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Morfydd Owen

Uncovering works by Morfydd Owen

10 December 2018

School of Music Chamber Choir to perform previously unheard compositions by Morfydd Owen

Professor Kenneth Hamilton

Kenneth Hamilton Holds Master Class at Liszt Academy in Hungary

6 December 2018

Head of School to visit Hungary for four part masterclass

Loyalist mural in Belfast

Leverhulme Early Career Fellow joins School of Music

3 December 2018

Dr Stephen Millar joins the School

Gareth Olubunmi Hughes

Winner of Alumni Composition Competition chosen

7 November 2018

Gareth Hughes has been selected as the winner of our inaugural Alumni Composition Competition

Professor John Tyrrell

Professor John Tyrrell (1942-2018)

9 October 2018

It is with sadness that the School of Music has learnt of the death of Professor John Tyrrell at the age of 76.

Programme for Preludes to Chopin with piano

Preludes to Chopin by Professor Kenneth Hamilton

4 October 2018

Premiere concert held in Cardiff

Student blog

7th place in the Times Good University Guide 2019

24 September 2018

Another year in the top 10 for the School of Music

Geraldine Farrar as Carmen with cast, New York 1914

Global exploration of Bizet’s Carmen launched

19 September 2018

Carmen Abroad documents the travels of Bizet’s opera across countries and centuries

Ty Cerdd CoDI 2018 logo

Tŷ Cerdd announce selections for CoDI composers career development

4 September 2018

Eight current and former School of Music pupils selected

Violin on top of music scores

98% student satisfaction

16 August 2018

The School of Music has achieved an outstanding 98% overall satisfaction

Cardiff University Gamelan Ensemble at Institut Seni Indonesia Surakarta

A summer of music in Java, Indonesia

7 August 2018

Students spend three weeks in Indonesia

Cardiff University Big Band on a boat on the river Vlatva, Prague

Big Band head to Prague

3 August 2018

Cardiff University Big Band have recently returned from their annual summer jazz tour

Students from Goresbrook School performing at Cardiff University School of Music

Inspiring young musicians

3 August 2018

Pupils from Goresbrook School visited for a day of performance and recording sessions

Student playing saxophone

Record number of Music School graduates in work

19 July 2018

100% of 2017 graduates in employment or further study six months after graduation

Cardiff University Symphony Orchestra Performing

School of Music launches composition competition for alumni

16 July 2018

Call for scores from Music School alumni

Cardiff University's Contemporary Music Group singing in St Augustine's Church Penarth

Contemporary Welsh choral music by Contemporary Music Group

29 June 2018

Contemporary Music Group perform at St Augustine’s Church, Penarth

Lauren Thornell with her Student of the Year Cardiff Award trophy

Cardiff Award Student of the Year

6 June 2018

Recognition of outstanding dedication to employability programme

Fidelio Trio perform at CoMA Festival 2018 in Cardiff

School of Music holds contemporary music festival

10 May 2018

Musicians of all abilities gather to celebrate contemporary music

Adam Wynter, double bass player in the Philharmonic Orchestra, with journalist Jamie Wareham

Alumnus explores Tchaikovsky’s secret history

26 April 2018

Being gay in the classical music industry

Cardiff University Symphony Orchestra playing in Cardiff's Hoddinott Hall

Symphony Orchestra album reviewed in The Times

10 April 2018

A recording by Cardiff University Symphony Orchestra has been awarded a 4* review in The Times