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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

The Portuguese Symphony Orchestra

Como se Faz Cor-de-Laranja performed in Lisbon

15 February 2018

A composition by Dr Pedro Faria Gomes was recently performed by the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra

Toby Purser leading the Orion Orchestra

Composing music with Dyson technologies

13 February 2018

School of Music alumnus has composed a piece for orchestra accompanied by Dyson technologies

Students at Cardiff University School of Music

MA student holds Big Band workshop day for young musicians

15 January 2018

Talented young musicians spent a day of workshops and music-making with Cardiff University Big Band

Michael Bell conducting Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra

Michael Bell awarded MBE

9 January 2018

Conductor of Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra, and graduate of the School of Music, honoured with an MBE

Flo & Joan, comedy musical duo

School of Music graduate appears in series of musical TV adverts

9 January 2018

Nicola Dempsey, a School of Music grad, has appeared in a series of TV adverts alongside her sister