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Read more at: BFE conference celebrates the career of Ruth Davis, holder of the UK’s first named ethnomusicology post

BFE conference celebrates the career of Ruth Davis, holder of the UK’s first named ethnomusicology post

Ruth Davis: The Legacy, Impact, and History-Making Role of the UK's First Named Ethnomusicology Post Friday 4 April | West Road Concert Hall | 5pm-6.30pm This Friday, 4 April, the BFE conference will hold a plenary event celebrating our former colleague, the esteemed ethnomusicologist Ruth Davis, who held the first named...

Read more at: Alumna Laura van der Heijden awarded Royal Philharmonic Society's Instrumentalist Award

Alumna Laura van der Heijden awarded Royal Philharmonic Society's Instrumentalist Award

We are delighted to hear that our alumna, Laura van der Heijden (m. 2016), has just received the Royal Philharmonic Society's Instrumentalist Award . This recognizes the 'outstanding quality and scope' of her performances as a cellist within the UK. The judges' citation reads: 'In everything she does, cellist Laura van der...

Read more at: The Faculty of Music at the Cambridge Festival, 19 March-4 April 2025

The Faculty of Music at the Cambridge Festival, 19 March-4 April 2025

This year's Cambridge Festival programme has just launched, featuring several exciting events led by members of the Faculty of Music: 14 March: Music, Healing and Human Rights As part of a larger project, curated by Elizabeth Carmack, on the theme of music, healing and human rights, this performance by St Catharine’s...

Read more at: Arthur Bliss Prize for Composition 2024

Arthur Bliss Prize for Composition 2024

The Faculty of Music is delighted to announce that Roseanna Dunn is the winner of the 2024 Arthur Bliss Prize for Composition. The award is made for the best portfolio of compositions submitted in the MPhil in Music.

Read more at: Dr. Alisha L. Jones' gastromusicology research released in the Yale Journal of Music and Religion

Dr. Alisha L. Jones' gastromusicology research released in the Yale Journal of Music and Religion

Music in Contemporary Societies professor Dr Alisha Lola Jones ' research examining the intersection between gastromusicology and sexual performance anxiety among conservative worship leaders has been published in the Yale Journal of Music and Religion . https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/yjmr/vol10/iss1/2/ "The Vagina...

Read more at: Cambridge Wins Three Prizes at the American Musicological Society meeting, 2024

Cambridge Wins Three Prizes at the American Musicological Society meeting, 2024

We are delighted to announce three Cambridge prizewinners at the Chicago Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society: img_0067.jpeg Bettina Varwig, Professor of Music History: Otto Kinkeldey Award for an outstanding work in musicology, for her book Music in the Flesh: An Early Modern Musical Physiology (Chicago...

Read more at: Faculty Teaching Prize 2023-24 Winners: Professor Katharine Ellis & Dr Jacob Olley

Faculty Teaching Prize 2023-24 Winners: Professor Katharine Ellis & Dr Jacob Olley

The Faculty is pleased to announce that the Faculty Teaching Prize for 2023-24 has been jointly awarded to Professor Katharine Ellis and Dr Jacob Olley. We offer them our sincere congratulations. Nominations for the 2024-25 Prize will be requested from students in Easter Term.

Read more at: Dr Alisha Lola Jones becomes co-editor of the Journal of Popular Music Studies
Dr Alisha Lola Jones

Dr Alisha Lola Jones becomes co-editor of the Journal of Popular Music Studies

Congratulations to Dr. Alisha Lola Jones, Associate Professor of Music in Contemporary Societies, who has just assumed the role of co-editor of the Journal of Popular Music Studies along with Dr. Benjamin Tausig, Associate Professor of Critical Music Studies at SUNY Stony Brook. About Journal of Popular Music Studies...

Read more at: Performance Staffing News

Performance Staffing News

maggie-faultless.jpg We are delighted to announce that the Faculty now has two permanent teaching staff in Performance. Maggie Faultless will continue as Director of Performance (and now as Associate Teaching Professor) alongside her college roles as a fellow of Girton and Musician in Residence at St John’s. james_way.jpg...

Read more at: Mentorship Scheme for Applicants | Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership

Mentorship Scheme for Applicants | Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership

Mentorship Scheme for Applicants | Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership Who is this for? Anyone applying for Open-Oxford-Cambridge DTP funding for an October 2025 start AND who has faced barriers in Higher Education linked to any of the following ethnicity sex gender sexual orientation illness...

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