.? Sign up to take part in this new interview study, hosted by the University of Oxford, that is being conducted entirely via voice-notes... tinyurl.com/voicenotestudy

A screenshot showing voice-notes in iMessage.

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