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Find out about all the latest events taking place at Royal Holloway

View recordings of selected past events.

Royal Holloway operates a permit parking system on our campus. While we encourage the use of public transport where possible, parking is unrestricted for all guests attending events listed below in car park 4 or 12. Parking spaces are not guaranteed and availability can be especially limited between 8am and 5pm. There are Blue Badge designated spaces on campus. Please see information on parking for details.

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Picture Gallery Composer in Residence Installation

12 Mar 2025 - 14 Mar 2025

Experience the immersive pieces created by the 2023/24 Composer in Residence cohort, all of which are inspired by the paintings and historic space of Royal Holloway's Picture Gallery.

Ivan Kyncl: In The Minute

12 Mar 2025

Through 60 productions – one for every second of a minute – this display celebrates Kyncl’s unique ability to capture the essence, atmosphere and emotion of being in the moment.

New Sounds Festival 2025

12 Mar 2025 - 16 Mar 2025

NEW SOUNDS is a four-day festival of contemporary music presented by the Department of Music, showcasing some of the best and most innovative modern music at Royal Holloway.

New Sounds: The earth hath voice

12 Mar 2025

Described as ‘a creative force of nature’ (BBC Radio 3), New Voices Consort takeover Midweek Music to showcase the movingly thought-provoking works of Kerry Andrew.

Wang Weida's The Western Classical Music Industry in 21st Century China

12 Mar 2025

Join us for this book launch, in partnership with Royal Holloway University of London, of the new Routledge release from Weida Wang on the change in popularity of Western classical music in China.

Man Proposes, God Disposes

13 Mar 2025

Join one of our Picture Gallery volunteers who will be delivering a 5-10 minute talk on Man Proposes, God Disposes by Sir Edwin Landseer!

The Composer's Lab with New Music Collective

13 Mar 2025

The Composer's Lab, a new initiative led by Dr Nathan James Dearden, helps foster a sense of community and connection between our emerging genre-fluid music creators at Royal Holloway.

The Diachronic Classicist: poems, translations, and journalism on living in Greece

13 Mar 2025

For this year's Dabis Lecture, we are delighted to be hosting Alicia Stallings, current Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford, a Classicist and award-winning poet.

New Sounds: Pulses with Royal Holloway Percussion Group

14 Mar 2025

Experience the mesmerizing rhythms of Royal Holloway’s 21-piece percussion ensemble, featuring an eclectic mix of modern percussion chamber pieces from America.

Pocket Concert

14 Mar 2025

Join us for our weekly Friday Pocket Concert as we showcase the very best of our second and third-year special study music students and ensembles at the Department of Music.

Picture Gallery Composer in Residence Showcase: Choir of Royal Holloway

16 Mar 2025

We are pleased to showcase the newest cohort of the Picture Gallery Composer-in-Residence Programme, presenting new music inspired by our beautiful Picture Gallery and its collection.

Ivan Kyncl: In The Minute

19 Mar 2025

Through 60 productions – one for every second of a minute – this display celebrates Kyncl’s unique ability to capture the essence, atmosphere and emotion of being in the moment.

Midweek Music

19 Mar 2025

Hear one of the finest university choirs in the UK perform varied programmes, with music from the 12th to the 21st centuries in the surroundings of the University’s gilded Chapel.

The Platform: Jazz+

20 Mar 2025

For this edition of The Platform, students will curate a late-night concert of toe-tapping jazz hits, featuring a set from our popular Royal Holloway Big Band, Undergraduated.

Pocket Concert

21 Mar 2025

Join us for our weekly Friday Pocket Concert as we showcase the very best of our second and third-year special study music students and ensembles at the Department of Music.

‘Evaluating originality in classical performance' with Dr Georgia Volioti

25 Mar 2025

Join us for our recent Department of Music Research Seminar, featuring some of the world's leading researchers in music.