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Professor Anna Morcom recieves Project Grant from The Leverhulme Trust

Professor Anna Morcom has won £299,904 in funding from the Leverhulme Trust for a four-year Project Grant entitled ‘Music, money and power: An economic anthropology of music’.

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Dr Mark Berry publishes New York Times column on Bernd Zimmermann

Reader in Musicology at Royal Holloway, Dr Mark Berry, has recently published a feature article about the life and music of Bernd Zimmermann on The New York Times' online Music section.

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Lecturer Samantha Fernando recieves London Sinfonietta 50th Birthday Premiere

Lecturer in Music Composition, Dr Samantha Fernando, will have her new work Formations premiered on Wednesday 24 January at the Royal Festival Hall.

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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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of our music graduates are employed or go on to further study within six months of graduating

Source: DLHE 2017

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in the UK for performing arts.

Source: Source: QS World University Rankings, 2018

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in the UK for overall course satisfaction

Source: Guardian University Guide 2018

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Music

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3 years full time

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Music with Italian

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Music and English

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3 years full time

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Music alumni include some of the world’s most renowned and accomplished professionals in the music industry.