From university to award-winning cinema, Arnav Agarwal's God and Country was shot across a church, country house, and forest with a 20-person crew. Guided by mentor Tim Leandro, his journey is just getting started. 🔗 Read the full article: www.linkedin.com/pulse/act-al...

✨ New from York’s School of Arts & Creative Technologies! 
We’ve launched Instrumental Music Education with Bloomsbury — a unique book created by our staff & students, shaped by years of shared research and practice. 🔗 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/instrumen... Huge congratulations to everyone involved! 🎉

In our latest ACT Alumni Focus, we welcome Puzzled Monkey Theatre! Here they share with us what it’s like starting a company right out of uni, plus creative insights and advice. 🔗 Learn more: www.linkedin.com/pulse/act-al...

Recently, the Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social hosted an exciting audio production workshop at the University. Combining heritage with sound, the session was inspired by railway history and ran alongside the Changing Gear: Railway 200 concert. Huge thank you to everyone involved! 🚂

📺🥁 Thank you to Tengu Taiko Drummers who performed for a session with Advanced Studio Techniques students! Their unique percussion was captured by 3rd Year Film and Television Production students, requiring planning of complex camera movements and fast-paced vision-mixing. @york.ac.uk | #UoY

We’re delighted to share that #ACT’s own Dr Owen Burton recently presented his paper on Rautavaara at the Symphonic Music after 1945 conference in Belgrade. Hosted by the Institute of Musicology and the Department of Arts of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. @york.ac.uk

🎬🖥️ A huge thank you to Andrew Dearnley from Company 3, one of the world’s largest post-production companies, for his talk last month. Having worked on some of the decade’s biggest film and TV like Wicked and F1 The Movie, Andrew shared his fascinating experiences and advice! @york.ac.uk | #UoY

🎤️🎟 Last week, Platform hosted their biannual Scratch Night. Students and staff from the School of ACT had the chance to present any creative projects they had in development and receive valuable feedback! @york.ac.uk | #ScratchNight

🎬 Congratulations to the students who took part in the 24hr-long “On Air” Livestream last month! Producing an 1h music-focused show called Phantom, this was broadcast worldwide as part of the livestream, a collaboration between over 17 student media groups across the globe. @york.ac.uk | #UoY

We’re proud to celebrate our academic Martin Suckling, whose first choral piece Songs of Sleep and Prophecy (with texts in Gaelic and English) receives its premiere this Saturday with the Leeds Guild of Singers at Holy Trinity, Boar Lane. 
👉 Learn more: www.fabermusic.com/news/-leeds-...

We’re delighted to share that #ACT’s Dr Naomi Norton, has recently featured on the Flourish podcast! “Thriving not surviving: Rethinking musicians’ health and wellbeing” Listen here 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/7lkD... @york.ac.uk

Back in September, #ACT proudly hosted the Conference on #DARCI. Read more from @marianajlopez.bsky.social , as she reflects on the event’s key discussions and future directions. 👉https://enhancingaudiodescription.com/darci-conference-reflection @york.ac.uk | #DARCI

🌟 Congratulations to Puzzled Monkey Theatre for performing their brand new comedy play, Hand-Me-Downs, last month at the Black Box Theatre! 🎭 Comprised of University of York alumni and recipients of YPA, we can’t wait to see what this young, talented company get up to next! @york.ac.uk | #UoY

🔙Throwback - We were thrilled to welcome new undergraduates from Theatre, Film, Television & Interactive Media courses at our Welcome Week Mixers! 🎉 Thanks to all who joined. Here’s to an inspiring year! 🎬 @york.ac.uk | #UoY

HRC's Deputy Director @marianajlopez.bsky.social wrote a blog post about the #DARCI Conference on Disability, Accessibility and Representation in the Creative Industries hosted by @school-of-act.bsky.social as part of the #EnhancingAD project enhancingaudiodescription.com/darci-confer...

🎶⭐ During their first week of University, first year BA Music & Music and Sound Recording (MASR) were tasked with performing a Practical Project piece titled Dear Future Me… 🎥 Watch the performance: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idmj... @york.ac.uk | #UoY

🎭👻Throwback to a new production of Henry Ibsen’s legendary Ghosts, performed last month at the Black Box Theatre! This fresh interpretation of the undisputed classic reframed the tragic tale, finding a darkly comedic core while keeping Ibsen’s spirit intact! @york.ac.uk | #UoY

🎉 New publication from #UoY ACT academics Federico Pendenza, Marianna Cortesi & Elizabeth Haddon! Their Music and Arts in Action article “Common Ground” explores music-making with refugees. 📖 musicandartsinaction.net/index.php/ma... 🎧 www.york.ac.uk/language-lin...

