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Read more at: Richard Causton's 'La terra impareggiabile' shortlisted for Gramophone Award 2023

Richard Causton's 'La terra impareggiabile' shortlisted for Gramophone Award 2023

The Faculty is delighted to learn that Prof. Richard Causton's recent album 'La terra impareggiabile' has been shortlisted for a Gramophone Award 2023 . Released at the end of last year on the NMC label, the album contains Causton's orchestral work Ik zeg: NU (I say: NOW) played by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the...


Read more at: Former Cambridge PhD student Adam Behan joint winner of the Music & Letters Trust’s Jack Westrup Prize

Former Cambridge PhD student Adam Behan joint winner of the Music & Letters Trust’s Jack Westrup Prize

Former Cambridge PhD student Adam Behan has been announced as joint winner of the Music & Letters Trust’s Jack Westrup Prize, which is awarded for the best article in the journal published the previous year. Adam’s winning article is titled ‘ Reading Creativity Forwards and Backwards: Process and Product Revisited with...


Read more at: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship now open (2024 start)
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British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship now open (2024 start)

BRITISH ACADEMY POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES HOSTED BY THE FACULTY OF MUSIC, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE The British Academy prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowships scheme (3 years) is now open. If you would like to apply through the University of Cambridge, please submit a draft application to the Faculty of Music by...


Read more at: Lucy Walker named Composer in Residence at St Martin-in-the-Fields for 2023-24

Lucy Walker named Composer in Residence at St Martin-in-the-Fields for 2023-24

We are delighted to note that St Martin’s Voices have just announced the appointment of Lucy Walker (Caius 2017, MPhil 2021) as Composer-in-Residence for 2023-24.


Read more at: Michael Taplin's 'Selvedge' awarded 1st Prize in the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award 2023
Pictured: the winners of the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award 2023 (Michael Taplin second from left) with judge Jo Kondo (centre). photo © Michiharu Okubo

Michael Taplin's 'Selvedge' awarded 1st Prize in the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award 2023

Congratulations to Michael Taplin (PhD candidate, Faculty of Music), on being awarded the 1st Prize at Toru Takemitsu Composition Award. When screening the score for selection, judge Jo Kondo wrote: " What impressed me about this work, which consists of the juxtaposition of prolonged chords, is the extremely detached...


Read more at: Matthew Woolhouse (1965-2023)
Matt Woolhouse in Hungary with Wolfson College Choir, June 2018. Photo by Lucy Wilson.

Matthew Woolhouse (1965-2023)

Dr Matt Woolhouse (1965-2023) It is with great sadness that the Faculty of Music has learnt of the recent passing of Dr Matt Woolhouse. MPhil in Musicology 2002, PhD 2007. We thank Professor Ian Cross for writing his memorial below. Matthew Harold Woolhouse (born 30th May, 1965) passed away on the 19th of May, surrounded...


Read more at: Congratulations to Apolline Gouzi (PhD Music), Gates Cambridge Scholar

Congratulations to Apolline Gouzi (PhD Music), Gates Cambridge Scholar

Many congratulations to one of our new PhD students, Apolline Gouzi, who has been awarded the 2023 Gates Cambridge Scholarship. A link to Apolline's biography can be found here . The Gates Cambridge Class of 2023 is made up of 77 outstanding new scholars. Gates Cambridge Scholars are selected not just for their academic...


Read more at: Congratulations to Claire Brillon (MPhil Music), Cambridge Women's Rowing Squad

Congratulations to Claire Brillon (MPhil Music), Cambridge Women's Rowing Squad

The Faculty warmly congratulates the Cambridge Boat Club women's crew on their victory in the Boat Race on Sunday 26 March and is proud to offer its particular congratulations to Claire Brillon, MPhil in Music (CMS) student.


Read more at: Faculty of Music at the Cambridge Festival, 17 March-2 April 2023

Faculty of Music at the Cambridge Festival, 17 March-2 April 2023

The Faculty of Music is delighted to be contributing two events to the Cambridge Festival , which starts this Friday 17 March and runs until Sunday 2 April. On Wednesday 22 March Prof Bettina Varwig will lead 'J.S. Bach in the Flesh' , a performance workshop, in which audiences will be invited to hear and feel Bach’s music...


Read more at: Faculty Teaching Prize 2021-22 Winner: Dr Peter Harrison

Faculty Teaching Prize 2021-22 Winner: Dr Peter Harrison

The Faculty is pleased to announce that Dr Peter Harrison was the winner of the Faculty Teaching Prize for 2021-22 and we offer him our sincere congratulations. Nominations for the 2022-23 Prize will be requested from students in Easter Term.