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Shed Seven guitarist visits Department
Posted on Monday 4 November 2019
Joe Johnson, guitarist and keyboardist of the York-formed Britpop band Shed Seven, visited the Department of Music on Thursday 31 October.
Internationally Renowned Soloist at University of York
Posted on Wednesday 30 October 2019
Jérôme Comte, a soloist of the Ensemble Intercontemporain in Paris, one of the world’s top ensembles of contemporary music, visited the Department of Music on Tuesday 29 October.
Recent alum wins international sound design competition
Posted on Tuesday 22 October 2019
Peter Baumann (BA Music, 2016; MA Music Production, 2017) has won the prestigious Berlin International Sound Design Competition for 2019.
Martin Suckling's flute concerto shortlisted for major international award
Posted on Monday 7 October 2019
Music Department Senior Lecturer, Martin Suckling, has been nominated for the highly prestigious Prince Pierre de Monaco Musical Composition Prize.
York Composer Wins Coveted American Fellowship
Posted on Thursday 3 October 2019
Professor of Composition, Thomas Simaku was awarded a coveted fellowship from The Brown Foundation in Houston, USA, for a residency at the Dora Maar House in France.
Tempo: The Music of Thomas Simaku
Posted on Thursday 26 September 2019
Cambridge University Press has published a comprehensive article on Thomas Simaku’s music, written by Dr Martin Scheuregger in their quarterly review of new music, Tempo.
Thomas Simaku Broadcast on National Radio in Finland
Posted on Thursday 5 September 2019
The broadcast follows the success at the 2019 International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM)'s World Music Days.
York PhD student to work on Red Bull Music Festival
Posted on Wednesday 4 September 2019
Ben Eyes is designing the live sound for a set as the Red Bull Music Festival comes to London for the first time.
Thomas Simaku CD Release
Posted on Monday 19 August 2019
Simaku's new CD has been released worldwide on Naxos 21st Century Classics Series.
Current and former students selected as 2019/20 RPS Composers
Posted on Tuesday 13 August 2019
The Royal Philharmonic Society have announced the latest members of their prestigious Emerging Composers scheme.
MA students praised by 'The Times' for performances in Monteverdi's L'Orfeo
Posted on Tuesday 30 July 2019
The London and York productions gained many positive reviews
Praise for students featured in BBC Proms
Posted on Monday 29 July 2019
Students from the department have been praised for their contributions to a live set during the first 'Proms at...' event of 2019.
Alumna awarded an MBE as part of the Queens's Birthday Honours
Posted on Wednesday 19 June 2019
Composer Anna Meredith has been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.
The Harmony Chorus performance
Posted on Friday 24 May 2019
The Harmony Chorus will perform Bollywood and Indian folk tunes in the Jack Lyons Concert Hall on Tuesday 28 May
York PhD student is a winner of Discovering Young Composers of Europe
Posted on Tuesday 14 May 2019
His new work will be performed by four different ensembles in four European cities and released on CD in 2020
Thomas Simaku at the 2019 World Music Days
Posted on Wednesday 8 May 2019
Performed by a Grammy Award-winning ensemble and broadcast live, the programme was transferred across Europe through European Broadcasting Union
Thomas Simaku – lectures in Palermo, York and London
Posted on Wednesday 10 April 2019
Thomas Simaku presented his music at the ‘Alessandro Scarlatti’ Conservatoire in Palermo on 3rd April 2019, which was attended by the composition students and members of staff, including Professor Daniele Ficola and the Chair of Composition Department Maestro Marco Betta.
Discovering Young Composers of Europe: York Postgraduate Composer a finalist
Posted on Monday 4 March 2019
Andreas Tsiartas, a PhD student in his 2nd year, is a finalist of DYCE competition (Discovering Young Composers of Europe).
Thomas Simaku selected for the ISCM World Music Days 2019
Posted on Thursday 17 January 2019
Thomas Simaku's work will be performed by a Grammy Award-winning ensemble, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.
PhD Composition student creates sound design for headlining band
Posted on Friday 14 December 2018
A York PhD student has created sound design and live sound production for headliner band Nihiloxica, at Trans Musicales festival.