7 Mar 2017
Kate Whitley sets Malala Yousafzai's UN speech to music for International Women's Day
Cambridge Music alumna Kate Whitley has been commissioned by BBC Radio 3 to set to music the text of a speech given by Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl who survived a murder attempt by the Taliban, as part of programming for International Women’s Day (IWD) on 8 March.The piece, called Speak Out, will be performed for the first time at the BBC Hoddi…
7 Mar 2017
Abandoned Liszt opera brought to life – 170 years later
A great Italian opera by Franz Liszt – which was left incomplete and has lain largely forgotten in a German archive for nearly two centuries – will be given its world premiere this summer after being resurrected by a Cambridge academic.David Trippett, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Music at the University of Cambridge, first discovered the opera…
7 Mar 2017
Alumnus success in Royal Over-Seas League section finals
Many congratulations to Music alumnus Nicholas Mogg who has won the Royal Over-Seas League Singers' Final.https://www.rosl.org.uk/events/rosl-arts
20 Feb 2017
VACANCY: Performance Assistant
Performance Assistant (Fixed Term)Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 15 months in the first instance. Performance Assistant in the Faculty of Music (Part-time, 22 hours per week)Salary: £21,843 to £25,298, Grade 4 (pro-rata for 60% of full time) Limit of tenure: 01 03 2017 to 31 07 2018The Music Faculty has a vacancy for a part-t…
7 Feb 2017
Conservatoire success for third year Music students
Congratulations!Following the intensely competitive auditions in December last year, the Faculty is delighted to congratulate the following third year music students who have been offered places on Master’s courses at major UK conservatoires. Many students were offered significant entrance scholarships which is particularly impressive because most …
6 Feb 2017
Jae-Moon Lee wins Ensemble IPSE competition
Jae-Moon Lee has been chosen as the winning composer at Ensemble IPSE's call for scores competition 2017. 152 compositions were submitted from 120 composers in 18 different countries. The winning work, M.O.N.T.A.G.E. for flute, clarinet, violin and cello, will be performed by the Ensemble IPSE in Brooklyn, New York on the 5th of March 2017.ENSEMBLE…
27 Jan 2017
Bookings now open for the Sutton Trust Summer Schools
Bookings for the Sutton Trust Summer School are now open. For more information see http://outreach.mus.cam.ac.uk/prospective-students/sutton-trust-summer-school
27 Jan 2017
Last few places remaining for Music Taster Days
We have only 10 places remaining for the Faculty of Music Taster Days on Friday 17 and Friday 31 March 2017 from 10.00am until 4.00pm. For more information and to check eligibility, seehttp://outreach.mus.cam.ac.uk/prospective-students/taster-day
17 Jan 2017
Vacancy: Outreach and Impact Coordinator
Outreach and Impact Coordinator for the Faculties of Architecture & History of Art and MusicSalary: £27,629 to £32,958Limit of tenure: 01 02 2017 to 31 07 2018The School of Arts and Humanities has a vacancy for an Outreach and Impact Coordinator to provide an ambitious programme of projects and events focussing on knowledge exchange, research impac…
15 Dec 2016
Jae-Moon Lee selected for Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Composers' Day
Jae-Moon Lee has been selected for the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Composers' Day 2017. Lee's composition, M.O.N.T.A.G.E. for flute, clarinet, violin and cello, will be performed by the Kokoro (the Orchestra's contemporary music group) and conductor Mark Forkgen at the Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts in Poole on the 18th February 2017. T…
12 Dec 2016
The Aliki Vatikioti Postgraduate Studentship in Music, Queens' College Cambridge
Queens’ College, Cambridge is delighted to be able to offer a postgraduate studentship for a Home or EU student proposing to commence postgraduate study within the Faculty of Music in October 2017. The studentship is open to applicants intending to take the MPhil in Music Studies with a view to continuing to a PhD in Music at Cambridge.The students…
The Faculty of Music project ‘Performing Lost Songs of the Middle Ages’ has been longlisted for an NCCPE Engage Award for public engagement with research.The project was run by Dr Sam Barrett in collaboration with Sequentia – a three-piece professional group of experienced performers of Medieval Music. Through workshops together, and with other Med…
1 Dec 2016
Two Lecturer Vacancies at Faculty of Music
Two University Lectureship Vacancies at the Faculty of MusicApplications are invited for University Lectureships in Ethnomusicology and Early Modern Music at the Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, to begin on 1 September 2017 or as soon as possible thereafter.Click on the links below to see detailed job information about each post.Universit…
1 Dec 2016
New CD from Richard Causton
A Land So LuminousA new CD including music by Richard Causton, Reader in Composition at the Faculty of Music, has recently been issued on the Prima Facie record label (PFCD051 - see http://primafacie.ascrecords.com/). The CD features the Continuum Ensemble conducted by Philip Headlam with soloists Mary Bevan (soprano), Lisa Nelsen (flute) and Dougl…
24 Nov 2016
Faculty of Music Teaching Prizes
The Faculty of Music Teaching Prize is awarded annually by the Music Faculty Board to a teacher who is normally not a University Teaching Officer or Affiliated Lecturer but who has made an outstanding contribution to the Faculty's teaching programme. Nominations for the prize are sought and the prize of £100 is supported by the Brian Kirkbride Dou…
