Posted on Thursday 9 February 2012

Five new Schimmel pianos for department practice rooms

Posted on Thursday 26 January 2012

February sees several performances of pieces by Roger Marsh. The Hilliard Ensemble will perform Il Cor Tristo in Rome, Ghent and Vienna, and The Dutch Ensemble ‘de ereprijs’ perform ‘What Charlie did Next’.

Posted on Thursday 15 December 2011

The Sunday Times has selected Crossing Ohashi Bridge – featuring works by Roger Marsh and Nicola Lefanu – as one of its albums of the year.

Posted on Thursday 15 December 2011

The Roller Trio led by saxophonist James Mainwaring (MA 2011)has won the prestigious Peter Whittingham jazz award.

Posted on Tuesday 22 November 2011

24 November 2011 sees the start of an exciting collaboration between the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment – one of the UK’s leading period instrument ensembles – the University of York Baroque Ensemble, and Music Education Group.

Posted on Tuesday 22 November 2011

The String Quartet, written for and dedicated to Quatuor Diotima, will receive its world premiere at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival on 26 November 2011.

Posted on Thursday 20 October 2011

The shortlist for the 2011 British Composer Awards includes four composers associated with York. Dr Thomas Simaku is one of three nominees for the ‘instrumental solo or duo’ category for his work ‘Soliloquy IV’ for bass clarinet. New lecturer Martin Suckling has received nominations in both the chamber music category for his piece 'To See the Dark Between' and the vocal category for 'What Shall I Give?'

Posted on Thursday 20 October 2011

Dr Tim Howell will join presenter Donald Macleod to discuss Finnish music from Sibelius to the present day on BBC Radio 3's Composer of the Week.

Posted on Friday 14 October 2011

The proceedings of the 2009 National Early Music Association International Conference have been published online by the Department of Music.

Posted on Monday 10 October 2011

Kaija Saariaho: Visions, Narratives, Dialogues is a new exploration of this important figure in contemporary composition, edited by Tim Howell with Jon Hargreaves and Michael Rofe.