🎶 Exploring York Minster Library’s historic music — early modern books, manuscripts & ballads curated by Sarah Griffin & Ben Maloney. Thanks to all who joined us! @york.ac.uk | #UoY | @yorkminster.bsky.social

So proud of our creative community! 🌟 Fantastic NSS 2025 results for Drama and Media Studies — a real reflection of our students’ talent and our staff’s dedication. 🎉 Read more: www.linkedin.com/pulse/nation...

🚨 48-Hour Film Challenge: Autumn Edition – Sentience! 🎬 ⁣ A huge shoutout to our FTP students who took on the challenge of turning a theme into a full film in just 48 hours. ⁣ 🥇 Group 3 earned the Golden Clapperboard (and serious bragging rights) with their film ‘Rock Bottom’. Well done team!

🎬 The Art of Directing masterclass at @york.ac.uk brought top industry voices to our #FTP students, including Jon East, Tim Holloway, Ace Bhatti & Onyekachi Wambu. Big thanks to Tim Leandro for curating an inspiring session on the craft of directing. University of York | #UoY | #SchoolofACT

🎉PGT/PGR Welcome Mixer 🎉 Last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming our new PGT and PGR students to the School of Arts and Creative Technologies at our Welcome Mixer! Thank you to everyone who joined us! Here’s to a successful and inspiring year for all our postgraduates.

Introducing you to our new HRC Postdoctoral Fellows! 🎉 We are welcoming Ishita Krishna from @school-of-act.bsky.social Ishita's research engages with a study of objects in western modernist drama, looking at different representations of objects, objectification, and subject-object encounters.

🎶 An unforgettable evening of music and activism with Eedris Abdulkareem, Yetty Tabai & The Goos3bumpz! Hosted by @CAHRYork in partnership with The Humanities Research Centre @UniOfYork, the night celebrated the power of art in advancing human rights and social justice. 🔗: shorturl.at/n3aAe

Throwback to the IM Showcase 2025! 🎮✨ As part of the @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social, this event was packed with creativity and innovation. From games and mobile apps to VR experiences and web designs, the Interactive Media student community showed off some truly inspiring work! 🚀 @york.ac.uk | #UoY

🎬 Do You Copy Last month, our Black Box Theatre became the set of this sci-fi thriller short, produced as part of the MA Film & TV Production programme. Directed by Rory Pelzel, the film features a talented student cast & crew from across MA & undergrad courses. @uniofyork | #UoY

We’re proud to celebrate the launch of Sonic Pasts by Professor @marianajlopez.bsky.social, held in June during the @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social The book explores historical soundscapes, intangible heritage, and the ethics of sound design in heritage contexts. ℹ️ www.routledge.com/Sonic-Pasts-...

🎓Huge congratulations to our Summer Graduates of the School of Arts and Creative Technologies 2025!! Over the course of their studies, our graduates have demonstrated exceptional creativity, critical thinking, and technical innovation across disciplines. @york.ac.uk | #UoY

🎶 Dr Stef Conner has finished recording a new folksong album with The Lyons Mouth, co-directed with Robert Hollingworth, produced by Amandine Pras. Backed by @york.ac.uk, PRS Foundation & the @vwfndn.bsky.social, the project blends heritage & harmony—designed to be both innovative and accessible.

Earlier this month, our Film & TV Production students visited ITV Yorkshire, touring the Emmerdale sets and studios. A brilliant day exploring industry tech and chatting with ITV staff! Big thanks to Matt Brannan, Bethan Wilkin & Allison Piggott for making it happen! @york.ac.uk | #FTP #Emmerdale

We’re excited to announce that the School of Arts and Creative Technologies is now on Facebook and Instagram!🎉 Instagram: @uoy_act Facebook: School of Arts and Creative Technologies 🔗https://youtu.be/O3hrZOE-cMg?si=VlSCkwCcByNL4wkf

🎬 Our Film & TV Production students hit Cannes 2025! From exploring AI in film at the Innovation Pavilion to networking at global events like the UK & Saudi Pavilions, it was an unforgettable experience. Big thanks to academic, Lorianne Hall! 📖 Read more: www.linkedin.com/posts/school...

