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Read more at: PhD composers chosen for ISCM World Music Days

PhD composers chosen for ISCM World Music Days

The Faculty is delighted to announce that two of its PhD composers have been selected to represent their countries at the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) World Music Days - 2015 festival in Slovenia (26 September to 2 October) Patrick Brennan has been chosen to represent Ireland and his recent...

Read more at: Arts & Humanities Case Study: Cambridge research strikes a chord
Arts & Humanities Case Study: Cambridge research strikes a chord

Arts & Humanities Case Study: Cambridge research strikes a chord

Founded in 2003, the Centre for Music and Science is reshaping our understanding of music and its role in society. By showing that music and language are complementary components of humans' communication toolkit, the Centre's research is opening up new ways of sharing information and understanding. “When we talk about...

Read more at: Richard Causton première

Richard Causton première

On 18 March Richard Causton's Piano Quintet was premiered by the Nash Ensemble as part of the Ensemble's 50th Anniversary celebrations. " In the first half [of Richard Causton's Piano Quintet] the upper strings detached themselves spatially and emotionally from the piano and cello. The latter duo supplied dark, sepulchral...

Read more at: LSO Composers Scheme success for MPhil student, Daniel Fardon
LSO Composers Scheme success for MPhil student, Daniel Fardon

LSO Composers Scheme success for MPhil student, Daniel Fardon

The Music Faculty wishes to congratulate MPhil student Daniel Fardon, who has been accepted on to the LSO Discovery Panufnik Composers Scheme for 2015-16. The LSO Discovery Panufnik Composers Scheme is an exciting initiative offering six emerging composers each year the opportunity to write for a world-class symphony...

Read more at: LSO Composers Scheme success for MPhil student, Daniel Fardon
LSO Composers Scheme success for MPhil student, Daniel Fardon

LSO Composers Scheme success for MPhil student, Daniel Fardon

The Faculty of Music wishes to congratulate MPhil student, Daniel Fardon, who has been accepted on to the London Symphony Orchestra Panufnik Composers Scheme for 2015-16. The LSO Discovery Panufnik Composers Scheme is an exciting initiative offering six emerging composers each year the opportunity to write for a world-...

Read more at: Radio 3 premiere for Rhiannon Randle
Radio 3 premiere for Rhiannon Randle

Radio 3 premiere for Rhiannon Randle

A new work by M.Phil. Composer and recent graduate Rhiannon Randle was premiered on Radio 3 as part of the International Women's Day celebrations on Sunday 8th March. Her specially commissioned anthem 'Like a Singing Bird' was performed live from the 'In Tune' studio by Sarah Connolly CBE and the St. Catharine's College...

Read more at: Britten Sinfonia Composers Workshop 7 March 2015

Britten Sinfonia Composers Workshop 7 March 2015

Judith Weir guest composer Hugh Brunt conductor Britten Sinfonia musicians Student musicians from the University of Cambridge Bertie Baigent Mr Hetherington's Hat Daniel-Lewis Fardon Break Robert Laidlow Traveller of the Inferno Joy Lisney Sinfonia Piccola Rhiannon Randle Nachtgedanken Alex Tay The Bleak Winter A day-long...

Read more at: Sir John Tomlinson events 23–27 February

Sir John Tomlinson events 23–27 February

This is a reminder that Sir John Tomlinson, one of our most distinguished opera singers, is now in Cambridge to inaugurate the Humanitas Series in Vocal Music (organised by CRASSH). The first event, Michelangelo in Song (music by Britten, Wolf and Shostakovich), takes place on Monday, 23 February in the West Road Concert...

Read more at: Stainer & Bell Award for Choral Composition 2015

Stainer & Bell Award for Choral Composition 2015

Stainer & Bell, in association with the Cambridge University Faculty of Music, invite the submission of new work for the 2015 Stainer & Bell Award for Choral Composition. The award shall consist of a prize of £500 offered by the publisher, with a possible offer of publication in Stainer & Bell’s Choral Now...

Read more at: LSO premiere for Patrick Brennan
LSO premiere for Patrick Brennan

LSO premiere for Patrick Brennan

Patrick Brennan, a first year PhD composer at King's College, will have a new piece premiered by the London Symphony Orchestra on Feb. 5th 2015. The work was commissioned by the LSO through the Panufnik Young Composer's scheme, sponsored by the Helen Hamlyn Trust, and will be conducted by Sir Mark Elder alongside music by...

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