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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 .


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...