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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 2d

Call for Applications: Lewis Memorial Prize Competition 2026

https://www.rma.ac.uk/2025/10/10/call-for-applications-lewis-memorial-prize-competition-2026/

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 3d

Lewis Memorial Prize Competition for keyboard players

https://www.rma.ac.uk/2025/10/09/lewis-memorial-prize-competition-for-keyboard-players/

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 4d

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).

Front cover of the prize-winning 'Acoustic of Empire', ed. Peter McMurray and Priyasha Mukhopadhyay.

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 3d

We welcome participation from all pathways of music research, including musicology, music pedagogy, practice-as-research and interdisciplinary approaches to the field.

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Chamber Music: synergies through time, places and spaces

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 3d

The conference aims to explore the socio-cultural interdependence of Western Art chamber music performance across all eras, examining its place in relation to performance and pedagogical settings, and evaluating the impact of chamber music performers on the communities they engage with.

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 3d

Proposals are invited from postgraduate students and early-career researchers for academic papers and lecture-recitals of up to 20 minutes; each will be followed by a ten-minute Q&A session. Please note there is no piano at the venue.

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 3d

The conference will be held at the Norwegian Church Arts Centre in Cardiff (Wales) on the 13th of March 2026.

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 3d

Call for Papers: Chamber Music: Synergies through Time, Places and Spaces (Cardiff, 13 Mar 2026)

We are delighted to announce the Call for Papers for our conference ‘Chamber music: synergies through time, places and spaces’.

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'Chamber music: synergies through time, places and spaces'

Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff
13th March 2026

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 4d

www.rma.ac.uk/2025/10/08/r...

RMA/CUP Edited Book Prize 2025 – Royal Musical Association

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 4d

Honourable mentions also go to two collections:

Robert Sholl ed., 'Messiaen in Context' (CUP, 2024)
and
Toby Young ed., 'The Cambridge Companion to Composition' (CUP, 2024)

Congratulations to all our winners!

Front cover of 'Messiaen in Context', ed. Robert Sholl.

Front cover of 'The Cambridge Companion to Composition', ed. Toby Young.

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 4d

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).

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 4d

RMA/CUP Edited Book Prize 2025

https://www.rma.ac.uk/2025/10/08/rma-cup-edited-book-prize-2025/

RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 4d

Call for Papers: Chamber Music: Synergies through Time, Places and Spaces (Cardiff, 13 Mar 2026)

https://www.rma.ac.uk/2025/10/08/call-for-papers-chamber-music-synergies-through-time-places-and-spaces-cardiff-13-mar-2026/

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 6d

Conference Report: 5th International Conference on Women’s Work in Music 2025

https://www.rma.ac.uk/2025/10/06/conference-report-5th-international-conference-on-womens-work-in-music-2025/

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 12d

Sound and Screen conference, and 'Music, Sound, and the Moving Image' at 20 symposium

https://www.rma.ac.uk/2025/09/30/sound-and-screen-conference-and-music-sound-and-the-moving-image-at-20-symposium/

RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 18d

Call for Papers: Music and Screen from Ethnic and Ethnographic Perspectives

https://www.rma.ac.uk/2025/09/24/call-for-papers-music-and-screen-from-ethnic-and-ethnographic-perspectives/

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 20d

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...

Extended Deadline – Reviews Editor: JRMA and RMARC – Royal Musical Association

www.rma.ac.uk

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 23d

RMA 2025 Practice Research Prize awarded to Sara Salloum

https://www.rma.ac.uk/2025/09/19/rma-2025-practice-research-prize-awarded-to-sara-salloum/

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 23d

The research findings were original and engaging - of particular interest is the experiential work on how the clothes worn by female lute players shaped movement and influenced performance choices.

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 23d

The panel commended this rich and insightful work which drew on detailed performance-based practice research and recognised its potential for wider impact through further dissemination in the future.

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 23d

The RMA Practice Research Prize for 2025 is awarded to Sara Salloum (University of Newcastle) for her thesis 'Female lute accomplishment and performance practices in early seventeenth-century England' (University of Durham).

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Photo of Sara in suitable costume with lute in hand at a research event.

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 24d

‼️ DEADLINE EXTENDED ‼️

Following a request from the Musici Trust, the deadline for proposals for the 2026 BFE/RMA Research Students' Conference has been extended by one week to next Thursday, 25th September.

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Student Paper Prizes: RMA/Musici Trust Prize for a paper on music before 1600: Speakers will be invited to submit their papers to the RMA/Musici Trust prize for a student paper on music before 1600. The winner will receive a £300 prize, be offered mentorship, and also be invited to present their work at the RMA Annual Conference.

RMARC Student Paper Prize: Speakers will be invited to submit their papers to the Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle student-paper prize. Participation will be open to all speakers. The winner will receive a £100 book token from Cambridge University Press, as well as mentorship from the editors of RMARC to develop and expand their submission for publication in RMARC.

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 24d

Submissions are welcome involving the study of any type of music, but we draw particular attention to the Musici Trust’s new prize for the best paper on music written before 1600. There's also the RMARC Student Paper Prize!

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 24d

‼️ DEADLINE EXTENDED ‼️

Following a request from the Musici Trust, the deadline for proposals for the 2026 BFE/RMA Research Students' Conference has been extended by one week to next Thursday, 25th September.

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 26d

Full details: www.rma.ac.uk/2025/09/16/r...

Congratulations to our winners!

RMA/CUP Outstanding Monograph Book Prize 2025 – Royal Musical Association

www.rma.ac.uk

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