🎉 Out now on 577 Records: Latent Imprints, the debut album by School of ACT's UK-based trio Sveið! AI, free jazz & electronics collide in a fierce, co-creative improvisation. Featuring: Federico Reuben, James Mainwaring and Emil Karlsen 🎧 Listen/order: lnkd.in/dviB73iF More info: lnkd.in/eqa8MX35

👩‍🔬🎶 If you are like us we are still singing the lyrics to the adapted songs for Bioscience: The Musical! Read more about our collaboration with @biologyatyork.bsky.social : www.linkedin.com/pulse/biosci...

🎶 Touch Transmissions 🎶 
As part of York Festival of Ideas, we explored how touch shapes musical experience—not just in playing, but in feelingsound. With pianist Catherine Laws & Feldenkrais practitioner Teresa Brayshaw, we uncovered music's sensory depth. 
#UoY | 📸 Arya Hastings

This September the @school-of-act.bsky.social is hosting the #DARCI Conference on Disability, Accessibility and Representation in the Creative Industries as part of the #EnhancingAD project. Early bird registration closes end of June 🐥 enhancingaudiodescription.com/darci-confer...

Sylvia Zeng from @school-of-act.bsky.social presented 'Sound Scavenger: Listen, identify and express' an activity inviting participants to listen to different sounds, categorise them and reflect on how they made them feel 🎶 Lots of fun!

🎶 University Choir 🎶 We finished the year with an inspiring session led by guest conductor Amy Bebbington, working on Hear My Words by Hubert Parry. Followed by the AGM, where they marked a major milestone as Chair Bruce Gilbert stepped down after an incredible 20 years of dedicated service!

📣 Today: #CMRC with Axel Chemla-Romeu-Santos (researcher, composer, performer) 📆Friday 6th June 🕧12:30pm - 2pm 📍In person and Online 🔗https://www.york.ac.uk/arts-creative-technologies/about/events/2025/cmrcseminar-axelchemla-romeu-santos/

🐶✨ Spotted on the BBC! Hearing Dogs visited campus to help students de-stress during exams — and BBC Look North came to capture the moment. 💙🎓 Watch the heartwarming clip 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

We were thrilled to host the first post-Covid Community Music York Forum last week with @yorkstjohn.bsky.social and the International Centre for Community Music! 💬🎶 Led by Rory Wells, we explored how we define and measure impact in community music—with plenty of creativity along the way.

📣 We are proud to share that University of York’s, Robert Hollingworth, has been featured in The Guardian for his recent work with his acclaimed vocal ensemble I Fagiolini. 🔗 Read the full article here: www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...

🎶Arts in Motion took place on 20th May aboard The Arts Barge, in collaboration with @york.ac.uk’s School of ACT. Curated by MA students from Creative & Cultural Industries and Music, Management & Marketing, as part of their Collaborative Industry Project.

🎷 Throwback to an unforgettable weekend at the University of York Jazz Fest 🎶 This year's festival featured a fantastic lineup of student talent, including standout performances from: UoY Jazz and Big Band and many more! Well done to all involved! 📷 Isabella Benbow

🎬 @york.ac.uk alumnus Máté Ternyik, colourist on The Brutalist (Best Cinematography, @theacademyusa.bsky.social ), returned to campus to share insights on post-production, storytelling, and his journey from York to the red carpet. An inspiring session for future filmmakers! #UoY #Oscars2025

🎦 In our latest Masterclass, Mark S. Weiner, explores “Filmmaking from Concept to Completion”. Mark takes us behind the scenes of his film and what it takes to bring a project like this to life — from initial concept to delivery to a global audience. 🎧 Listen here: youtu.be/hYq7K3sT4kM

🌙✨ Rehearsals are underway! Don’t miss Echoes of the Moon 📆 Wednesday 11th June | 🕖 7pm 📍 @york.ac.uk 🎫 tftv.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social

🏆 CONGRATULATIONS to Chenyu Gao, PhD Student @school-of-act.bsky.social and her supervisors for developing Variation Transformer, an algorithm to extract theme-and-variation pairs from musical arrangements Materials to reproduce results are open-source with code and documentation shared on Github 👇

Tim Leandro, Senior Lecturer in Directing for Film and Television at the School of Arts and Creative Technologies has just had his book published. The book focuses on his personal take on directing after a lifetime in the industry. Designed to inform, educate and entertain.