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Music ranked 9th in the Complete University Guide 2020

02 May 2019

The Department of Music at Royal Holloway has been ranked 9th place for Music in the Complete University Guide 2020.

Reviews in for Gavin Higgins’s ‘The Monstrous Child’

05 Mar 2019

The new opera’s recent run at the Royal Opera House has received critical acclaim.

New book on Schoenberg by Mark Berry

27 Feb 2019

Mark's new biography of the composer is now available from Reaktion Books.

New academic journal launched by lecturer Tim Summers

13 Feb 2019

The Journal of Sound and Music in Games, the first journal exclusively dedicated to its subject, is now accepting submissions.

Premiere for Gavin Higgins's trombone concerto

12 Feb 2019

Trombonist Helen Vollam and the BBC Symphony Orchestra premiere The Book of Miracles at the London Barbican, 13th February.

World Premiere for Samantha Fernando’s ‘Formations’

08 Feb 2019

Samantha’s new piece is being performed by the Royal Ballet and London Sinfonietta.

Mark Berry’s blog to be archived by the British Library

01 Feb 2019

Mark’s blog, Boulezian, has been selected for the UK Web Archive’s curated collections.

Recent successes for composer Tom Parkinson

30 Jan 2019

Tom Parkinson may be completing a PhD in composition (supervised by the Music Department's Brian Lock), but he is already an established composer on the theatrical scene.

Rebecca Miller appointed as Chief Conductor of Uppsala Chamber Orchestra

25 Jan 2019

Royal Holloway’s Director of Orchestras will take on the additional role from autumn 2019.

Opera premiere for Miguel Diniz

23 Nov 2018

Miguel Diniz, a Masters student in composition, was recently in Lisbon, Portugal, for the premiere of an opera he co-wrote.