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AHRC/Techne Doctoral Studentships available in the Department of Music at Royal Holloway, University of London

The Department invites applications for AHRC studentships from applicants who are accepted for the MPhil/PhD degree to commence in 2023. The AHRC studentships are offered through the Techne Doctoral Training Partnership.

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Collaborative Doctoral Award Studentship: Moving Pictures, Music, and Theatrical Exhibition in London, 1914-1930

Applications are invited for a full-funded PhD studentship on 'silent cinema' and early twentieth-century popular theatre studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, in partnership with the London Metropolitan Archives

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Director of Composition Nathan J Dearden receives CBSO commission

Congratulations to composition lecturer Nathan James Dearden who has been announced by The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra as one of the 20 composers commissioned as part of 'Sounds New'.

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    The Department of Music are thrilled to share with you our annual series of events, from the International Concert Series 2022-23 to Departmental Research Seminars.

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

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