April Wei-West
@aprilw.bsky.social
PhD in Music at SOAS, University of London | vocaloid and virtualities | digital ethnography | CHASE Digital Studies Collective (DiSCo)
From the river to the sea
More: https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/april-wei-west
From the river to the sea
More: https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/april-wei-west
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April Wei-West
@aprilw.bsky.social
· Jun 8
21.1 Music, Gender, and Sexuality — Rising Voices in Ethnomusicology
risingvoicesjournal.com
Pleased to have my first peer review article on #UTAU published in the wonderful Rising Voices in Ethnomusicology journal! risingvoicesjournal.com/211-music-ge...
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Academia may not give you job security, flexibility, or wealth, but it will let you unexpectedly connect to eduroam in foreign cities
August 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Academia may not give you job security, flexibility, or wealth, but it will let you unexpectedly connect to eduroam in foreign cities
A news post written by me about the "Bodies in Digital Transition" conference last month! www.soas.ac.uk/about/news/b...
“Bodies in Digital Transition” conference organised by Music PhD Student
www.soas.ac.uk
October 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
A news post written by me about the "Bodies in Digital Transition" conference last month! www.soas.ac.uk/about/news/b...
Up in the rafters but with no objection - St. Vincent at the Proms was perfection. Masterful orchestral arrangements by Rachel Eckroth that genuinely sounded like they came from a minimalist composition. A brilliant and emotional collaboration between orchestral and amplified sound.
September 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Up in the rafters but with no objection - St. Vincent at the Proms was perfection. Masterful orchestral arrangements by Rachel Eckroth that genuinely sounded like they came from a minimalist composition. A brilliant and emotional collaboration between orchestral and amplified sound.
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Im at BODIES IN DIGITAL TRANSITION conference at Goldsmiths hosted by DiSCo. I founded DiSCo back in 2020 and handed over leadership to to see @aprilw.bsky.social last year. To see DiSCo thriving into new projects and areas is truly amazing. Well done April 🧠🫁🫀🦾👀👂
September 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Im at BODIES IN DIGITAL TRANSITION conference at Goldsmiths hosted by DiSCo. I founded DiSCo back in 2020 and handed over leadership to to see @aprilw.bsky.social last year. To see DiSCo thriving into new projects and areas is truly amazing. Well done April 🧠🫁🫀🦾👀👂
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Today marks the 150th anniversary of composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) 🎼
From published scores, autograph manuscripts, and sound recordings, read our new blog post with an overview of our Coleridge-Taylor collections: bit.ly/BLBlogColeridgeTaylor
From published scores, autograph manuscripts, and sound recordings, read our new blog post with an overview of our Coleridge-Taylor collections: bit.ly/BLBlogColeridgeTaylor
August 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Today marks the 150th anniversary of composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) 🎼
From published scores, autograph manuscripts, and sound recordings, read our new blog post with an overview of our Coleridge-Taylor collections: bit.ly/BLBlogColeridgeTaylor
From published scores, autograph manuscripts, and sound recordings, read our new blog post with an overview of our Coleridge-Taylor collections: bit.ly/BLBlogColeridgeTaylor
I am fortunate enough to be singing under the batton of the legendary Joe Hisaishi for his performance at the BBC proms this Thursday ! Hisaishi was kind enough to give a photo and autograph 😍
August 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I am fortunate enough to be singing under the batton of the legendary Joe Hisaishi for his performance at the BBC proms this Thursday ! Hisaishi was kind enough to give a photo and autograph 😍
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Spot the Tangut proverb on my canvas tote bag: 𘜶𗗚𗓰𗾟，𗱕𗋽𗰖𘏚 "The great sea is vast and deep, all the waters are gathered there" (seen here on a recent visit to SOAS https://bsky.app/profile/babelstone.bsky.social/post/3k4eyvzzb2a27).
August 20, 2023 at 6:12 PM
Spot the Tangut proverb on my canvas tote bag: 𘜶𗗚𗓰𗾟，𗱕𗋽𗰖𘏚 "The great sea is vast and deep, all the waters are gathered there" (seen here on a recent visit to SOAS https://bsky.app/profile/babelstone.bsky.social/post/3k4eyvzzb2a27).
