News
Find out what's been happening in the Music department at the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures.
- For an archive of news before 2017, visit the Music at Manchester archived blog
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Manchester Music graduate to manage world-leading new music group
14 Mar 2019
A University of Manchester music graduate has credited the strong foundations his degree gave him to help him win a top job at a world-leading new...
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Manchester undergraduate wins the Royal Northern Sinfonia Young Composers’ competition
4 Feb 2019
A University of Manchester Music student has won the Royal Northern Sinfonia Young Composers’ competition. Alex Dakin (Year 3) has won ...
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Quatuor Danel premiere of Richard Whalley’s Mantle Plume in Utrecht
16 Jan 2019
Dr Richard Whalley has recently completed a 30-minute string quartet inspired by Icelandic geology, entitled ‘Mantle Plume’, written for ...
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MANTIS Festival continues to soar
27 Nov 2018
The MANTIS Festival in October 2018 featured a series of full-to-capacity electroacoustic concerts. This event took place in the John Thaw Studio ...
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Music PhD student wins First Prize in Music Nova (Prague) competition
27 Nov 2018
Music PhD candidate Epa Fassianos has been awarded First Prize in the 2018 Music Nova (Prague) competition. The award was in the fixed media ...
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Manchester University Wind Orchestra scoops Platinum Award
26 Nov 2018
Manchester University Wind Orchestra (MUWO) set off in high spirits to take part in the regional National Concert Band Festival on 18 November –...
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Professor Barry Cooper's completion of Beethoven 10 to be performed for the first time in Manchester
21 Nov 2018
Professor Barry Cooper’s completion of the first movement of Beethoven’s unfinished Tenth Symphony has been performed across the world, on...
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Manchester graduate directs Pierrot Lunaire on tour
2 Nov 2018
Manchester graduate Emma Doherty directs Schoenberg's surreal icon of Modernism, Pierrot Lunaire, on tour with the Manchester Collective in ...
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Music students embark on a wellbeing walk
2 Nov 2018
22 music students across undergraduate and postgraduate courses made their way to the Peak District to participate in an all-day wellbeing walk. As...
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Professor Barry Cooper – Reconstructing Beethoven
2 Nov 2018
On 31 October 2018, our world-renowned Beethoven scholar Professor Barry Cooper gave a lecture to the University of Manchester Alumni Association...
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Music department alumnus to conclude appointment to prestigious scheme for composers
26 Oct 2018
Jasmin Kent Rodgman is coming to the end of her time on the London Symphony Orchestra's prestigious Jerwood Composer+ scheme for 2017/2018. Jasmin ...
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Music students take centre stage at Creative Manchester launch
8 Oct 2018
Manchester Vox - an a cappella vocal ensemble formed by students from the Music department and the Royal Northern College of Music - gave a ...
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Twitter opera success for graduate Michael Betteridge
7 Sep 2018
Composer Michael Betteridge, who graduated in 2009, recently had a big success with his Twitter opera #echochamber. This chamber opera, which ...
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Undergraduate of the Year is awarded to Katherine Blumer
9 Jul 2018
Music student Katherine Blumer won the Undergraduate of the Year award in the recent Distinguished Achievement Awards 2018. The award is made...
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London Sinfonietta to premiere new work from Emma Wilde
15 May 2018
Former Manchester student Emma Wilde is set to have her new composition performed in the London Sinfonietta's Beacons event at the Queen Elizabeth ...
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Faculty of Humanities investment delivers new Steinway pianos
3 May 2018
The Music department at The University of Manchester was recently delighted to acquire four new Steinway grand pianos for use by students studying in ...
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University launches multi-million pound Creative Manchester project
19 Feb 2018
The University of Manchester is investing £3.3m in a new project, Creative Manchester, which will help to support its ambitious strategic vision...
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