Latest news from Music
Applications now open for Music Graduate Teaching Assistant positions
Posted on Tuesday 3 May 2022
Applications are now open for Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) positions within the Music Department for the 2022/23 academic year.
Festival in Holland
Posted on Monday 7 March 2022
Performed by internationally renowned musicians, Thomas Simaku’s music is featured in the Moderne Muziek Nijmegen Festival in Holland on 20th March 2022.
Christopher Fox becomes an Honorary Professor
Posted on Monday 7 March 2022
We are delighted to announce that Christopher Fox has become an Honorary Professor of the Department of Music at the University of York.
Thomas Simaku - Video Recording in Sweden
Posted on Tuesday 1 February 2022
Internationally renowned Swedish saxophonist Anders Paulsson has made a video recording in Sweden of Thomas Simaku’s Soliloquy VI for Soprano Saxophone.
Introducing the Audient ASP4816 Console
Posted on Tuesday 18 January 2022
The Department of Music is delighted to announce the installation of a new state-of-the-art Audient ASP4816 into the recently refurbished Richard Orton studio.
Remembering Dr Francis Jackson
Posted on Wednesday 12 January 2022
The Music Department is sad to report the death, at the age of 104, of Dr Francis Jackson.
Call For Papers: ‘Cosmic Harmonies’: A Symposium Celebrating the Life, Science, Music, and Legacy of William Herschel (1738–1822)
Posted on Tuesday 4 January 2022
We welcome proposals for papers until 11 February 2022
New student publications
Posted on Tuesday 4 January 2022
Articles by a recent MA in Music Education student and a current PhD candidate have recently been published.
York academics lead partnership to revitalise famous York Street
Posted on Monday 15 November 2021
A project to breathe new life into one of York’s historic streets has been given the go-ahead after receiving funding of almost half a million pounds from the Government’s Community Renewal Fund.
Together in Music: a new publication from OUP
Posted on Monday 8 November 2021
A new book published features chapters by Department of Music staff.
Thomas Simaku World Premiere in Stockholm
Posted on Thursday 21 October 2021
Thomas Simaku’s new work Soliloquy VI for Soprano Saxophone will receive its world premiere at a concert in Kungsholm Church in Stockholm on 20th November 2021.
Anthony Hunt awarded 2021 Rebekah Wilson Prize for Interactive Music
Posted on Monday 11 October 2021
Anthony Hunt, of the Department of Electronic Engineering, awarded 2021 Rebekah Wilson Prize for Interactive Music.
Announcing the Rebekah Wilson Prize for Interactive Music
Posted on Friday 24 September 2021
Win a prize of £100 and the opportunity to meet composer, performer, and software entrepreneur Rebekah Wilson.
Thomas Simaku ‘con-ri-sonanza’ UK Premiere
Posted on Tuesday 17 August 2021
Thomas Simaku’s work con-ri-sonanza for piano & strings received its UK premiere at the 2021 North York Moors Festival of Chamber Music to a rapturous reception of a full house on 14 August.
‘Tempo’ review for Thomas Simaku’s new album
Posted on 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.
Students scoop Nugen plug-in prizes for 'Distanced Deviations'
Posted on 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.
Radio France
Posted on 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.
Final-Recitals Gala Concert
Posted on Monday 28 June 2021
After what has been an incredibly challenging year for music-making in the Department and across the world, last week we celebrated the achievements of our third-year undergraduates with a selection of pieces from some of their final recitals!
MA Music Education awarded Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Award 2021
Posted on Tuesday 15 June 2021
MA Music Education: Instrumental and Vocal Teaching awarded the prize for their teaching team's outstanding contribution to enhancing teaching and student learning
MA student releases hit EP CD
Posted on Tuesday 15 June 2021
MA Music Education: Instrumental and Vocal Teaching student James Hargreaves sees his new EP, Good To Be Back, going in at #7 in the charts.