Recent News
National University Brass Band Championships
February 2012
Cardiff students compete in UniBrass 2012
Student Performance Showcase
February 2012
Free public performance to celebrate our talented students
Funding awarded to catalogue rare music collections
January 2012
Cardiff has been awarded £48,000 to make substantial collections of manuscript and printed music from the 18th & 19th centuries available to a wider scholarly audience
The Cellists that Time Forgot
January 2012
Professor Robert Stowell interviewed for Julian Lloyd Webber's new BBC Radio 3 programme, The Cellists that Time Forgot
Rambo: The Opera
January 2012
The University's Composition Performance Society put on an unusual premiere in December
In Search of Haydn
January 2012
Professor David Wyn Jones features in new documentary on the life and work of Joseph Haydn
Jolivet on the airwaves
January 2012
Dr Caroline Rae joined broadcaster Katie Derham on BBC Radio 3 to discuss the life and work of composer Andre Jolivet.
Welsh Composers' Showcase
December 2011
PhD student's score chosen to feature in upcoming Welsh Composers' Showcase.
Moving Song and Singing Moves
December 2011
Dr Amanda Villepastour recently visited Philadelphia to present research at the Society of Ethnomusicology (SEM) conference.
Endowment support for new publication
December 2011
Professor Rachel Cowgill’s forthcoming publication, The Arts of the Prima Donna in the Long Nineteenth Century, has been awarded a generous endowment by the American Musicological Society.
Gold at Cheltenham
December 2011
The Cardiff University Wind Ensemble has been awarded Gold at the National Concert Band Festival (NCBF) in Cheltenham
Grant awards for Composer of the Year
November 2011
Dr Arlene Sierra, recently named 2011 Composer of the Year by the Classical Recording Foundation (CRF), has received major grant awards for upcoming projects.
Performing in Penarth
November 2011
The Cardiff University Chamber Choir and Orchestra will be performing in St Augustine’s Church, Penarth.
Discovering Jolivet
November 2011
The School of Music is paying tribute to André Jolivet, a towering figure in 20th century French music.
Radical Music History
November 2011
Dr Kenneth Gloag will be participating in the forthcoming Symposium on Radical Music History at the Sibelius Academy.
Young Swiss violinist makes Welsh debut
November 2011
Having made their Wigmore Hall debut last year, violinist Deborah Marchetti and pianist Stefan Wirth are returning to the UK...
Birtwistle and the Oresteia
November 2011
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Sir Peter Hall's National Theatre production of The Oresteia.
Brass Band Society to welcome Richard Evans
November 2011
Renowned conductor Richard Evans will visit Cardiff this month to hold workshops with the Cardiff University Brass Band Society.
Elevating Elgar
November 2011
For most of the interwar years, Elgar's The Spirit of England was the sound of Armistice Day for British subjects.
Concert at the Cathedral
October 2011
The University Chamber Choir and Symphony Orchestra will bring the spirit of Romantic French music to historic Llandaff Cathedral.
Arlene Sierra makes CD debut
October 2011
The first CD devoted to the music of Dr Arlene Sierra has been released to critical acclaim.
Celebrating Dutilleux at 95
October 2011
On 22 January 2011, the French composer Henri Dutilleux celebrated his 95th birthday. This milestone is commemorated in a special edition of the Contemporary Music Review, ‘Dutilleux at 95’, co-edited by Caroline Rae and Caroline Potter.
David Ponsford: French Organ Music in the Reign of Louis XIV
October 2011
This is a re-evaluation for both performers and scholars of the important French organ repertory from 1650 to 1715.
Graduate shines in premiere of The Passenger
September 2011
Giselle Allen, a former student at the School of Music, has taken to the stage at the London Coliseum this week as one of the lead performers in the UK premiere of The Passenger.
Composition success for Music alumnus Mark Thomas
September 2011
Welsh composer and School of Music alumnus recently took a red carpet walk at one of Hollywood’s biggest show business awards ceremonies.
National Students Survey Results 2011
September 2011
The School's NSS results from the class of 2010-11.
Cardiff
graduate’s conducting career takes off
August 2011
Michael Francis, who graduated with a BMus degree in 1997, returns to Cardiff in November to make his conducting debut.
New
professor for the School of Music
June 2011
In September 2011 the School of Music will be welcoming a new member of staff: Professor Rachel Cowgill...
New
academic position: Chair (Musicology)
March 2011
The School of Music is seeking to appoint for a new academic position...
Three
new lecturers appointed
March 2011
During the autumn of 2010 three new lecturing posts were filled in the School of Music.
AHRC Fellowship awarded to Sarah Hill
March 2011
Dr Sarah Hill has been awarded a grant of £74,000 for her research project, A Cultural History of Popular Music in San Francisco, 1965-69.
School
of Music brass band success
February 2011
On Saturday 19 February the Brass Band from Cardiff University travelled to take part, for the first time, in the University Brass Band Championships of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
David Beard and Kenneth Gloag: new edition of musicology book
February 2011
Musicology: The Key Concepts has become established as a central reference work for music students throughout the world
PhD composer chosen for BBC NOW 2011 Welsh Composers Showcase
January 2011
PhD Composer Steven Berryman was among six composers chosen to participate in the highly competitive BBC National Orchestra of Wales Welsh Composers Showcase.
PhD student publishes article in leading research journal
January 2011
Ben Curry has recently published an article in the leading research journal Studies in Musical Theatre.
PhD composer chosen for the BBC Symphony Young Composer Scheme
January 2011
PhD composer Jack White was chosen to participate in an exciting Sound and Music / BBC Symphony Orchestra opportunity for five young composers to collaborate with the orchestra...
‘Dutilleux at 95’ IMR Study Day
January 2011
Caroline Rae is co-organiser with Caroline Potter (Kingston University) of the Institute of Musical Research Study Day ‘Dutilleux at 95’