Department of Music
Studying Music at the University of York gives you a unique opportunity to deepen your understanding of musical experiences and to look at how music is shaping and responding to the world.
We are internationally recognised for integrated creative, practical and scholarly approaches to music and our graduates are critical, independent thinkers.
Research
Events
YorkConcerts
After so many months of music behind closed doors, we are thrilled to be able to welcome audiences to five concerts in June: one in St Lawrence Church and four in the National Centre for Early Music.
News
Tuesday 13 July 2021
Simaku’s CD on BIS Records, con-ri-sonanza, has received another excellent review, in the July 2021 issue of the Cambridge University Press magazine Tempo.
Sunday 11 July 2021
Three students have won plug-ins from Nugen Audio worth hundreds of pounds, in a competition that was the culmination of a series of extra teaching sessions organised in the most recent lockdown.
Friday 2 July 2021
Thomas Simaku’s album on French National Radio best CDs. A special programme is to be broadcast on Sunday, 4 July.
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Rankings and awards
The University of York is a TEF gold institution and is ranked: