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Loyalist mural in Belfast

Leverhulme Early Career Fellow joins School of Music

3 December 2018

Dr Stephen Millar joins the School

Gareth Olubunmi Hughes

Winner of Alumni Composition Competition chosen

7 November 2018

Gareth Hughes has been selected as the winner of our inaugural Alumni Composition Competition

Professor John Tyrrell

Professor John Tyrrell (1942-2018)

9 October 2018

It is with sadness that the School of Music has learnt of the death of Professor John Tyrrell at the age of 76.

Programme for Preludes to Chopin with piano

Preludes to Chopin by Professor Kenneth Hamilton

4 October 2018

Premiere concert held in Cardiff

Student blog

7th place in the Times Good University Guide 2019

24 September 2018

Another year in the top 10 for the School of Music

Geraldine Farrar as Carmen with cast, New York 1914

Global exploration of Bizet’s Carmen launched

19 September 2018

Carmen Abroad documents the travels of Bizet’s opera across countries and centuries

Ty Cerdd CoDI 2018 logo

Tŷ Cerdd announce selections for CoDI composers career development

4 September 2018

Eight current and former School of Music pupils selected

Violin on top of music scores

98% student satisfaction

16 August 2018

The School of Music has achieved an outstanding 98% overall satisfaction

Cardiff University Gamelan Ensemble at Institut Seni Indonesia Surakarta

A summer of music in Java, Indonesia

7 August 2018

Students spend three weeks in Indonesia

Cardiff University Big Band on a boat on the river Vlatva, Prague

Big Band head to Prague

3 August 2018

Cardiff University Big Band have recently returned from their annual summer jazz tour