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 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

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’

'Gustav Mahler: Critical Lives' featured in FT's best summer books of 2025

04 Aug 2025

Prof. Stephen Downes' 2025 release 'Gustav Mahler: Critical Lives' lands on Financial Times' best summer books of 2025 list for Classical and Pop Music

'Music, Heritage, Place' takes to the stage

22 Jul 2025

'Music, Heritage, Place' led by the Department of Music is featuring in mainstage performances at festivals this summer including Folk by the Oak, Warwick Folk Festival and Shrewsbury Folk Festival.

Prof. Mark Berry Guest Presenter on BBC Radio 4 with Melvyn Bragg

05 Jun 2025

As part of BBC Radio 4's In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg, our own Professor Mark Berry joins the team to investigate 'The Vienna Secession'.

Pioneering music project inspires new BBC Radio 3 show

09 May 2025

A project which is transforming the understanding of historic music-making across England is the focus of a new BBC Radio 3 show, a project led by Head of Department, Professor Stephen Rose.

Prof. Mark Berry talks Wagner and Verdi at Royal Ballet & Opera

05 Feb 2025

On Monday 10 February, Prof. Mark Berry shall be presenting on Wagner and Verdi in an event curated specially for the Royal Ballet & Opera’s Wagner Circle.