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Read more at: Triple IMS Dissertation Award Success

Triple IMS Dissertation Award Success

We are delighted to share the news that two former Cambridge PhD students, Francesco Milella and Paul Newton-Jackson, and one current Junior Research Fellow, Alexander Cowan, have won awards in the 2024 IMS Outstanding Dissertation Award competition. Many congratulations to all three! Joint Winner: Francesco_Milella.jpeg...

Read more at: Alexander Goehr (1932-2024)
A display of Sandy Goehr's works in the Pendlebury Library

Alexander Goehr (1932-2024)

With the death of Alexander Goehr (known to all as ‘Sandy’), Professor of Music at Cambridge between 1976 and 1999, British music has lost one of its finest and most influential composers, and countless musicians have lost a dear friend and teacher. As a man Sandy was extraordinarily cultured, wise and generous. Until...

Read more at: LEVERHULME EARLY CAREER FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

LEVERHULME EARLY CAREER FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

The Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship internal competition 2025 is now open. The University of Cambridge provides matched funding for successful candidates through its Isaac Newton Trust. Full information for applicants may be found at https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career-fellowships and https://www.newtontrust.cam...

Read more at: Alexander Goehr (1932-2024)

Alexander Goehr (1932-2024)

It is with great sadness that we report the death on 26 August of the composer Alexander Goehr, a former 1684 Professor of Music and Fellow (and subsequently Honorary Fellow) of Trinity Hall, at the age of 92. We extend condolences to his family and loved ones. An appreciation of his life will follow shortly.

Read more at: Errollyn Wallen made Master of the King’s Music
Errollyn Wallen

Errollyn Wallen made Master of the King’s Music

The Faculty extends warmest congratulations to Cambridge alumna and Girton Honorary Fellow Errollyn Wallen, CBE, who succeeds Cambridge alumna Dame Judith Weir as Master of the King’s Music. A composer of enviable range across classical and popular genres, and whose music speaks of and to diverse communities, Belize-born...

Read more at: Dr Peter Asimov appointed to the Faculty of Music from Autumn 2024

Dr Peter Asimov appointed to the Faculty of Music from Autumn 2024

It is a great pleasure to announce that the Faculty of Music will welcome Dr Peter Asimov this Autumn as Assistant Professor in Western Art Music for the next three years. A former PhD student in the Faculty, Dr Asimov currently holds a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship, and is the Lumley Junior Research Fellow at...

Read more at: Dr Joseph Mason to join the Faculty in January 2025

Dr Joseph Mason to join the Faculty in January 2025

We are pleased to announce that Dr Joseph Mason will be joining the Faculty for two years from 1 January 2025 to take up the position of Assistant Professor in Early Music. Joe is a historical musicologist specialising in vocal music in medieval Europe. His current research focuses on the songs of the trouvères, poet-...

Read more at: British Forum for Ethnomusicology Prize for Jacob Olley

British Forum for Ethnomusicology Prize for Jacob Olley

The Faculty is delighted to announce that current ERC Research Associate, Dr Jacob Olley , has been awarded the 2024 BFE Early Career Prize for an outstanding publication in ethnomusicology for his article ' Evliya's Song: Listening to the Early Modern Ottoman Court ' in the Journal of the American Musicological Society 76...

Read more at: British Academy Postdoctoral fellowship opportunities hosted by the Faculty of Music

British Academy Postdoctoral fellowship opportunities hosted by the Faculty of Music

The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships scheme (3 years) will soon open, with a national deadline of 2 October 2024: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/postdoctoral-fellowships/ If you would like to apply through the University of Cambridge, please submit a draft application to the Faculty of Music by...

Read more at: Junior Research Fellowship at Trinity College for Rajan Lal

Junior Research Fellowship at Trinity College for Rajan Lal

We are delighted to announce that PhD student Rajan Lal has been awarded a four-year Junior Research Fellowship at Trinity College, starting in October 2024. Rajan’s thesis offers a new way to analyse the music of Scriabin; his proposed project for the fellowship expands that work to other composers of the early 20 th...

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