Faculty of Music

Study Music at Cambridge

A lecture at the Faculty given by Professor Sam Barrett
Undergraduate study (BA)
 An unusual musical score
Taught postgraduate study (MPhil)
 Postgraduate supervision
The PhD in Music
Students at the Faculty of Music

Open days and outreach events

Find out more about the Faculty of Music by visiting us during the University Open Days or one of our outreach events.

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Seminar in the Centre for Music and Science

Research

Centres and Projects Research Clusters Faculty Colloquia Research Blog Visitors

News

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26 Mar 2026

Cambridge top UK university for Music in QS subject rankings

25 Mar 2026

Fabricant Worlds at the Maxwell Centre (Thursday, 26 March, 5PM)

Fabricant Worlds: The power of matter, machine, imagination

3 Mar 2026

Carmack Composer in Residence 2026: Professor Nigel Osborne MBE

Carmark Residency 2026 Poster

28 Feb 2026

electro//acoustic day, 19 March 2026

21 Feb 2026

The Faculty of Music at the Cambridge Festival, 12 March - 2 April 2026

27 Jan 2026

Richard Causton's piano trio shortlisted for RPS Chamber-Scale Composition Award

Events

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Colloquium: ‘Diasporic Divas: Performing Race, Gender, and Sexuality from the 18th Century to Today’

6 May 2026 5:00pm to 6:00pm Faculty of Music

Colloquium: ‘ “Find him if you can!”: Havergal Brian's The Tigers as 'autobiopera' ’

13 May 2026 5:00pm to 6:00pm Faculty of Music

Colloquium: ‘Transparency, Diversity, and Equality in Music Psychology: A Meta-Science Perspective’

22 May 2026 5:00pm to 6:00pm Faculty of Music

Colloquium: ‘On Music, Central Europe & the Black diaspora’ (Title TBC)

29 May 2026 5:00pm to 6:00pm Faculty of Music

Colloquium: ‘The “Art” and the “Easy”: Nicolò Pasquali’s Keyboard World’

3 June 2026 5:00pm to 6:00pm Faculty of Music

Colloquium: ‘Meshell Ndegeocello’s Pentateuch: Peace Beyond Passion Preaching Hip-hop Gospel of Power, Gender, and Black Queer Resistance’

10 June 2026 5:00pm to 6:00pm Faculty of Music

Making and performing music: the wider environment

Background: West Road Concert Hall
West Road Concert Hall
 Centre for Music Performance: screengrab from website
Centre for Music Performance
 Rehearsing for a recording in studio 1
Recording Studio