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The Choir of Royal Holloway announce their 2021-2022 Composer-in-Residence

The Choir of Royal Holloway announce their first ever Composer-in-Residence for 2021-2022, the award-winning Welsh composer Nathan James Dearden.

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Dr Mark Berry contributes to new online Beethoven exhibition

The British Library has launched its online exhibition to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth with a special ‘Discovering Music’ space on the composer.

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Nathan James Dearden featured in NMC Recordings digital album

Royal Holloway composer, Nathan James Dearden, is featured in the latest album released by NMC Recordings digital label as part of his residency with the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain.

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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

17th in the world for performing arts.

Source: QS World University Rankings, 2019

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

    3 years full time

    BA

    Music
  • Music

    3 years full time

    BMus W302

    Music
  • Music with Spanish

    3 years full time

    BA W3R4

    Music
  • Music with Political Studies

    3 years full time

    BA W3L2

    Music
  • Music with Philosophy

    3 years full time

    BA W3V5

    Music
  • Music with Italian

    3 years full time

    BA W3R3

    Music
  • Music with German

    3 years full time

    BA W3R2

    Music
  • Music with French

    3 years full time

    BA W3R1

    Music
  • Music and Philosophy

    3 years full time

    BA WV35

    Music
  • Music and English

    3 years full time

    BA WQ33

    Music
  • Performing and Digital Arts with a Year in Industry

    4 years full time

    BA

    Drama, Theatre and Dance
  • Performing and Digital Arts

    3 years full time

    BA

    Drama, Theatre and Dance
  • History and Music

    3 years full time

    BA VW13

    History
  • Economics with Music

    3 years full time

    BSc (Econ) L1W3

    Economics
  • Mathematics and Music

    3 years full time

    BA GW13

    Mathematics
  • Drama and Music

    3 years full time

    BA WW43

    Drama, Theatre and Dance
  • Physics with Music

    3 years full time

    BSc F3W3

    Physics
  • Modern Languages with Music

    4 years full time

    BA R9W3

    Languages, Literatures and Cultures
  • Modern Languages and Music

    4 years full time

    BA RW93

    Languages, Literatures and Cultures
  • Music Performance

    1 year full time

    PG Dip

    Music
  • Music PhD

    4 years full time

    PhD

    Music
  • Music

    1 year full time

    MMus

    Music

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  • Events

    The Department of Music are thrilled to share with you the Winter-Spring series of events, from the International Concert Series 2020-21 to Departmental Research Seminars.

  • Professor Julie Brown's why

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