A moody scene of gorgeous Conwy, North Wales, where I visited to perform in the Conwy Classical Music Festival. We opened the concert with the folk song Lisa Lan.
Bûm yn dy garu lawer gwaith
Do lawer awr mewn mwynder maith
Bûm yn dy gusanu Lisa gêl
Yr oedd dy gwmni'n well na'r mêl.
Bûm yn dy garu lawer gwaith
Do lawer awr mewn mwynder maith
Bûm yn dy gusanu Lisa gêl
Yr oedd dy gwmni'n well na'r mêl.
July 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
A moody scene of gorgeous Conwy, North Wales, where I visited to perform in the Conwy Classical Music Festival. We opened the concert with the folk song Lisa Lan.
Bûm yn dy garu lawer gwaith
Do lawer awr mewn mwynder maith
Bûm yn dy gusanu Lisa gêl
Yr oedd dy gwmni'n well na'r mêl.
Bûm yn dy garu lawer gwaith
Do lawer awr mewn mwynder maith
Bûm yn dy gusanu Lisa gêl
Yr oedd dy gwmni'n well na'r mêl.
Not only a fiercely competent Sinologist (though he would never admit that), but also the best and most loving dad. The grief is as a shoreless sea.
It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we, the family of Andrew West, confirm his peaceful passing on 10th July 2025. The BabelStone legacy will be continued by colleagues and friends.
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Andrew C. West 魏安 1960–2025
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July 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Not only a fiercely competent Sinologist (though he would never admit that), but also the best and most loving dad. The grief is as a shoreless sea.
Characteristically forgot to sit down to watch this but managed to tune in to the last quarter, just at @zaborowski.bsky.social's interview!
hello vocasky! the NHK overseas Vocaloid fandom special is premiering internationally in 3 hours!! Check out the livestream here 👇
www3.nhk.or.jp
July 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Characteristically forgot to sit down to watch this but managed to tune in to the last quarter, just at @zaborowski.bsky.social's interview!
Huge 😲
hello vocasky! the NHK overseas Vocaloid fandom special is premiering internationally in 3 hours!! Check out the livestream here 👇
www3.nhk.or.jp
July 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Huge 😲
Got the dates mixed up for my own event and panicked thinking the abstract deadline was 13th July. It is in fact 31st July - ample time to get your abstracts in ! 😌
Really excited to be organising the research conference "Bodies in Digital Transition," suitable for researchers across disciplines in arts and humanities working with digital intimacies. Call For Papers live now! www.cassandralaureano.com/current/bodi...
CALL FOR PAPERS: Bodies in Digital Transition — A C - Alessandro Caruana Art
Transcultural Dialogues on Digital Intimacies and Artistic Practices
www.cassandralaureano.com
July 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Got the dates mixed up for my own event and panicked thinking the abstract deadline was 13th July. It is in fact 31st July - ample time to get your abstracts in ! 😌
ok i'll admit that i went into Kpop Demon Hunters wanting to be a hater but it only took about 15 minutes and an Exo reference to get me fully invested. still, 7/10 recommend
July 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
ok i'll admit that i went into Kpop Demon Hunters wanting to be a hater but it only took about 15 minutes and an Exo reference to get me fully invested. still, 7/10 recommend
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My book is officially out today and I found out I got tenure 🎈
Can't wait to talk about it at the Bradford Literature Festival this Saturday! @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social
Get your copy here!
US: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
UK: www.waterstones.com/book/journey...
Can't wait to talk about it at the Bradford Literature Festival this Saturday! @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social
Get your copy here!
US: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
UK: www.waterstones.com/book/journey...
Journeys of Love
An empathetic and eye-opening portrait of Muslim migrants in England that debunks many misperceptions about their music and poetry. In Journeys of Love, ethnomusicologist Thomas Hodgson offers a sen...
press.uchicago.edu
June 25, 2025 at 8:05 AM
My book is officially out today and I found out I got tenure 🎈
Can't wait to talk about it at the Bradford Literature Festival this Saturday! @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social
Get your copy here!
US: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
UK: www.waterstones.com/book/journey...
Can't wait to talk about it at the Bradford Literature Festival this Saturday! @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social
Get your copy here!
US: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
UK: www.waterstones.com/book/journey...
