Recent PhD alumnus appointed new Dean of the Barenboim-Said Akademie

04 Jul 2024

Recent PhD alumnus at Royal Holloway, Dr James Helgeson, has been appointed as the new Dean of the world-famous Barenboim-Said Akademie, starting Winter Semester 2024/25.

Inflorescence: New album release for Kyle Horch

29 May 2024

Our Visiting Tutor of Saxophone, Prof. Kyle Horch features on two album releases on Norwood Recordings

New Music Successes for Director of Performance, Prof Mary Dullea

12 Jan 2024

We were excited to catch up with our very own Director of Music Performance, Prof Mary Dullea, about what she has lined-up for the coming winter-spring.

Dr Zubin Kanga and Dr Mark Dyer Guest Edit Contemporary Music Review

04 Jan 2024

Zubin Kanga and Mark Dyer co-edited a just published Special Issue of Contemporary Music Review - 'The Performer as Posthuman Assemblage: Performer-Machine Interactions in Contemporary Music'.

Samantha Fernando featured in 2023 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

15 Nov 2023

Lecturer in Music Composition, Dr Samantha Fernando, will receive a UK premiere performance of 'Balconies' in this year's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.

Oxford visiting fellowship for PhD graduate Caroline Lesemann-Elliott

09 Aug 2023

Many congratulations to Royal Holloway PhD graduate Caroline Lesemann-Elliott who has been awarded the Albi Rosenthal Visiting Fellowship in Music at the Bodleian Library, Oxford for autumn 2023.

Professor Tina K. Ramnarine receives British Academy Fellowship

24 Jul 2023

Professor Tina K. Ramnarine has been elected to the British Academy Fellowship, in recognition of her contribution to the humanities and social sciences.

Music recognised in 2023 College Teaching Awards

13 Jul 2023

Lecturer in Music Composition, Nathan James Dearden, has been awarded a Teaching Excellence Award for his work this academic year.

Master’s student Andy Hecheng Zhang has Erhu Concerto ‘Xian Heng’ premiered in Beijing

13 Jun 2023

Congratulations to RHUL MMus student Andy Hecheng Zhang on being a finalist in a prestigious Chinese composition competition and for his premier orchestral performance in Bejing.

Alumna Ellie Ajao becomes BBC Radio 3 Presenter

25 Apr 2023

Alumna Ellie Ajao (BMus; 2022) becomes the new host of BBC Radio 3's 'Sounds Connected' short series, which finds quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.