Royal Holloway Music ranked 2nd in the UK in Good University Guide

19 Sept 2023

The 2024 Good University Guide has ranked Royal Holloway’s Music Department as 2nd in the UK on the basis of our high-quality teaching and research.

Oxford visiting fellowship for PhD graduate Caroline Lesemann-Elliott

09 Aug 2023

Many congratulations to Royal Holloway PhD graduate Caroline Lesemann-Elliott who has been awarded the Albi Rosenthal Visiting Fellowship in Music at the Bodleian Library, Oxford for autumn 2023.

Professor Tina K. Ramnarine receives British Academy Fellowship

24 Jul 2023

Professor Tina K. Ramnarine has been elected to the British Academy Fellowship, in recognition of her contribution to the humanities and social sciences.

Julie Brown contributes to Czech Radio broadcast on Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder

18 Jul 2023

Professor Julie Brown was recently interviewed for a radio broadcast on Czech Radio Vltava in connection with a rare performance of Arnold Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder in Prague.

Music recognised in 2023 College Teaching Awards

13 Jul 2023

Lecturer in Music Composition, Nathan James Dearden, has been awarded a Teaching Excellence Award for his work this academic year.

Master’s student Andy Hecheng Zhang has Erhu Concerto ‘Xian Heng’ premiered in Beijing

13 Jun 2023

Congratulations to RHUL MMus student Andy Hecheng Zhang on being a finalist in a prestigious Chinese composition competition and for his premier orchestral performance in Bejing.

Tashi Lhunpo Monastery monks perform alongside historical ‘Tibetan’ imitation

12 Jun 2023

On 23 May the Centre for Audiovisual Research (CAVR) hosted ‘Everest 1922: Audiovisual Perspectives’, a centenary event focussing on the audiovisual dimension of Climbing Mt Everest.

Alumna Ellie Ajao becomes BBC Radio 3 Presenter

25 Apr 2023

Alumna Ellie Ajao (BMus; 2022) becomes the new host of BBC Radio 3's 'Sounds Connected' short series, which finds quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.

Schools Composition Competition at Royal Holloway

30 Mar 2023

In early March 2023, we welcomed five young composers to our Egham campus as winners of the second year of the Royal Holloway Composition Competition.

Composition successes

30 Mar 2023

Congratulations to PhD graduate Gavin Higgins on a prestigious 2023 RPS Award and to lecturer Dr Tonia Ko who has been commissioned by Carnegie Hall