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Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · 15d

Join us next Wednesday for an exciting collaborative concert celebrating the centenary of legendary French composer, Pierre Boulez. Musicians from the RCM and Conservatoire de Paris are busy rehearsing for this special project in Paris! 🇫🇷

Learn more and book: www.rcm.ac.uk/events/detai...

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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 25d

Farage’s plans to abolish Indefinite Leave to Remain would ruin lives and tear families apart.

Rather than dismissing Reform’s xenophobic proposals as 'unrealistic' or 'unaffordable', our government should be clear that they are cruel and unjust. We must stand up for migrants' rights.

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 29d

‼️ 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.

Graphic reads 'Call for Proposals: deadline extended' for the 2026 BFE/RMA Research Students' Conference.

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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Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · Sep 5

Tra le fiamme, the latest recording on Channel Classics, brings together the RCM's innovative new 3D printed instruments with rare originals from the RCM Collection, performed by alumni and leading professors from our Historical Performance Faculty!

Discover the recording: bit.ly/RCM-Tralefia...

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RMA Student Committee @rmastudents.bsky.social · Aug 4

✨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.

Robert Adlington @adlington.bsky.social · Aug 4

Congratulations Sarah! 👏🏻Lovely to be working with you.

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Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · Aug 4

We’re delighted to announce that Dr Sarah K Whitfield (@sarahinthepark.bsky.social) has been appointed Reader in Musical Theatre at the Royal College of Music and has also been appointed Head of Doctoral Programmes.

Read more about Sarah’s achievements: bit.ly/RCM-Sarah-Wh...

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Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · Jul 24

A fascinating few days hosting the inaugural Music and Parental Wellbeing Symposium at the RCM, where over 75 international speakers came together to explore music’s vital role in supporting parents’ wellbeing.

Find out more about the RCM’s research: bit.ly/RCM-Symposium

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Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · Jul 16

On 22–23 July, the RCM will host the inaugural Music and Parental Wellbeing Symposium, bringing together over 75 international speakers to explore how music can support parents’ wellbeing.

Find out how the RCM’s work has already made a difference: bit.ly/RCM-Musicand...

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Faculty of Music, Oxford University @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social · Jul 9

We're hiring! The Faculty of Music is looking for a part-time New Music Co-ordinator to help support our programme of contemporary and newly composed music, working on concerts, workshops, and lectures. Please share widely! #MusicJobs #NewMusic
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Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · Jul 9

Spotted our exhibition in Time Out London?

We’re thrilled to announce more dates for Kurt Cobain Unplugged. We are now booking until 18 November. Don’t miss this chance to explore the legacy of Kurt Cobain!

🎫 bit.ly/Cobain_newda...

#KurtCobain #Nirvana #Rock #Grunge

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UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · Jul 8

❗Doctoral students: want to experience first-hand how research feeds into policy?

The latest round of the UKRI Policy Internships scheme is open for applications.

Apply by 8 September 2025➡️ www.ukri.org/apply-for-fu...

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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · May 27

Cardiff University has announced that it intends to save its music and languages courses from closure, in a further move to scale back on its savings plans. @julietterowsell.bsky.social reports

#AcademicSky #highered

Cardiff scraps plans to cut music and languages courses

Further rowing back of cost-cutting measures end fears that certain languages will no longer be taught in Wales

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Campaign for the Arts @campaignforthearts.org · May 19

👀 We're #hiring! 👀

The Campaign for the Arts is looking for a new Research & Analysis Lead to help us produce robust evidence, timely insights and a more informed public debate 🗣️

Find out more → www.campaignforthearts.org/about/jobs/

Work with us | Campaign for the Arts

We're looking for a Research & Analysis Lead to help us produce robust evidence, timely insights and a more informed public debate.

www.campaignforthearts.org

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Sarah K Whitfield @sarahinthepark.bsky.social · May 13

Wrote a piece about Avril Coleridge-Taylor, her dad, and the @royalalberthall.bsky.social -- sarahwhitfield.com/2025/05/12/a...

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Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social · May 5

New at University of Iowa Press ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Theatre Fandom:
Engaged Audiences in the Twenty-first Century

Editor(s) Kirsty Sedgman, Francesca Coppa & Matt Hills

uipress.uiowa.edu/books/theatr...

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Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · Apr 30

Booking is now open for Kurt Cobain Unplugged!

This brand-new exhibition reunites Kurt Cobain’s iconic Martin D-18E guitar with his unforgettable olive-green mohair cardigan from MTV Unplugged.

🎟️ Secure your ticket for just £5.

👉 Book now: bit.ly/RCM_Kurt_Cob...

