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Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships at Royal Holloway, University of London

The Music Department invites outline proposals from postdoctoral scholars interested in applying for a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship hosted at Royal Holloway, University of London.

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Tom Parkinson appointed as Lecturer in Composition

The Department of Music is delighted to announce the addition of Dr Tom Parkinson to its composition staff.

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Julie Brown speaks about silent film music at arts festival in Italy

The event was part of the Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte, which takes place annually in the hilltop medieval town of Montepulciano.

Orchestra violins to conductor

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Music graduates from Royal Holloway have had particular career success

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Dr Henry Stobart

“It’s quite fun to get students to go through the experiences of rethinking who they are, where they are in the world”
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in the UK for Music.

Source: The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019

90%

overall satisfaction.

Source: National Student Survey 2019

6th

in the UK for performing arts.

Source: QS World University Rankings, 2019

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in the world for performing arts.

Source: QS World University Rankings, 2019

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Music and Philosophy

3 years full time

BA WV35

Music

Music with French

3 years full time

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Music

Music with German

3 years full time

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Music

Music with Italian

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Music with Philosophy

3 years full time

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Music

Music with Political Studies

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Music with Spanish

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Music

3 years full time

BMus W302

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Music and English

3 years full time

BA WQ33

Music

Modern Languages and Music

4 years full time

BA RW93

Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Modern Languages with Music

4 years full time

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Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Mathematics and Music

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Physics with Music

3 years full time

BSc F3W3

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Drama and Music

3 years full time

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History and Music

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Music

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Music Performance

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Music PhD

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Advanced Musical Studies

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Music Performance

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Music PhD

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Professor Julie Brown's why

“… is to understand the history of the most powerful audio-visual media of today."