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Samantha Fernando featured in 2023 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

Lecturer in Music Composition, Dr Samantha Fernando, will receive a UK premiere performance of 'Balconies' in this year's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.

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Royal Holloway Music ranked 2nd in the UK in Good University Guide

The 2024 Good University Guide has ranked Royal Holloway’s Music Department as 2nd in the UK on the basis of our high-quality teaching and research.

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Nathan James Dearden to represent Wales in the 2023 ISCM World Music Days

Nathan James Dearden's choral work, 'i breathe', has been selected by the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) to represent Wales at this year's World New Music Days.

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in the UK for Music.

Source: Complete University Guide, 2022-2023

90%

overall satisfaction.

Source: National Student Survey 2019

6th

in the UK for performing arts.

Source: QS World University Rankings, 2019

1st

in the UK for Music Research

Source: REF 2021, Times Higher Education

2nd

in the UK for Music

Source: Good University Guide, 2024

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  • Music with Political Studies

    3 years full time

    BA W3L2

    Music

  • Music

    3 years full time

    BMus W302

    Music

  • Music and English

    3 years full time

    BA WQ33

    Music

  • Music and Philosophy

    3 years full time

    BA WV35

    Music

  • Music with French

    3 years full time

    BA W3R1

    Music

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    3 years full time

    BA W3R2

    Music

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    3 years full time

    BA W3R3

    Music

  • Music with Philosophy

    3 years full time

    BA W3V5

    Music

  • Music with Spanish

    3 years full time

    BA W3R4

    Music

  • Music and Sound Design for Film, Television, and Interactive Media

    3 years full time

    BA W350

    Music

  • BMus Music with Integrated Foundation Year

    4 years full time

    W30F

    Music

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    4 years full time

    W35F

    Music

  • Mathematics and Music

    3 years full time

    BA GW13

    Mathematics

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    3 years full time

    BSc (Econ) L1W3

    Economics

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    3 years full time

    BSc F3W3

    Physics

  • Music and Theatre

    3 years full time

    BA WW43

    Drama, Theatre and Dance

  • History and Music

    3 years full time

    BA VW13

    History

  • Modern Languages and Music

    4 years full time

    BA RW93

    Languages, Literatures and Cultures

  • Modern Languages with Music

    4 years full time

    BA R9W3

    Languages, Literatures and Cultures

  • Performing and Digital Arts

    3 years full time

    BA W450

    Drama, Theatre and Dance

  • Music - Composition pathway

    1 year full time

    MMus

    Music

  • Music Performance

    1 year full time

    PG Dip

    Music

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    4 years full time

    PhD

    Music

  • Music - Ethnomusicology & Musicology pathway

    1 year full time

    MMus

    Music

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    1 year full time

    MMus

    Music

  • Music - Collaborative Piano pathway

    1 year full time

    MMus

    Music

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    1 year full time

    MMus

    Music

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    1 year full time

    MMus

    Music

  • Music

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    MMus

    Music

  • Music Performance

    1 year full time

    PG Dip

    Music

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    Music

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  • Events

    The Department of Music are thrilled to share with you our annual series of events, from the International Concert Series 2023-24 to Departmental Research Seminars.

  • Professor Julie Brown's why

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

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    Resources for music teachers on pre-university courses.

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