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Björn Heile @bjornheile.bsky.social · Apr 25

Job at @uofglasgow.bsky.social @music-in-the-uni.bsky.social. www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/music-ar...

Music, Arts & Culture Development Officer

Job Purpose This role will provide senior professional services support and will be responsible for leading on the delivery of the University of Glasgow’s flagship ‘Music in the University’ (MiU) p...

www.jobs.gla.ac.uk

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Christopher Smith @christophersmith.bsky.social · Apr 15

Very interesting to explore @harvard.edu 's new home page

www.harvard.edu

Harvard University

Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.

www.harvard.edu

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Lauren Redhead @laurenredhead.bsky.social · Apr 10

Published this week: new SBS for Music - the product of a lot of work by a great group of people. I am proud to have been the deputy chair of the advisory group.

www.qaa.ac.uk/the-quality-...

Subject Benchmark Statement - Music

On this page you'll find the Subject Benchmark Statement for Music. A short summary document provides an overview of the full Statement.

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Rosie Perkins @rosielperkins.bsky.social · Apr 9

Do join us for this inaugural Music and Parental Wellbeing Symposium (MPWS 2025). We’ll be talking all things music, parents, policy, and health. All most welcome, registration free ⬇️

Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · Apr 2

Registration is open for the inaugural Music and Parental Wellbeing Symposium.

📅 22-23 July 2025
📍 RCM London and online

Register to join the discussion on how music can support parents through pregnancy, childbirth, postnatally and beyond: bit.ly/RCM-MPWS

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Miles Padgett @milespadgett.bsky.social · Apr 9

The unintended consequences of decoupling outputs from their authors - portability, fairness and diversity.

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Portability within REF remains key to fairness

Maria Delgado, Nandini Das, and Miles Padgett warn that separating research outputs from the researchers who created them in REF 2029 would undermine the integrity of the whole research environment

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Grace Cross she/her @crossstrungharp.bsky.social · Apr 2

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My friend, Lydia Ballam, is doing amazing work on conservatoire students’ experience with dyslexia. Consider sharing this or participating!

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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · Apr 2

Registration is open for the inaugural Music and Parental Wellbeing Symposium.

📅 22-23 July 2025
📍 RCM London and online

Register to join the discussion on how music can support parents through pregnancy, childbirth, postnatally and beyond: bit.ly/RCM-MPWS

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Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · Mar 31

📣 Announcing Kurt Cobain Unplugged!

Kurt Cobain’s legendary Unplugged guitar takes centre stage in a new exhibition in the RCM Museum celebrating the enduring influence of Nirvana.

🗓️ 3 June – 18 November

Join the waitlist to be among the first to know when booking opens: bit.ly/RCM-Kurt-Cob...

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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · Mar 26

Sacked academics face an unjustifiable “restraint of trade” if they are prevented from entering outputs for a new employer into the next Research Excellence Framework, senior researchers in the creative arts industries have argued

#AcademicSky #highered

New REF rules ‘risk leaving researchers’ careers in limbo’

‘Existential crisis’ in arts and humanities exacerbates risk that axed academics will not be able to find new roles, subject associations fear

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Sarah K Whitfield @sarahinthepark.bsky.social · Mar 25

Was so delighted to have been part of this event led by Croydon Music and Arts! @tomedney.bsky.social @musicmarkuk.bsky.social www.musicmark.org.uk/news/researc...

Research Shorts: Bringing Avril Coleridge-Taylor’s music out of the archive | Music Mark

Last week, Croydon Youth Orchestra and Trinity Music Academy played the UK premiere of Avril Coleridge-Taylor’s Comet Prelude, a forgotten but important piece.

www.musicmark.org.uk

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Dr Michelle Phillips @michelle-phillips.bsky.social · Jan 21

📣 SEMPRE conference 9-10 April 2025, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK 📣

Deadline for abstracts: 31st January 2025

Keynotes: Karen Burland & Daniel Müllensiefen

Please do join us, and please share with any colleagues who you think may be interested!

sempre.org.uk/conferences/...

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Andrew McPherson @apmcpherson.bsky.social · Mar 1

Call for late breaking work at the OHMI Conference on music and disability (Birmingham, UK, 15-16 March). Submit an abstract here by 5 March: forms.office.com/e/fnu6M2HWTp

Meanwhile, the programme for the rest of the conference is published: www.ohmirp.org.uk/ohmiconferen...

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Andrew McPherson @apmcpherson.bsky.social · Feb 26

PhD opportunity: I'm recruiting a PhD student in digital musical instrument design at Imperial College London. Applications now, start date in the autumn. Funding is limited to UK home students. More topic details to follow. Interested? Email me with a CV! [email protected]