Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge

Last week acclaimed British director and screenwriter Joanna Hogg returned to Cambridge 10 years after her residency as the inaugural Filmmaker in Residence at Cambridge Film & Screen.

Following a screening of her film The Souvenir at St John's College, which was introduced by Corpus Fellow Professor Emma Wilson, Joanna hosted a masterclass for students before heading to Corpus to join JD Rhodes, Professor of Film Studies and Visual Culture, to discuss her recent work and future plans.

It is wonderful to see the University of Cambridge recognised once again, and we are delighted to see so many of the departments where our Fellows have leading roles topping this list. Well done to:

Rory Naismith (Celtic Studies)

James Warren (Classics)

Barak Kushner (Asian and Middle Eastern Studies)

Giulia Viggiani (Engineering)

Simon Godsill (Electrical Engineering)

Emma Wilson (French)

Christine Lane (Geography)

JD Rhodes (Italian)

Jonathan Morgan (Law)

Alisha Lola Jones (Music)

Ewan St. John Smith (Pharmacology)

We're delighted to top the Complete University Guide rankings for the 4th year running 🎉

Cambridge leads in the following 28 subject areas...

Archaeology 🏛️
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies 🌏
Biological Sciences (part of Natural Sciences) 🧬
Celtic Studies (part of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic) 🛡️
Chemical Engineering ⚛️
Chemistry (part of Natural Sciences) 🧪
Classics 📚
Economics 💷
Education 🏫
Electrical Engineering 💡
Engineering 🛠️
French (part of Modern and Medieval Languages) 🇫🇷
Geography 🗺️
Geology ⛏️
German (part of Modern and Medieval Languages) 🇩🇪
Italian (part of Modern and Medieval Languages) 🇮🇹
Law 👩🏽‍⚖️
Linguistics 🗣️
Manufacturing and Production Engineering 🏭
Materials Technology 🔬
Medicine 🏥
Music 🎼
Pharmacology 💉
Russian and East European Languages (part of Modern and Medieval Languages) 🇷🇺
Spanish and Portuguese (part of Modern and Medieval Languages) 🇪🇸 🇵🇹
Sociology (part of Human, Social and Political Sciences) 🧑‍🤝‍🧑
Town and Country Planning (part of Environment, Law and Economics) 🏙️
Veterinary Medicine 🐎

On 4 June we were delighted to welcome distinguished guests to College to celebrate the Feast of Corpus Christi.

The day began with a Choral Eucharist, after which the choir sang motets on New Court lawn. In the afternoon the Parker Library showcased the College silver along with a new exhibition: Travellers and Scriptures: Looking East at the Parker.

Ahead of the Feast in Hall, the evening celebrations began with festal Choral Evensong for Name Day, with a sermon from the Dean of Birmingham Cathedral, Very Revd Matt Thompson, (m.1987), followed by the admission of Baroness Katherine Willis CBE (m.1986) and Murray Gold (m.1988) as Honorary Fellows.

More photos from the day can be found here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/corpuschristicambridge/albums/72177720334110084/

The countdown to May Bumps has begun! We hope you can join us down by the river for Saturday's racing on 20 June as we cheer on our Corpus crews.

We are also hosting a Boat Club Dinner in the evening from 19.00.

More details can be found here: https://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/events/may-bumps-dinner-and-riverside-gathering-0

Great to see past Corpus Organ Scholar and Former Research Fellow, Professor Edward Higginbottom (m.1966), performing on the Metzler Organ of Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge.

Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers (1632-1714) - Suite du cinquième ton
Watch on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/Hz5lqfx6f-U

Performed by distinguished guest recitalist Edward Higginbottom (pictured) on the Metzler Organ of Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge | Trinity College, Cambridge.

Edward Higginbottom gained early experience as Organ Scholar of Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge (1966-69) where he later pursued postgraduate and doctoral research. His 1970s recording on the Corpus organ for Grosvenor Records opened the label's 'Organ Music from Cambridge' series for which Richard Marlow would later record two albums at Trinity.

Appointed Director of Music at New College, Oxford in 1976, Edward Higginbottom transformed the Choir's activity, profile and reputation through tours, broadcasts and more than 100 recordings. Since his retirement from New College in 2014, he has continued to lead a busy career as conductor and recitalist, and is presently Principal Conductor of Instruments of Time and Truth.

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Award winning composer, musician and conductor John Cameron (m.1962) will host an informal gathering on Sunday 19 July at the Royal Festival Hall ahead of Kes: Live Soundtrack, which forms part of the Rough Trade 50 weekend.

This special screening of Kes, Ken Loach’s landmark 1969 coming of age film set in Yorkshire, will feature a live performance of John Cameron’s original score by the acclaimed Elysian Collective, with an introduction from Jarvis Cocker.

This is a special opportunity to meet John and hear more about his remarkable career in music. We will be meeting from 3.30pm-4pm.

John is one of Britain’s most versatile and influential composers and arrangers, with a career spanning film, television, theatre, and pop music. After early success arranging hits for folk-pop artist Donovan and writing songs recorded by artists including Cilla Black and Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon, he went on to score more than 50 films, including Ken Loach’s Kes and A Touch of Class (for which he was Oscar nominated), as well as major television dramas such as the Emmy winning Jack the Ripper.

Among his numerous successes in the world of theatre, John arranged and conducted the concept album for the 1979 Paris production of Les Miserables, going on to write the orchestral score for every production until 2006. His score is still the basis for the present show.

If you wish to attend the gathering with John, please contact [email protected]

Book your tickets for Kes: Live Soundtrack directly through the Royal Festival Hall website below:

https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/kes-live-soundtrack/?

Kes: Live Soundtrack | Southbank Centre Ken Loach’s chronicle of boyhood experiences soars with a live performance of the soundtrack by Elysian Collective, with an introduction by Jarvis Cocker.

Congratulations to Baroness Kathy Willis of Summertown CBE, FGS, FRSB, FLS (m.1986) on her election to the Fellowship of The Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences. Kathy is a highly decorated academic and peer, internationally recognised for her work, on plant (and fungal) biodiversity change.

Kathy joins the ranks of Stephen Hawking, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Lise Meitner, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and Dorothy Hodgkin.

Read more about Kathy's career here: https://corpus-christi-college.shorthandstories.com/kathy-willis/index.html

Last week, the Corpus Admissions Team travelled to the North East to meet with parents and carers of potential Oxbridge candidates. They shared useful insights into life at Cambridge, the levels of support available, along with useful tips and guidance on how to support the students through the application process.

This work, which is supported by philanthropic funding, is an extension of the Corpus Teacher Circle, established last year to support teachers in North East England in developing their students and raise aspirations.