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Read more at: Prof Sarah Hawkins appointed Strategic Fellow at NZILBB

Prof Sarah Hawkins appointed Strategic Fellow at NZILBB

Professor Sarah Hawkins has been appointed a Strategic Fellow at the New Zealand Institute of Language Brain and Behavior, University of Canterbury, Christchurch. The New Zealand Institute of Language Brain and Behaviour (NZILBB) is a multi-disciplinary centre dedicated to the study of human language. It was founded in...


Read more at: Carmina qui quondam video nears 500,000 views on YouTube

Carmina qui quondam video nears 500,000 views on YouTube

Only two weeks after the fascinating series of events that culminated in the performance of Songs of Consolation for the first time in 1,000 years, the video of the performance has recorded nearly 500,000 views on YouTube and press coverage from all round the world. Read the University of Cambridge news story here The...


Read more at: 2016 QS World University Rankings

2016 QS World University Rankings

The 2016 QS World University Rankings include Performing Arts for the first time, and confirm the position of the Cambridge Faculty of Music among the handful of top university music departments in the world. We are ranked among the top three departments in the UK, and tied for sixth best in the world with Harvard.


Read more at: How research at Cambridge Faculty of Music is bringing lost songs back to life
How research at Cambridge Faculty of Music is bringing lost songs back to life

How research at Cambridge Faculty of Music is bringing lost songs back to life

Performing Lost Songs of the Early Middle Ages The Project: How research at Cambridge Faculty of Music is bringing lost songs back to life Research from the Faculty of Music is bringing to life songs that have been lost to scholars for centuries. A collaboration taking place in April with Sequentia will culminate in a...


Read more at: Iain Fenlon elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society

Iain Fenlon elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society

The Faculty of Music congratulates Iain Fenlon on being elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. http://royalhistsoc.org/about/


Read more at: Margaret Faultless becomes Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music
Margaret Faultless becomes Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music

Margaret Faultless becomes Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music

The Faculty of Music warmly congratulates Director of Performance, Margaret Faultless, on her inclusion in the Royal Academy of Music 2016 Honours. She becomes Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music (Hon RAM). This award is limited to 300 living distinguished musicians who were not educated at the Academy. Previous...


Read more at: Video: Side by side with the Academy of Ancient Music

Video: Side by side with the Academy of Ancient Music

In January 2016, the Academy of Ancient Music led a performance workshop with students from the University of Cambridge. They have produced a short video about the event. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b907TnNdFWo&list=PLMeZ9werhicMMPk8OGsYPa9JxgMgzTjR4


Read more at: José Manuel Izquierdo König wins first prize in 2015 Otto Mayer-Serra Competition

José Manuel Izquierdo König wins first prize in 2015 Otto Mayer-Serra Competition

The Center for Iberian and Latin American Music at the University of California, Riverside, is pleased to announce the results of the 2015 Otto Mayer-Serra Competition, for the best essays on Iberian and Latin American Music, in either historical musicology or ethnomusicology. This annual competition honors the memory of...


Read more at: David Roche selected for Composition: Wales 2016

David Roche selected for Composition: Wales 2016

David Roche, a third-year Ph.D. Music Composition student at Downing College, will have his orchestral work Ozartmay performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales later this year as part of the Composition: Wales 2016 competition. Seven composers were selected to take part in this exciting opportunity and their pieces...


Read more at: Video: Nicholas Cook Colloquium

Video: Nicholas Cook Colloquium

Nicholas Cook, 1684 Professor of Music 'The imaginary African: Music, identity, and race' This Colloquium was recorded at the Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge on 20 January 2016. To watch this video, click here .