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Read more at: Dr James Westbrook receives the 2015 Terence Pamplin Award
Dr James Westbrook receives the 2015 Terence Pamplin Award

Dr James Westbrook receives the 2015 Terence Pamplin Award

Dr James Westbrook has received the 2015 Terence Pamplin Award for Organology given by the Musicians’ Company. This biannual research prize of £1,200, is to assist further research into x-braced guitars by the Roudhloff Brothers and to make a replica instrument. Arnold Myers, the Chairman of the judges said: “I am...

Read more at: Stefano Castelvecchi to lecture in Cremona on opera and the representation of reality
Stefano Castelvecchi to lecture in Cremona on opera and the representation of reality

Stefano Castelvecchi to lecture in Cremona on opera and the representation of reality

Dr Stefano Castelvecchi, a Fellow and College Lecturer in Music at St John’s, will take up a brief visiting Professorship in Italy later this month, where he will lecture on the subject of opera. See complete article here .

Read more at: Joy Lisney awarded the Sir Arthur Bliss Prize for Composition
Joy Lisney awarded the Sir Arthur Bliss Prize for Composition

Joy Lisney awarded the Sir Arthur Bliss Prize for Composition

The Sir Arthur Bliss Prize for Composition in 2015 has been awarded to former Joy Lisney who recently completed her M.Phil in Composition at Cambridge. Joy is a highly talented young composer who is also a successful cellist. A recent piece for the Arditti Sting Quartet was premièred in Cambridge in November 2014. http://...

Read more at: Francesca Vella to be part of a Leverhulme-funded research network

Francesca Vella to be part of a Leverhulme-funded research network

Francesca Vella, who holds a Research Fellowship at St John’s College, will collaborate with researchers from UCL, Brown University and Universidade Estadual de Campinas on the three-year project Re-imagining Italianità: Opera and Musical Culture in Transnational Perspective , starting February 2016. University College...

Read more at: Music alumna, Kate Whitley, wins British Composer Award
Music alumna, Kate Whitley, wins British Composer Award

Music alumna, Kate Whitley, wins British Composer Award

Many congratulations to music alumna, Kate Whitley, who won the Amateur or Young Performer Award at the British Composer Awards held at the British Film Institute on Wednesday night. The award was given for a piece she wrote called 'Alive' for children's choir and orchestra commissioned by Multi-Story. The work was...

Read more at: Dr Golan Gur wins Austrian Musicological Society’s 2015 Publication Prize
Dr Golan Gur wins Austrian Musicological Society’s 2015 Publication Prize

Dr Golan Gur wins Austrian Musicological Society’s 2015 Publication Prize

Dr Golan Gur, who is a Newton International Fellow researching on music and aesthetic culture in the former German Democratic Republic, has won the Austrian Musicological Society’s 2015 Publication Prize for an outstanding contribution on music in and from Austria. The Prize was awarded for the essay “The Other Marxism...

Read more at: Newly inaugurated Faculty of Music Teaching Prize for 2014–15 awarded to Dr Delphine Mordey

Newly inaugurated Faculty of Music Teaching Prize for 2014–15 awarded to Dr Delphine Mordey

Newly inaugurated Faculty of Music Teaching Prize for 2014-15 awarded to Dr Delphine Mordey The Faculty of Music Teaching Prize is a newly inaugurated prize awarded annually by the Music Faculty Board to a teacher who is normally not a University Teaching Officer or Affiliated Lecturer (and thus is not eligible to be...

Read more at: Susan Rankin elected to a Corresponding Membership of the American Musicological Society at its annual meeting in Louisville
Susan Rankin elected to a Corresponding Membership of the American Musicological Society at its annual meeting in Louisville

Susan Rankin elected to a Corresponding Membership of the American Musicological Society at its annual meeting in Louisville

The American Musicological Society was founded in 1934 as a non-profit organization to advance "research in the various fields of music as a branch of learning and scholarship," a mission that has since evolved to include teaching and learning about music in addition to research. In 1951 the Society became a constituent...

Read more at: Watch Marina Frolova-Walker's Colloquium, 'Stalin's Playlist'

Watch Marina Frolova-Walker's Colloquium, 'Stalin's Playlist'

If you were unable to attend Marina Frolova-Walker's Colloquium, 'Stalin's Playlist', on 14 October 2015, you can now view it here.

Read more at: Music documentaries by Ely Rosenblum to debut this year

Music documentaries by Ely Rosenblum to debut this year

Two music documentaries directed and edited by doctoral candidate Ely Rosenblum are featured in major exhibits at the British Library in London, UK and the Deaf Culture Centre in Toronto, Canada. The Sunjata Story: Glimpse of a Mande Epic Producer - Dr. Marcia Ostashewski , Canada Research Chair in Communities and Cultures...

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