Posted on Thursday 16 May 2013

Professor Jo Wainwright (Music) has been awarded the Honorary Fellowship of the Guild of Church Musicians.

Posted on Friday 3 May 2013

Suckling's piece features alongside other compositions commissioned as part of the LSO Panufnik Scheme and is released in May 2013.

Posted on Wednesday 24 April 2013

John Stringer's Hinterland is the title track on a new EP to be released by Dark Inventions.

Posted on Tuesday 19 March 2013

Incantiamo – formed by students Jamie Wright and Simon Harper – will be streamed live from the NCEM as part of the first ever European Day of Early Music on 21 March 2013.

Posted on Tuesday 19 March 2013

Thomas Simaku's work, Solar, based on Philip Larkin’s poem of the same title received its premiere at the Chinese University of Hong Kong on 14 March 2013.

Posted on Thursday 14 March 2013

University Baroque Ensemble and Chamber Choir appear with world-famous counter-tenor Robin Blaze in a Radio 3 live lunchtime concert at the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall on Friday 15 March at 1pm.

Posted on Friday 8 March 2013

BBC Radio 4’s live Mothering Sunday broadcast from York Minster will feature University of York choir The 24.

Posted on Friday 1 March 2013

It’s been a busy few weeks for I Fagiolini and Robert Hollingworth. I Fagiolini spent their first residency week in York in early February giving master-classes and working with students culminating in a concert in the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall on 6 February. ‘Insalata I Fagiolini’ finished with a post-concert ‘cheeseboard’ discussion about careers and the music industry.

Posted on Thursday 14 February 2013

The Department is saddened to learn of the death of Richard Orton – founder of the UK's first university experimental electronic music studio here at the University of York and pioneer of our ground-breaking 'Project' system of teaching.

Posted on Monday 4 February 2013

York alumni have won two out of the three commendations given in the inaugural ISM competition for young composers.