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Read more at: Professor Marina Frolova-Walker elected to a Corresponding Membership of the American Musicological Society

Professor Marina Frolova-Walker elected to a Corresponding Membership of the American Musicological Society

We are delighted to announce that Professor Marina Frolova-Walker has been elected to a Corresponding Membership of the American Musicological Society at its Annual Meeting, held in New Orleans last week. Honorary and Corresponding Members of the AMS are those scholars 'who have made outstanding contributions to furthering...


Read more at: Professor Richard Causton launches new album, 'La terra imparaggiabile'

Professor Richard Causton launches new album, 'La terra imparaggiabile'

We are delighted to announce the release of Professor Richard Causton's second full-length album, La terra imparaggiabile , with NMC Recordings. Featuring performances from baritone Marcus Farnsworth, pianist Huw Watkins, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo, the album brings together Causton's large-...


Read more at: Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship Opportunities

Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship Opportunities

LEVERHULME EARLY CAREER FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES HOSTED BY THE FACULTY OF MUSIC, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE The Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Internal Competition 2024 will open on the 1st September 2023. The University of Cambridge provides matched funding for successful candidates through its Isaac Newton Trust. Full...


Read more at: Academic Promotion for Music

Academic Promotion for Music

We are delighted to announce that Dr Bettina Varwig has been recognised in the 2022 Academic Promotions round. Author of Histories of Heinrich Schütz (Cambridge University Press, 2011) and editor of Heinrich Schütz’s Christmas Story for the Neue Schütz Ausgabe (Bärenreiter, 2017), she has recently published the edited...


Read more at: Cambridge Early Career Research Fellowships 2023

Cambridge Early Career Research Fellowships 2023

A number of Cambridge Colleges are advertising research fellowships for early career scholars which could be held by those researching Music. See individual College websites for details and how to apply: Christ's College: https://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/stipendiary-junior-research-fellowship Emmanuel College: https://resfell...


Read more at: KHOYA: Jewish Morocco Sound Archive

KHOYA: Jewish Morocco Sound Archive

For 15 years, Dr. Vanessa Paloma Elbaz , Research Associate on the MESG ERC project , has been collecting and preserving musical heritage. In 2014, she founded KHOYA: Jewish Morocco Sound Archive, recording the voices of ageing Moroccan Jews, and particularly of women's oral traditions. Last week her work was featured in...


Read more at: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities
British Academy

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities

BRITISH ACADEMY POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES HOSTED BY THE FACULTY OF MUSIC, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE The British Academy will shortly open their prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowships scheme (3 years), with a national deadline expected to be in early October 2022: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/postdoctoral-...


Read more at: Stephen Wilford appointed to the Faculty of Music
Stephen Wilford

Stephen Wilford appointed to the Faculty of Music

It is a great pleasure to announce that the Faculty of Music will welcome Dr Stephen Wilford from 1 September 2022 as Temporary Assistant Professor in Ethnomusicology, Popular Music and Sound Studies. Dr Wilford conducts research on the musics and sounds of Algeria, in the past and present, from Arab-Andalusi musical...


Read more at: Cambridge’s global reputation in Music recognised in REF 2021

Cambridge’s global reputation in Music recognised in REF 2021

The results from the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021) have highlighted the global impact of Cambridge’s research in the field of Music. 95% of Cambridge’s overall submission within its Unit of Assessment has been rated as ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’, demonstrating the major impact that...


Read more at: Arthur Bliss Prize for Composition 2021
Sam Rudd-Jones

Arthur Bliss Prize for Composition 2021

The Faculty of Music is delighted to announce that Sam Rudd-Jones is the winner of the 2021 Arthur Bliss Prize for Composition. The award is made for the best portfolio of compositions submitted in either the MPhil or Part II of the Music Tripos.