News
2016
Friday 27 January 2017
Music Department Senior Lecturer Martin Suckling's Piano Concerto has been shortlisted in the Large Scale Work category of the inaugural Scottish Awards for New Music.
Tuesday 22 November 2016
Student and staff composers from the Department are presenting their work at concerts in Leeds and Sheffield this week.
Tuesday 8 November 2016
Thomas Simaku's music was featured at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague on Wednesday, 2nd November 2016
Tuesday 8 November 2016
The department is happy to announce that it will launch its Music Science and Technology Research Cluster (mstrc) on Friday, 25 November 2016.
Tuesday 1 November 2016
The shortlist for the 2016 British Composer Awards (BASCA) includes nominations for two former York students of Music.
Tuesday 1 November 2016
Gordonstoun in Moray has named Lisa Kerr as principal.
Monday 31 October 2016
One of the Department's recording studios has undergone a major upgrade over the Summer.
Thursday 13 October 2016
The next Vespertine York event will feature an 18 speaker audio installation at the National Centre for Early Music.
Wednesday 12 October 2016
The Department of Music has announced the winners of two prestigious annual awards for postgraduate composers and performers.
Tuesday 11 October 2016
The Nature documentary The Evolution of Madagascar, the soundtrack to which was composed by MA in Music Production student Peter Baumann, has been awarded first prize in the Student category at this year’s Wildlife Conservation Film Festival, in New York.
Friday 7 October 2016
The premiere of a new piano concerto by Music Department Senior Lecturer Martin Suckling tops the Guardian's 'Five of the Best Classical Concerts'.
Thursday 22 September 2016
The National Youth Choir of Great Britain has announced its eight new Fellows for 2016-17: five of the eight studied at the University of York Music Dept, an amazing proportion for this national scheme. Elspeth Piggott, Ana Beard-Fernandez, Helena Cooke, Ben Inman, Jamie Wright graduated from York in the last four years and now embark on a paid year of concerts and training to give them unparalleled experience into the professional choral/consort world.
Monday 5 September 2016
Thomas Simaku’s new solo work, Herkommann Aria, received its world premiere at Kuks International Festival in Prague, on 23 July 2016, performed by the leading Czech clarinettist Ludmila Peterkova.
Tuesday 30 August 2016
The Locrian Chamber Players will give the first North American performance of Martin Suckling's Visiones (after Goya) alongside works by Elliott Carter, Derek Bermel and others on 26th August in the neo-Gothic splendour of Upper Manhattan's Riverside Church.
Tuesday 2 August 2016
Reader of Music at the University of York, Robert Hollingworth, and his ensemble I Fagiolini, with pianist Anna Markland, have been shortlisted for the prestigious Gramophone Award (Choral Music section) for their CD 'Amuse-Bouche' of 20th century French choral music.
Thursday 23 June 2016
Undergraduate harpist Olivia Ter-Berg has been featured on the BBC Introducing show.
Wednesday 8 June 2016
Thomas Simaku visited the Centre for Advanced Studies in Music at Istanbul Technical University on 30th May 2016 and gave a lecture on his Soliloquy Cycle. This is a series of highly virtuosic works for various solo instruments that Dr Simaku has been focusing on for a number of years now. He also chaired a workshop for postgraduate composition students.
Wednesday 8 June 2016
Department of Music Associate Ensemble I Fagiolini, fresh from their release of 'Amuse-Bouche' on Decca Classics, visited York last week to work with Dr Jez Wells and Dutch director Henk Schut.
Friday 3 June 2016
The Parish Church Council of St Helen-with St Martin is seeking to appoint an Organ Scholar from 1 October 2016. The post will initially be for one year with the possibility of a further year’s extension and availability during the University of York term is essential.
Wednesday 1 June 2016
On Sunday 5 June 2016 at 1pm, Robert Hollingworth (Reader in Music in the Department) presents the BBC Radio 3 Early Music Show.
Wednesday 1 June 2016
Undergraduate Ollie Pickup's Miniature for Solo Timpani has been selected to be performed at the 2016 Australian Percussion Gathering as part of the TIMP.20 event.
Wednesday 18 May 2016
Thomas Simaku gave a lecture at the Conservatory of Music & Drama – Dublin Institute of Technology, on 13 May 2016.
Wednesday 27 April 2016
The Department of Music and Dr Helena Daffern of York Audio Lab last week hosted a unique event for World Voice Day, showcasing ongoing collaborative research between the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York. Over 150 people turned out for 'Mastering Ensemble Singing – the Science and the Art' in the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall' on 16 April 2016.
Thursday 14 April 2016
Robert Hollingworth and Department associate ensemble I Fagiolini gave the first performance of a new Shakespeare setting by Professor William Brooks on Monday 11 April 2016
Thursday 7 April 2016
Department ensemble-in-association, I Fagiolini, directed by Robert Hollingworth, have released a new recording on the Decca label.
Friday 1 April 2016
Christian has been shortlisted in the Large-Scale Composition category for his work 'Open to Infinity: A Grain of Sand'
Wednesday 30 March 2016
The Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile will perform a work by Carlos in their 2016 Concert Season.
Tuesday 29 March 2016
Kristofer To's 'In the Distance' will be premiered at the ISCM World Music Days concert on 30 March 2016 at the Black Box, Tongyeong Concert Hall.
Wednesday 16 March 2016
Congratulations to undergraduate Joel Jarventausta who has won 2nd prize in the London Ear Festival Composer's Competition 2016. Joel's solo cello piece racing thoughts was performed by Rohan de Saram on 11 March 2016.
Friday 11 March 2016
Once again, ‘Up Your Output!’ invites audio students and recent graduates from all around the world to learn and network while making friends and having a good time.
Sunday 6 March 2016
The Department encourage is seeking submissions from students studying Music Education and Music Psychology for a one-day conference on 23 June 2016. We welcome papers and posters on any aspect of these subjects particularly relating to instrumental and vocal teaching, class music teaching, music psychology and approaches to studying these subjects. The conference will feature a keynote presentation given by Professor Graham Welch, internationally renowned expert in the field of Music Education.
Wednesday 24 February 2016
Ensemble-in-association Quatour Diotima have been working with undergraduate and postgraduate students as part of their residency in the Department.
Wednesday 24 February 2016
Third year undergraduate Joel Järventausta has enjoyed several recent successes in high-profile composition festivals.
Friday 19 February 2016
The 24 (University of York, conductor, Robert Hollingworth) rehearse Eric Whitacre's 'When David Heard' and Krzysztof Penderecki's 'Veni sancte spiritus' for their concert on 24 February 2016.
Wednesday 27 January 2016
Frederick Viner was awarded first prize in the final at the Sage Gateshead on 22 January 2016.
Thursday 21 January 2016
In April, Reader in Music Robert Hollingworth and his top British vocal ensemble I Fagiolini make a major new release on Decca Classics of 20th century French music: Amuse-Bouche.
Thursday 21 January 2016
Department alumnus Tom Service presents two new documentaries for the BBC.