12 Nov 2016
Success for Cambridge Music graduates in Royal Academy English Song Prizes
Many congratulations to Cambridge Music Alumni, Hiroshi Amaki and Cameron Richardson-Eames, who won Royal Academy of Music's Major von Someron-Godfrey Prizes. Hiroshi took first place in the vocal category, and Cameron took first place in the accompanist category.Alex Simpson, Hiroshi and Nick Mogg were the three chosen soloists in the recent Royal…
7 Nov 2016
RMA Student Blog: Marina Frolova-Walker
Professor Marina Frolova-Walker has been interviewed for the Royal Musicological Association Student Blog.As part of a series of interviews with RMA prize winners, Marina Frolova-Walker, 2015 recipient of the Dent Medal, was interviewed immediately after her keynote lecture on the second day of the RMA’s 2016 Annual Conference at The Guildhall Scho…
27 Oct 2016
Cambridge composers feature in 2016 British Composer Awards shortlist
Thirty-four composers have been shortlisted for this year’s British Composer Awards, spanning 33 works across 11 categories, it was revealed yesterday.The 2016 shortlist highlights the diversity and vibrancy of the UK’s music community, with 20 per cent of composers born overseas, 38 per cent of nominees being women – the highest numbers in the Awa…
19 Oct 2016
Ben Graves selected for RSNO Composers' Hub
Ben Graves is one of five emerging UK composers have been selected to benefit from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s RSNO Composers’ Hub, the second annual initiative to develop the talents of individuals in the early stages of their careers.See full news story here.
18 Oct 2016
Undergraduate composer Jay Richardson appointed Cambridge Corn Exchange Composer in Residence 2016/17
In the Corn Exchange's 30th Cambridge Classical Concert Series season, Jay Richardson has been appointed composer in residence.Cambridge Corn Exchange began working with Jay last year when he composed laulan, a piece inspired by Finnish folk song and the work of Sibelius, which was performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra and young Cambridgeshire Mu…
12 Oct 2016
Special issue of Cambridge Opera Journal, for former 1684 Professor Roger Parker
A special issue of Cambridge Opera Journal has just been released (www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-opera-journal/latest-issue), co-edited by Benjamin Walton (Faculty of Music) and Laura Tunbridge (University of Oxford). Entitled Remaking the Aria, it is conceived as a tribute to one of the journal’s founder editors, Roger Parker. Prof. …
29 Sep 2016
Bookings open for 12 November Music Masterclass
The subject masterclasses provide students with an opportunity to explore topics of interest beyond what is covered within the A Level syllabus and offer the chance to experience typical undergraduate teaching at Cambridge.We will be running a music masterclass on Saturday 12 November from 11.00am until 3.30pm.If you want to take part, booking is e…
5 Sep 2016
Multi-Story Orchestra at the Proms
Cambridge alumni Kate Whitley and Christopher Stark took the Multi-Story Orchestra, which also features many Faculty alumni, to new heights on 3 September with their first BBC Prom. A Prom with a difference, however, which was part of the BBC's alternative venue series and was broadcast live from a multi storey car park in Peckham. The orchestra pl…
2 Aug 2016
New 1684 Professor of Music
The Faculty of Music is pleased to announce that Professor Katharine Ellis has been elected to be the next 1684 Professor of Music. She will take up the post on the retirement of Professor Nicholas Cook at the end of the academic year 2016–17.Professor Ellis is a cultural historian of music in nineteenth-century France. She has published on the his…
26 Jul 2016
Dr Floris Schuiling wins Veni postdoctoral award
Floris Schuiling has been awarded a Veni postdoctoral award from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The Veni grant allows promising young Dutch researchers to develop innovative ideas over three years. Schuiling's project, entitled 'Notation Cultures in Contemporary Music', proposes a comparative ethnographic study to inves…
5 Jul 2016
Call for BA Postdoc applications
Call for BA Postdoc applicationsThe British Academy will shortly invite applications under their Postdoctoral Fellowships scheme, with a deadline expected to be in October 2016. Prospective applicants who would like to be hosted by the Cambridge Faculty of Music are asked to send a draft application to the Faculty by 26 August. Details may be found…
5 Jul 2016
Let the Music Play – John Rink in CAM magazine
This article first appeared in CAM magazine (78), Easter 2016."There can be no performance without an audience. Professor of Musical Performance Studies, John Rink, discusses the spaces and connections between composer, performer and listener."Article by Lucy JolinPhotography by Anna HuixIf you would like to download a PDF version of this article, …
4 Jul 2016
Opera premiere for MPhil alumna Rhiannon Randle
Recent MPhil composition alumna Rhiannon Randle's third opera 'Door' premieres this week at Guildhall's Milton Court Studio Theatre, in association with the Royal Opera House.http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=19592
4 Jun 2016
Appointment of the Ligeti Quartet as the first holders of the Cambridge Chamber Music Residency, supported by funding from the Radcliffe Trust and Homerton College
The Faculty of Music is delighted to welcome the Ligeti Quartet as the first holders of the Cambridge Chamber Music Residency. Their breath-taking performances, both technically and musically, coupled with outstanding artistic plans for working with student composers and performers will undoubtedly be an exciting new development in Cambridge music-…
