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Read more at: Dr Ross Cole appointed Junior Research Fellow at Homerton College

Dr Ross Cole appointed Junior Research Fellow at Homerton College

Ross Cole ’s research focuses on experimental, popular, and vernacular music of the twentieth century. He completed his AHRC-funded PhD in 2015 at the University of Cambridge, where he is currently a temporary lecturer in the Faculty of Music. Ross takes up his Fellowship in January 2017.


Read more at: NAMHE: The value of a music degree

NAMHE: The value of a music degree

NAMHE, the National Association for Music in Higher Education, has launched the latest in a series of videos about studying music at university. The series focuses on the broad range of careers followed by music graduates, and the importance of music to society. 1. The Value of a Music Degree I 2. The Value of a Music...


Read more at: Faculty launches music research site
Faculty launches music research site

Faculty launches music research site

The Faculty is pleased to announce the launch of its new research website. The site contains up to date information on the research activities of our staff, event listings including colloquia, seminars and conferences, and our new 'Research Features' page comprising the latest research news and commentary from Faculty of...


Read more at: Dr James Westbrook receives the 2015 Terence Pamplin Award
Dr James Westbrook receives the 2015 Terence Pamplin Award

Dr James Westbrook receives the 2015 Terence Pamplin Award

Dr James Westbrook has received the 2015 Terence Pamplin Award for Organology given by the Musicians’ Company. This biannual research prize of £1,200, is to assist further research into x-braced guitars by the Roudhloff Brothers and to make a replica instrument. Arnold Myers, the Chairman of the judges said: “I am...


Read more at: Stefano Castelvecchi to lecture in Cremona on opera and the representation of reality
Stefano Castelvecchi to lecture in Cremona on opera and the representation of reality

Stefano Castelvecchi to lecture in Cremona on opera and the representation of reality

Dr Stefano Castelvecchi, a Fellow and College Lecturer in Music at St John’s, will take up a brief visiting Professorship in Italy later this month, where he will lecture on the subject of opera. See complete article here .


Read more at: Joy Lisney awarded the Sir Arthur Bliss Prize for Composition
Joy Lisney awarded the Sir Arthur Bliss Prize for Composition

Joy Lisney awarded the Sir Arthur Bliss Prize for Composition

The Sir Arthur Bliss Prize for Composition in 2015 has been awarded to former Joy Lisney who recently completed her M.Phil in Composition at Cambridge. Joy is a highly talented young composer who is also a successful cellist. A recent piece for the Arditti Sting Quartet was premièred in Cambridge in November 2014. http://...


Read more at: Francesca Vella to be part of a Leverhulme-funded research network

Francesca Vella to be part of a Leverhulme-funded research network

Francesca Vella, who holds a Research Fellowship at St John’s College, will collaborate with researchers from UCL, Brown University and Universidade Estadual de Campinas on the three-year project Re-imagining Italianità: Opera and Musical Culture in Transnational Perspective , starting February 2016. University College...


Read more at: Music alumna, Kate Whitley, wins British Composer Award
Music alumna, Kate Whitley, wins British Composer Award

Music alumna, Kate Whitley, wins British Composer Award

Many congratulations to music alumna, Kate Whitley, who won the Amateur or Young Performer Award at the British Composer Awards held at the British Film Institute on Wednesday night. The award was given for a piece she wrote called 'Alive' for children's choir and orchestra commissioned by Multi-Story. The work was...


Read more at: Dr Golan Gur wins Austrian Musicological Society’s 2015 Publication Prize
Dr Golan Gur wins Austrian Musicological Society’s 2015 Publication Prize

Dr Golan Gur wins Austrian Musicological Society’s 2015 Publication Prize

Dr Golan Gur, who is a Newton International Fellow researching on music and aesthetic culture in the former German Democratic Republic, has won the Austrian Musicological Society’s 2015 Publication Prize for an outstanding contribution on music in and from Austria. The Prize was awarded for the essay “The Other Marxism...


Read more at: Newly inaugurated Faculty of Music Teaching Prize for 2014–15 awarded to Dr Delphine Mordey

Newly inaugurated Faculty of Music Teaching Prize for 2014–15 awarded to Dr Delphine Mordey

Newly inaugurated Faculty of Music Teaching Prize for 2014-15 awarded to Dr Delphine Mordey The Faculty of Music Teaching Prize is a newly inaugurated prize awarded annually by the Music Faculty Board to a teacher who is normally not a University Teaching Officer or Affiliated Lecturer (and thus is not eligible to be...