THE MUSICA BRITANNICA TRUST: LEWIS MEMORIAL PRIZE COMPETITION 2026 Founded by the Musica Britannica Trust in 1986 in memory of Sir Anthony Lewis, MB’s first General Editor and Chair, the […]
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RMA/CUP Edited Book Prize 2025
The Royal Musical Association and Cambridge University Press Edited Book Prize for 2025 goes to Peter McMurray and Priyasha Mukhopadhyay for their edited collection Acoustics of Empire: Sound, Media and […]
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Call for Papers: Chamber Music: Synergies through Time, Places and Spaces (Cardiff, 13 Mar 2026)
We are delighted to announce the Call for Papers for our conference ‘Chamber music: synergies through time, places and spaces’. The conference will be held at the Norwegian Church Arts […]
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Conference Report: 5th International Conference on Women’s Work in Music 2025
Scholars from the UK and international destinations enjoyed the privilege of participating in a fascinating dissemination of musical research at the 5th International Women’s Work in Music Conference, hosted by […]
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Sound and Screen conference, and ‘Music, Sound, and the Moving Image’ at 20 symposium
Joint Conference and Symposium Announcement – Re/sounding Visions: Music, Sound, and the Moving Image at 20 – Sound on Screen V – 15-17 July 2026, RNCM, Manchester UK MSMI’s editors, the Royal Musical Association’s Sound […]
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Call for Papers: Music and Screen from Ethnic and Ethnographic Perspectives
Music Department, University of Southampton United Kingdom Friday 23 January Cultural practices, social identities, and lived experiences are replicated and represented in the interaction between music and screen media—including film, […]
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RMA 2025 Practice Research Prize awarded to Sara Salloum
The RMA Practice Research Prize for 2025 is awarded to Sara Salloum (University of Newcastle) for her thesis ‘Female lute accomplishment and performance practices in early seventeenth-century England’ (University of […]
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RMA/CUP Outstanding Monograph Book Prize 2025
The RMA/Cambridge University Press Outstanding Monograph Book Prize for 2025 is awarded to Jessica Swanston Baker for Island Time: Speed and the Archipelago from St. Kitts and Nevis (University of […]
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Conference report: Broadening Music Performance
Broadening Music Performance: New Approaches and Possibilities for Higher Music Education 26-27 June 2025, University of Surrey This two-day international conference on Broadening Music Performance in Higher Education provided an […]
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“Elegie Pal Fischiosauro”: an Experiment in Cryptid Sonic Ethnography
By Luigi Monteanni “Reality is normally far more mysterious and captivating than any trite expectations you happen to write into your script. It continually serves as a bitter reminder that […]
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