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Read more at: Bookings now open for Spring Music Taster Days

Bookings now open for Spring Music Taster Days

Bookings are now open for our Spring Music Taster Days on Friday 23 March and Saturday 21 April 2018. If you are in year 12 at a state or maintained school, why not come along and see what it's like to study music at Cambridge? For more information, and to book your place, click here .


Read more at: Margaret Faultless Appointed as University of London Professor

Margaret Faultless Appointed as University of London Professor

The Faculty of Music is delighted to celebrate with our Director of Performance, Margaret Faultless , who has been appointed as a Professor of Music of the University of London in recognition of her outstanding contribution both to the Royal Academy of Music and to international musical life: https://www.ram.ac.uk/about-us...


Read more at: Liszt research shortlisted for Fedora Prize

Liszt research shortlisted for Fedora Prize

A research project by David Trippett into Franz Liszt’s rediscovered Italian opera, Sardanapalo , has been shortlisted for a Fedora Prize. The Fedora circle , a group of European philanthropists and art institutions, supports innovative productions in ballet and opera each year. Each year Fedora selects one opera...


Read more at: 2017 Faculty of Music Teaching Prize

2017 Faculty of Music Teaching Prize

The Faculty of Music Teaching Prize is awarded annually by the Music Faculty Board to a teacher who is normally not a University Teaching Officer or Affiliated Lecturer but who has made an outstanding contribution to the Faculty's teaching programme. Nominations for the prize are sought and the prize of £100 is supported...


Read more at: 2017 Bliss Prize for Composition
2017 Bliss Prize for Composition

2017 Bliss Prize for Composition

The Faculty of Music is delighted to announce that Alex Ho is the winner of the 2017 Bliss Prize for Composition. The award is made for the best portfolio of compositions submitted in either the M.Phil or Part II of the Music Tripos. Alex has had compositions performed by the likes of the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra...


Read more at: Matthew Machin-Autenrieth on BBC World Service: The Forum

Matthew Machin-Autenrieth on BBC World Service: The Forum

On 30 December at 8.00pm on the BBC World Service, Matthew Machin-Autenrieth will be helping to shed light on the world of flamenco. Together with flamenco guitarist Brook Zern and dancer Maria Bermúdez, Matthew will will explore how flamenco works, and discuss how it has grown from its origins in the marginalised...


Read more at: A Fellowship for Marin Alsop and a day to remember for Cambridge conductors
A Fellowship for Marin Alsop and a day to remember for Cambridge conductors

A Fellowship for Marin Alsop and a day to remember for Cambridge conductors

On the morning of Thursday 9 November, a small group of students and fellows gathered in Newnham College’s Old Labs in anticipation of the arrival of conductor Marin Alsop – a household name, perhaps best known in England for conducting the Last Night of the Proms in 2013 and 2015 – who was at the college to accept an...


Read more at: John Rink to appear on Radio 4’s “Something Understood”

John Rink to appear on Radio 4’s “Something Understood”

John Rink will appear on the BBC Radio 4 programme, "Something Understood" on Sunday 12 November 2017, talking about the creative aspects of music-making and performance. For the full article follow this link to St John's College website: http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/john-rink-appear-radio-4's-"something-understood"


Read more at: Kepler's Trial at the V&A

Kepler's Trial at the V&A

The Victoria and Albert Museum is to host a complete opera for the first time with a public performance of Kepler’s Trial on November 9, it has been announced. Tickets for the event, which is also the opera’s London premiere and takes place as part of the V&A’s new exhibition, Opera: Passion, Power and Politics , are...


Read more at: Mine Doğantan-Dack appointed as Performance Teaching Associate
Mine Doğantan-Dack appointed as Performance Teaching Associate

Mine Doğantan-Dack appointed as Performance Teaching Associate

The Faculty of Music is delighted to announce the appointment of Mine Doğantan-Dack as Performance Teaching Associate. A concert pianist and musicologist/music theorist, Mine Doğantan is regarded nationally and internationally as a leading figure in artistic research in music performance. Mine was born in Istanbul, Turkey...