Will Finch and Phil Robinson join Jerome Roche Prize Winner, Dr Yvonne Liao before her keynote address at the BFE/RMA Research Students Conference in January to talk about intersectionality in […]
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Programme Published / Registration Open: BFE/RMA Research Students’ Conference 2019
10-12 January 2019, University of Sheffield https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/music/research/conferences/bfe_2019 Keynotes: Laudan Nooshin (City, University of London) Yvonne Liao (University of Oxford) Call for Proposals The Department of Music at the […]
Read more15 Minutes with … the Dent Medallist (Interview with Alejandro L. Madrid)
As has become a tradition at the annual RMA conference, we interviewed the 2017 Dent medallist a few hours before he delivered his keynote address. Alejandro L. Madrid, a Professor […]
Read moreCall for Proposals: 55th Annual Conference of the Royal Musical Association, 11–13 September 2019, University of Manchester / RNCM
The 55th Annual Conference of the Royal Musical Association will be hosted jointly by the Royal Northern College of Music and the University of Manchester, between Wednesday 11 and Friday […]
Read moreA musician’s transnational diasporas in a family archive
Eileen Karmy-Bolton is a third-year PhD student in Music at the University of Glasgow, researching the working lives of unionised musicians in early twentieth-century Valparaiso, Chile. In this month’s feature, she offers […]
Read moreBlue Planet II, music, culture and nature: What is the sound of one cuttlefish hovering?
Will Finch explores music from the nature documentary series, Blue Planet II. He examines the role it plays in the on-screen mediation of human and non-human interaction. Will is currently […]
Read moreRMA Annual Conference 2018 to feature composition workshops
The 54th Annual Conference of the Royal Musical Association (RMA) will take place at the Department of Music, University of Bristol, from Thursday 13th to Saturday 15th September 2018, and […]
Read moreConditional (political) condemnation: Alan Bush’s 70th birthday concert in apartheid South Africa
In this post, Dominic Daula gives us a fascinating insight into the influence and legacy of British composer Alan Bush in South Africa. Dominic is currently a postgraduate student at […]
Read moreMusic, Wellbeing and Mental Health – Event Report
Music, Wellbeing and Mental Health An RMA, BFE and NAMHE event at the University of York St John 12-13 May 2018 ‘Music, Wellbeing and Mental Health’ was a 2-day event […]
Read moreDent Medal for 2018 awarded to Inga Mai Groote
The Dent Medal, struck in memory of the distinguished scholar and musician Edward J. Dent (1876-1957), has been awarded by the Royal Musical Association annually since 1961 to recipients selected […]
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