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Gresham College
Percy Grainger: Australia's greatest composer? - Professor Malcolm Gilles
We can think of world-leading Australians in sport (Don Bradman), media ownership (Rupert Murdoch) and film (Nicole Kidman). In music, some great performers come to mind, especially female singers (Nellie Melba, Joan Sutherland). But how...
Gresham College
Medieval Music: The Mystery of Women - Professor Christopher Page
Professor Page discusses the female composers and performers of Medieval Musicef='http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/medieval-music-the-mystery-of-women' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Music During the last thirty years,...
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Lagrime Mie - Barbara Strozzi
Soprano Mary Bevan and theorbo player Elizabeth Kenny perform Lagrime Mie by the famed Venetian composer Barbara Strozzi. Strozzi was one of the first women to have her music published in her own name. Watch them perform it as part of...
Curated Video
How Do Plants Reproduce?
Plant reproduction comes in two types: sexual and asexual. Sexual reproduction is similar to human reproduction, in which male pollen and female ovarian germ cells fuse into a new organism that inherits the genes of both parents. Asexual...
Science ABC
How Do Plants Reproduce?
Plant reproduction comes in two types: sexual and asexual. Sexual reproduction is similar to human reproduction, in which male pollen and female ovarian germ cells fuse into a new organism that inherits the genes of both parents. Asexual...
Odd Quartet
Music History - Clara Schumann
Today we take a closer look at the life of Clara Schumann, one of the most well known piano performers of the Romantic era.
Royal Opera House
Janet Baker and Joyce DiDonato In Conversation (The Royal Opera)
A unique event with two of the greatest mezzo-sopranos of their generations. Watch Joyce DiDonato and Dame Janet Baker discuss the roles that have inspired them, the technique of singing and advice for the next generation. They also...
Royal Opera House
Vocal tips for opera singers: Joyce DiDonato Masterclass in full (The Royal Opera)
World renowned mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato gives a vocal masterclass with artists from the National Opera Studio as part of the Royal Opera House Insights series. Find out more at href='http://www.roh.org.uk' target='_blank'...
Curated Video
What Is Dark Matter? Exploring One of Physics’ Biggest Mysteries
What is Dark Matter? -- What if I told you that there may be trillions of particles going through your body right now, and you can’t see it, hear it, or touch it.
And that...
And that...
Curated Video
Chameleon Chromatics: How They Change Color and Why
Chameleons don’t change their color for camouflage, as most people think. They can’t perfectly match your crazy pink curtains or blend into your blue couch. As much as Pascal from Disney’s Tangled might change his colors on whim, alas,...
Science ABC
Chameleon Chromatics: How They Change Color and Why
Chameleons dont change their color for camouflage, as most people think. They cant perfectly match your crazy pink curtains or blend into your blue couch. As much as Pascal from Disneys Tangled might change his colors on whim, alas, that...
Crash Course
Hrotsvitha, Hildegard, and the Nun who Resurrected Theater: Crash Course Theater #9
The ninth video in the Crash Course Theatre series focuses on how two women brought theater back into the Christian world. Canoness Hrotsvitha, the first female playwright and Hildegard of Bingen, a nun who composed liturgical dramas,...
TED-Ed
Why Should You Read Virginia Woolf?
Afraid to read Virginia Woolf? Check out a short video that presents arguments for why you should read the works of this famous writer.
TED-Ed
How Does Hibernation Work?
Did you know animals hibernate all around the world, even in the deserts and tropical rain forests? How do these animals reach extreme body temperatures and undergo a decreased heart rate that would be deadly to non-hibernating animals?...