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Dr Tonia Ko shortlisted for 2026 ISCM World New Music Days Festival

22 Oct 2025

Dr Tonia Ko is shortlisted by members of the ISCM British Section Board to represent Britain at the 2026 ISCM World New Music Days Festival.

Royal Holloway hosts Slavonic and East European Music Study Group Colloquium

20 Oct 2025

Royal Holloway hosts the 2025 Slavonic and East European Music Study Group Colloquium at Senate House, London.

Royal Holloway Researcher talks to BBC Radio on ABBA Fandom

17 Oct 2025

Royal Holloway PhD graduate, Dr Shanika Ranasinghe, featured on BBC Radio Wales show to discuss her doctoral research on fans of the Swedish pop group ABBA.

The Song Detectorists returns to BBC Radio 3

13 Oct 2025

Explore the discoveries from the research project 'Music, Heritage, Place: Unlocking the Musical Collections of England’s County Record Offices', led by the Department of Music at Royal Holloway. 

‘Almost unheard of’: Royal Holloway researchers find more music by English composer Henry Purcell

10 Oct 2025

Printed score and keyboard manuscript by Purcell, who died in 1695, unearthed in Worcestershire and Norfolk through a research collaboration between Royal Holloway and Newcastle University

Music at Royal Holloway ranked No. 1 for research in Times Good University Guide 2026

19 Sept 2025

The Department of Music at Royal Holloway, University of London, has been ranked number one in the UK for research in the prestigious Times Good University Guide 2026.

New faculty members at the Department of Music for 2025

15 Sept 2025

The Department of Music is delighted to announce the appointment of three new members of staff: Thomas Baynes, Estera Jaros and Wayne Weaver.

Royal Holloway creatives lead new Soho Theatre production

03 Sept 2025

Our Senior Lecturer in Digital Composition Dr Tom Parkinson and Doctoral Researcher Lewis Gibson lead the music team for Bryony Kimmings' new production 'Bog Witch' at Soho Theatre.

New Chamber Ballet NYC premiere new work inspired by the music of Dr Tonia Ko

01 Sept 2025

Praised by the New York Times as “one of the small-scale delights of the New York dance scene,” New Chamber Ballet premieres a new ballet - 'TWINE'- inspired by the music of our very own Dr Tonia Ko.

Dr Daniel Elphick presents for the BBC Proms

19 Aug 2025

Dr Dan Elphick (Lecturer in Musicology) will be speaking live on BBC Radio 3 at the BBC Proms, featuring Górecki’s Third Symphony, ’Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’