Continuing our series of interviews with RMA prize winners, we interviewed the 2016 recipient of the Dent Medal, Professor Mark Katz, before his keynote lecture at the RMA’s 2017 Annual Conference […]
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“It’s not what you do, it’s the way that you do it”: The inclusive nature of community music research
This month, Debbie Rodgers, a PhD candidate at Canterbury Christ Church University, offers a fascinating post on her research into the application of community music as a means of tackling […]
Read moreCareer Planning in Academia: An Interview with Darcey Gillie
Darcey Gillie is a Postgraduate Careers Consultant at The University of Manchester. She holds a PhD in Geosciences from The University of Edinburgh, a PG Dip in Secondary Education, and […]
Read more‘Public Engagement’ and Musicology: Interviews with Katherine Hambridge, Flora Willson and Alexandra Wilson
Giles Masters is a PhD Student at King’s College London, where his research focuses on the festivals organised by the International Society for Contemporary Music in the 1920s and 30s. […]
Read moreDavid Dewar: The BBC's Music Reading Panel
David is an MPhil/PhD Musicology student at the University of Bristol, and a professional conductor, organist, and harsichordist. His current research builds on insights from the life and work of […]
Read moreBFE/RMA Research Students' Conference 2017 at Canterbury Christ Church University – Conference Report
This year’s theme for the BFE/RMA Research Students’ Conference at Canterbury Christ Church University (5-7 January 2017) was Exploring Musical Practice. This is Sophie Stone‘s report from the conference. This British Forum for […]
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Vinyl – Life as a female researcher in a male dominated subject
In this blog post, Karlyn King discusses her own experiences as a female researcher in a male dominated subject. Karlyn is an MA/PhD Musicology student at The University of Birmingham and […]
Read more15 Minutes with … the Jerome Roche Prize Winner (Interview with Kate Guthrie)
Continuing our series of interviews with RMA prize winners, we interviewed the 2015 recipient of the Jerome Roche Prize, Dr. Kate Guthrie, before her keynote lecture on the second day […]
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Music and Statistics: Trajectories into Academia
In this blog post, Andrew Gustar explains how he uses statistics in his research and describes his trajectory from mathematics into music. Andrew is an Honorary Associate at the Open […]
Read moreOne size doesn’t fit all: Career trajectories into academia
In this blog post, two lecturers at different stages of their career reflect on their path into academia. Dr Caroline Bithell is a Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology at the University […]
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