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Students from Goresbrook School performing at Cardiff University School of Music

Inspiring young musicians

3 August 2018

Pupils from Goresbrook School visited for a day of performance and recording sessions

Student playing saxophone

Record number of Music School graduates in work

19 July 2018

100% of 2017 graduates in employment or further study six months after graduation

Cardiff University Symphony Orchestra Performing

School of Music launches composition competition for alumni

16 July 2018

Call for scores from Music School alumni

Cardiff University's Contemporary Music Group singing in St Augustine's Church Penarth

Contemporary Welsh choral music by Contemporary Music Group

29 June 2018

Contemporary Music Group perform at St Augustine’s Church, Penarth

Lauren Thornell with her Student of the Year Cardiff Award trophy

Cardiff Award Student of the Year

6 June 2018

Recognition of outstanding dedication to employability programme

Fidelio Trio perform at CoMA Festival 2018 in Cardiff

School of Music holds contemporary music festival

10 May 2018

Musicians of all abilities gather to celebrate contemporary music

Adam Wynter, double bass player in the Philharmonic Orchestra, with journalist Jamie Wareham

Alumnus explores Tchaikovsky’s secret history

26 April 2018

Being gay in the classical music industry

Cardiff University Symphony Orchestra playing in Cardiff's Hoddinott Hall

Symphony Orchestra album reviewed in The Times

10 April 2018

A recording by Cardiff University Symphony Orchestra has been awarded a 4* review in The Times

The Portuguese Symphony Orchestra

Como se Faz Cor-de-Laranja performed in Lisbon

15 February 2018

A composition by Dr Pedro Faria Gomes was recently performed by the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra

Toby Purser leading the Orion Orchestra

Composing music with Dyson technologies

13 February 2018

School of Music alumnus has composed a piece for orchestra accompanied by Dyson technologies