Dr Nathan James Dearden wins prestigious Composer's Medal at Eisteddfod 2024

12 Aug 2024

Lecturer in Music Composition, Dr Nathan James Dearden, has been awarded Wales' most prestigious prize for composers at this year's National Eisteddfod.

Applications are now open for Dame Felicity Lott Scholarship

20 May 2024

The Dame Felicity Lott Scholarship is open to all final year undergraduate vocal students who intend to progress to a professional career as a performer of music.

2024 Oscar Award-winning film success for Emeritus Professor Erik Levi

28 Mar 2024

Our Emeritus Professor Erik Levi features as the Music Consultant for the 2024 Academy Award-winning Holocaust film, 'The Zone of Interest'.

Nathan James Dearden to represent Wales in the 2023 ISCM World Music Days

06 Oct 2023

Nathan James Dearden's choral work, 'i breathe', has been selected by the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) to represent Wales at this year's World New Music Days.

Fidelio Trio disc shortlisted for Gramophone Award

09 Sept 2022

The Fidelio Trio, featuring Director of Performance Dr Mary Dullea on piano, have been shortlisted for the prestigious Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2022 with a new CD release of chamber music by the composer Ernest J. Moeran

Julian Johnson awarded Wolfson Research Professorship

01 Jun 2022

We're delighted to announce that Julian Johnson has been awarded a Wolfson Research Professorship for his project ‘The Persistence of the Aesthetic: The Value of Musical Listening in the 21st Century'

AHRC and College Studentships available

04 Nov 2020

AHRC and College Studentships available in the Department of Music at Royal Holloway, University of London

Ivors Composer Award for Gavin Higgins

10 Dec 2019

Royal Holloway composer Gavin Higgins has won a prestigious Ivors Composer Award for his trombone concerto, The Book of Miracles.

Royal Holloway composers nominated for Ivors Composer Awards

08 Nov 2019

Mark Bowden and Gavin Higgins have both been nominated for the prestigious awards by the Ivors Academy.

Emily MacGregor wins the RMA's Jerome Roche Prize

04 Jun 2019

Congratulations to Emily MacGregor who has won the 2019 Jerome Roche Prize of the Royal Musical Association.