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Read more at: Multi-Story Orchestra at the Proms

Multi-Story Orchestra at the Proms

Cambridge alumni Kate Whitley and Christopher Stark took the Multi-Story Orchestra, which also features many Faculty alumni, to new heights on 3 September with their first BBC Prom. A Prom with a difference, however, which was part of the BBC's alternative venue series and was broadcast live from a multi storey car park in...

Read more at: VIDEO: Reconstructing the Songs of Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy

VIDEO: Reconstructing the Songs of Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy

Read more at: New 1684 Professor of Music
New 1684 Professor of Music

New 1684 Professor of Music

The Faculty of Music is pleased to announce that Professor Katharine Ellis has been elected to be the next 1684 Professor of Music. She will take up the post on the retirement of Professor Nicholas Cook at the end of the academic year 2016–17. Professor Ellis is a cultural historian of music in nineteenth-century France...

Read more at: Dr Floris Schuiling wins Veni postdoctoral award

Dr Floris Schuiling wins Veni postdoctoral award

Floris Schuiling has been awarded a Veni postdoctoral award from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The Veni grant allows promising young Dutch researchers to develop innovative ideas over three years. Schuiling's project, entitled 'Notation Cultures in Contemporary Music', proposes a comparative...

Read more at: Call for BA Postdoc applications

Call for BA Postdoc applications

Call for BA Postdoc applications The British Academy will shortly invite applications under their Postdoctoral Fellowships scheme, with a deadline expected to be in October 2016. Prospective applicants who would like to be hosted by the Cambridge Faculty of Music are asked to send a draft application to the Faculty by 26...

Read more at: Let the Music Play – John Rink in CAM magazine

Let the Music Play – John Rink in CAM magazine

This article first appeared in CAM magazine (78), Easter 2016. " There can be no performance without an audience. Professor of Musical Performance Studies, John Rink, discusses the spaces and connections between composer, performer and listener. " Article by Lucy Jolin Photography by Anna Huix If you would like to download...

Read more at: Opera premiere for MPhil alumna Rhiannon Randle

Opera premiere for MPhil alumna Rhiannon Randle

Recent MPhil composition alumna Rhiannon Randle's third opera 'Door' premieres this week at Guildhall's Milton Court Studio Theatre, in association with the Royal Opera House. http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=19592

Read more at: Appointment of the Ligeti Quartet as the first holders of the Cambridge Chamber Music Residency, supported by funding from the Radcliffe Trust and Homerton College
Appointment of the Ligeti Quartet as the first holders of the Cambridge Chamber Music Residency, supported by funding from the Radcliffe Trust and Homerton College

Appointment of the Ligeti Quartet as the first holders of the Cambridge Chamber Music Residency, supported by funding from the Radcliffe Trust and Homerton College

The Faculty of Music is delighted to welcome the Ligeti Quartet as the first holders of the Cambridge Chamber Music Residency. Their breath-taking performances, both technically and musically, coupled with outstanding artistic plans for working with student composers and performers will undoubtedly be an exciting new...

Read more at: Success for Cambridge in The Guardian's 2017 university league tables

Success for Cambridge in The Guardian's 2017 university league tables

The Guardian has published its 2017 University league tables today. This is the sixth year that Cambridge has held the top spot overall, but this year Cambridge Music has jumped up the rankings to take third place. The Guardian’s league tables rank universities according to: spending per student; the student/staff ratio...

Read more at: Success for Music alumni at RPS Awards

Success for Music alumni at RPS Awards

The winners of the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards were announced on 10 May at a ceremony in London hosted by Suzy Klein and Sara Mohr-Pietsch. We were delighted to see several Cambridge Music alumni among the list of winners. Clare Hammond , winner of the RPS Music Award for young artists Julian Anderson , winner...

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