We're struggling with this on our campus right now as well. I don't understand what is supposed to be an effective alt text for a page of musical score my students are analyzing. Have you seen anyone discuss this that I could reference? I imagine it's one of several issues involved for music depts.

Congratulations to @owencoggins.bsky.social for a great BFE keynote talk, 'Distortion, Ambiguity and Ideology in Underground Black Metal', at the 2026 BFE/RMA Research Students Conference at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. @royalmusical.bsky.social @royalbirmcons.bsky.social

The website for BFE@KCL 2026 — 9-12 April — is now up and running! Conference registration will be available in the new year. bfeconference2026.wordpress.com @kingsmusic.bsky.social & BFE are excited to welcome you all to London to explore with us the theme of music and the present/presence

Statement from the Royal Musical Association on the Proposed Suspension of Recruitment to the BA and Foundation Year in Music at Northumbria University https://www.rma.ac.uk/2025/11/25/rma-statement-on-northumbria-music-recruitment/

We're offering a PhD fees-only studentship for someone to begin studying with us in October 2026. Mode of study can be full-time or part-time, including distance learning. Open to any area of musicology that aligns with our expertise in the department. See fass.open.ac.uk/music/resear... #PhD

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...

c.org/qZcXBxHHGG Sign to show your anger and disappointment in the decisions taken at the University of Nottingham, where Music and Modern Languages are being cut.

Horrific, stupid news from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social — they are closing their music department. Apparently they all found out suddently in a meeting yesterday. It is one of the best music departments in the country — solidarity with my colleagues and their students www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@kingsmusic.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social is delighted to be hosting the annual conference of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology, 9–12 April 2026, on the theme Ethnomusicology and the Present. Call for Papers below; deadline for proposals 24 Nov. bfe.org.uk/conf/ethnomu...

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).

✨CALL FOR PROPOSALS✨ The British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BFE) and the Royal Musical Association (RMA) are seeking proposals for their Research Students’ Conference hosted by Royal Birmingham Conservatoire on 6th-8th January 2026. See the link in our bio for submission guidelines and event info.

It was a pleasure to author the OpenLearn Course 'Women Transforming Classical Music', which is designed to support performers and classical music ensembles and institutions to perform more music by historic and contemporary women composers: www.open.edu/openlearn/hi... #WomenInMusic

Statement from the Royal Musical Association on the School of Music at Cardiff University: www.rma.ac.uk/2025/02/03/s...