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Really excited to be organising the research conference "Bodies in Digital Transition," suitable for researchers across disciplines in arts and humanities working with digital intimacies. Call For Papers live now! www.cassandralaureano.com/current/bodi...
CALL FOR PAPERS: Bodies in Digital Transition — A C - Alessandro Caruana Art
Transcultural Dialogues on Digital Intimacies and Artistic Practices
www.cassandralaureano.com
June 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Really excited to be organising the research conference "Bodies in Digital Transition," suitable for researchers across disciplines in arts and humanities working with digital intimacies. Call For Papers live now! www.cassandralaureano.com/current/bodi...
Most eye-catching spot to put a poster? In front of the bins ♻️🚮
@chase-dtp.bsky.social Encounters Conference
@chase-dtp.bsky.social Encounters Conference
June 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Most eye-catching spot to put a poster? In front of the bins ♻️🚮
@chase-dtp.bsky.social Encounters Conference
@chase-dtp.bsky.social Encounters Conference
Very proud of my friend Monika for releasing her art book all about Birds 🐦 Launch event at The Scarlett Letters indie bookshop in Whitechapel. The hardback copies are all handbound and published independently theirlowbackedcar.com
June 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Very proud of my friend Monika for releasing her art book all about Birds 🐦 Launch event at The Scarlett Letters indie bookshop in Whitechapel. The hardback copies are all handbound and published independently theirlowbackedcar.com
Pleased to have my first peer review article on #UTAU published in the wonderful Rising Voices in Ethnomusicology journal! risingvoicesjournal.com/211-music-ge...
21.1 Music, Gender, and Sexuality — Rising Voices in Ethnomusicology
risingvoicesjournal.com
June 8, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Pleased to have my first peer review article on #UTAU published in the wonderful Rising Voices in Ethnomusicology journal! risingvoicesjournal.com/211-music-ge...
Really excited to be organising the research conference "Bodies in Digital Transition," suitable for researchers across disciplines in arts and humanities working with digital intimacies. Call For Papers live now! www.cassandralaureano.com/current/bodi...
CALL FOR PAPERS: Bodies in Digital Transition — A C - Alessandro Caruana Art
Transcultural Dialogues on Digital Intimacies and Artistic Practices
www.cassandralaureano.com
June 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Really excited to be organising the research conference "Bodies in Digital Transition," suitable for researchers across disciplines in arts and humanities working with digital intimacies. Call For Papers live now! www.cassandralaureano.com/current/bodi...
What a huge relief
May 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
What a huge relief
Listening to Sarah Vaughan is truly a remedy for a day of writing a funding application
May 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Listening to Sarah Vaughan is truly a remedy for a day of writing a funding application
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The special issue of the Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies coedited by myself and Janine Bower appears to be out. Here is a link to the table of contents intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
1-2: Playing with Voice: Listening for Audio-Visual Expressions and Representations of Voice, Vocality and Speech Acts in Games | Intellect
Intellect Discover is the platform where Intellect's content lives: Browse publications for scholars and practitioners teaching and researching in the arts, media and creative industries.
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May 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The special issue of the Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies coedited by myself and Janine Bower appears to be out. Here is a link to the table of contents intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
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May 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I've uploaded some performance videos of my #koto playing on Youtube! Please check it out 🎶 www.youtube.com/@april-on-su...
April Wei-West
I'm April! I am a PhD researcher in music and sometimes perform on the side - Japanese koto and singing!
Please enjoy my clips!
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May 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I've uploaded some performance videos of my #koto playing on Youtube! Please check it out 🎶 www.youtube.com/@april-on-su...
Just finding out about this phenomenon of vast numbers of Chinese street livestreamers gathering in public spaces at night to stream. This is digital folklore but playing out in the backrooms of the city...
(Creds to this video that that cropped up on my Youtube) www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTuW...
(Creds to this video that that cropped up on my Youtube) www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTuW...
The Rise of "Homeless Streamers" in China
YouTube video by Louis Zhao
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May 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Just finding out about this phenomenon of vast numbers of Chinese street livestreamers gathering in public spaces at night to stream. This is digital folklore but playing out in the backrooms of the city...
(Creds to this video that that cropped up on my Youtube) www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTuW...
(Creds to this video that that cropped up on my Youtube) www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTuW...