Directed by Dr Nathan James Dearden (award-winning choral composer and Lecturer in Music Composition), prospective postgraduate students will be able craft a bespoke study plan, under their guidance, and hone skills in advanced choral studies.
Our world-class faculty
Students may also receive tuition and support from several of our specialist faculty members, including Mr Rupert Gough (Director of Choral Music and University Organist) Prof. Stephen Rose (historical musicology; specialist in music history of the 16th-18th centuries), Prof. Mary Dullea (Director of Music Performance; focusing on solo performance, vocal coaching and répétiteurship), and Dr Nina Whiteman (Lecturer in Music Composition and vocalist; specialising in interdisciplinary research and innovation in mixed vocalities. Students will of course have access to study with a range of world-class faculty members at the Department of Music, plus our instrumental & vocal tutors who teach at Royal Holloway and some of the UK's leading conservatoires.
Our creative partners & ambassadors
Students will also have the unique opportunity of collaborating with the Academy creative partners – BBC Singers, Making Music UK, and Wise Music Group (publishing) – and a wide range of our Academy Ambassadors including composers Dame Judith Weir DBE HonFRSE as Honorary Fellow for Royal Holloway & Bedford New College, Gabriel Jackson, Joanna Marsh, plus a wealth of Royal Holloway alumni.
Dame Judith Weir working with New Voices Consort and Dr Nathan James Dearden
