Call for Proposals: BFE-RMA Research Students' Conference 2027 The British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BFE) and Royal Musical Association (RMA) Research Students’ Conference will be hosted by the...

Job opportunity: The University of Bristol seeks to appoint a highly-qualified UK-based professional conductor for the University Symphony Orchestra for 2026-27 (deadline of 15 June) www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Baby vole 🥰

Nominations open: RMA/Cambridge University Press Book Prizes 2025 Nominations are invited by 15 June...

Woohooo!! Thanks Dan for this great chat about Lady Macbeth 😊

Just in time for the easter break: announcing the (re)launch of the RMA Podcast! The first episode is now available on the RMA site, featuring Prof. Pauline Fairclough talking about her recent book on Shostakovich's 'Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District' www.rma.ac.uk/podcast/paul...

📻 Prof @paulinefairclough.bsky.social (Music) joins Nick Mohammed on BBC Radio 3 #SundayFeature to talk about how the Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich was received in Britain Listen to the full programme 👉 brnw.ch/21x14ox

There are still two weeks remaining to submit an application for the Associate Professor of Music role! The Faculty is seeking a musicologist with a proven record of scholarship and research in art music of the twentieth century. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

'Migrants and refugees are an essential part of British society.' Dr Florian Scheding (Music) introduces The Good Old Budapest! Cabaret in British Exile which revives WW2 cabaret songs as part of @beinghumanfest.bsky.social Watch 👉 brnw.ch/21x0HVA @engagebristol.bsky.social @mmbuob.bsky.social

Brilliant piece by my colleague Dr Eleanor Rycroft, Department of Theatre Source: Bristol24/7 search.app/pE8bZ

We're recruiting! The University of Oxford, with Christ Church, seeks to appoint an Associate Professor of Music from 1 October 2026. The role includes a Tutorial Fellowship at Christ Church, membership of its Governing Body, and trusteeship of the college. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

This was a lovely thing to take part in - Shostakovich loved Jesus Christ Superstar so much he went to see it in London twice, and asked to meet the then 20 yr old Andrew Lloyd Webber, who in turn was seriously starstruck 🥰 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

This was a lovely thing to take part in - Shostakovich loved Jesus Christ Superstar so much he went to see it in London twice, and asked to meet the then 20 yr old Andrew Lloyd Webber, who in turn was seriously starstruck 🥰 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

My wonderful colleague Poppy Mankowitz is advertising two 3-yr postdocs & one funded PhD on her ERC project Expressing Value in Language, which investigates evaluative adjectives (‘good’, ‘bad’, ‘beautiful’, ‘tasty’, etc.) from the perspective of philosophy & theoretical & experimental linguistics.

🚨FOUR jobs in Music🚨 @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Early Career Development Fellowship in Jazz & Popular Music (2 yr): deadline 31 March 18C Music History (permanent!), Screen Composition (18 mo), Performance (2 yr): deadline 12 March Search "Music": www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs

Listen to our own Dr Morelli! 🙌🏽

I just wanted to say that this book is completely brilliant

The article is available to read here (open access at the moment) online.ucpress.edu/jams/article...

Here's a festive sheep adorned with the most sophisticated AI wizardry I could muster. Happy Christmas 😊

All are warmly invited to the inaugural lecture of the Heather Professor of Music, Professor Laura Tunbridge on Thursday 19 February at @wadhamcollege.bsky.social. Titled 'Everyday Beethoven', the lecture will include musical excerpts from our students. www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/heathe...

Job alert! 12-week paid research placement supervised by me & colleagues at NTU and Nottingham Castle. The researcher will investigate the provenance, cultural meanings, and history of display of African instruments in Nottingham Castle's collection. collaboratoryresearchhub.ac.uk/echoes-of-em...

Finally some time* to sit and listen to this several times properly. To think that this music could so easily have been forgotten. Amazing work by Leah Broad and everyone involved! (*The first cold virus of the winter seems to be a bit of a thug)

Hong Kong History Centre Studentship 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Dept of Hist, University of Bristol 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: UK and International (including EU) 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: Tuition Fees and stipend 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬: Sep 26 – Sep 30 (full-time) Details: www.hkhistory.net/2025/11/17/h...

𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰: t.co/ueTuU4kwKE

Please share: 2 fully funded 4 year PhD studentships for autumn 2026 entry at the Hong Kong History Centre @hongkonghistory.bsky.social here at @uobartsmatter.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social

RMA statement on the proposed suspension of recruitment to all UG music programmes at the University of Nottingham: www.rma.ac.uk/2025/11/17/s...

Richard Morrison has reported on the suspension of our Music courses in yesterday’s The Times. Please keep sharing the petition www.change.org/p/stop-the-s.... @thetimes.com @adlington.bsky.social @royalmusical.bsky.social @nottinghampost.co.uk @nottinghamlive.bsky.social

Hear it live with us and Gloucester Cathedral Choir at 4:30pm on Saturday 22 November at Gloucester Cathedral. Tickets via Gloucester Cathedral’s website: https://gloucestercathedral.org.uk/whats-on/monteverdi-s-vespers-of-1610

The petition has crossed 5k. But we need more momentum and support. Please sign and share widely. #appeal #saveUoNMusic #Nottingham

Heartbroken to share the news that recruitment to Undergraduate Music courses at the University of Nottingham has been suspended. Please do contact us on [email protected] if you would like to support us.

One of our students has created a petition. Please sign and share: www.change.org/p/stop-the-s...

On Halloween, our staff and graduate students carve Anth & Arch themed pumpkins (& one squash). Spooky stuff!

Some pics from today during the #Archaeology University Day at the British Academy in London 📍 Lovely day to meet colleagues and potential students! Thank you to the organisers for a great event and to our staff, @helenfewlass.bsky.social & @lorenabecval.bsky.social, for representing us! 🙏🏽 🙌🏽

'Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.' Join Prof Justin Williams at @wshed.bsky.social on Thursday 6-9pm for a new documentary on Hip-Hop in Tanzania The event is free, open to all & includes a Q&A, food & music! 🎟️ bit.ly/42oG7Ja

🦋 Bridging Histories is a social enterprise which supports everyday people & communities to achieve they changes they want to see. Led by Dr Joanna Burch-Brown (Philosophy), Bridging Histories hyper-local focus has had global impact, from Bristol to Bosnia & beyond Watch the video 👉 bit.ly/4oCFh4c

See @vanessathorpe.bsky.social in @theobserveruk.bsky.social — a devastating story: observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Our first video of the new series "Hong Kong History Academy" is out! 8 lectures, each comprising 3 sessions. Lecture 1: Swire and Hong Kong Prof. Robert Bickers Session one: Why did the British go to China? youtu.be/1gl_ecm9Tz0

Call for Applications: Lewis Memorial Prize Competition 2026 https://www.rma.ac.uk/2025/10/10/call-for-applications-lewis-memorial-prize-competition-2026/

The Royal Musical Association and Cambridge University Press Edited Book Prize for 2025 goes to Peter McMurray and Priyasha Mukhopadhyay for their edited collection 'Acoustics of Empire: Sound, Media and Power in the Long Nineteenth Century' (OUP, 2024).

The Faculty of Music seeks to appoint a Betts Fellow in Organ Studies, who is responsible for creating an enhanced profile for organ activities and study at Oxford, and for fostering a community amongst organ scholars across the collegiate University. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Out now with @oxunipress.bsky.social @uobartsmatter.bsky.social with thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk .... Joseph Stalin banned it, but was it too sexy or just too noisy?

Are you an early career researcher with an interest in our collection? Apply to develop an independent research project funded by AHRC. Hear more about the opportunity at a virtual town hall event on Monday 6 October: bit.ly/BL-EarlyCare...

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Vacancy for Reviews Editor for both the Journal of the Royal Musical Association and Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle (new deadline of Monday 6 October) www.rma.ac.uk/2025/07/17/r...

.....with Marina and me @mfwalker.bsky.social

A wee plug for this upcoming Radio3 programme with me and the lovely @mfwalker.bsky.social (her first ever tag on bluesky 😊) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Out now from @oxunipress.bsky.social Some slightly subversive thoughts on Shostakovich 🙂

A wee plug for this upcoming Radio3 programme with me and the lovely @mfwalker.bsky.social (her first ever tag on bluesky 😊) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Ancient trees 🤝 giant pandas. Hollow tree trunks provide important birthing dens for giant pandas and their young!🌳 But this vital habitat also supports so much more - WWF China are undertaking tree-mendous work with the Chinese Government & local partners to protect & monitor ancient trees. 💚