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Joanne Cormac @jcormac.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Pls enjoy the new blog post by Anirban Bhattacharyya (Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology, American Institute of Indian Studies) on the influence of C19th Indian musicologist SM Tagore on Western musicology: nottingham.ac.uk/research/gro...

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Ethan Hein @ethanhein.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Music theory teachers! My department at NYU created an amazing free public collection of online resources and examples, including a huge body of pop examples. They want you to use it! sites.google.com/nyu.edu/nyu-...

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NYU Theory Resources

This site compiles resources used in the undergraduate music theory sequence at NYU Steinhardt. Click the icons below to naviage to each of the pages.

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Joanne Cormac @jcormac.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I recorded an interview with Jake Johnson about my new article in JAMS on the symphonies of Franz Lachner and Emilie Mayer. I'm not very practised at this, but I think it's ok! careers.amsmusicology.org/jams-intervi...

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JAMS Interviews: On Josquin Historiography and the German Symphony - AMS Career Center

Joanne Cormac and Benjamin Ory reflect on their JAMS articles.

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Joanne Cormac @jcormac.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Lovely to end a very stressful term by signing to contract for my next book, provisionally entitled A New History of the Symphony: Music, Mobility, and Modernity in the North Atlantic World, 1800-1914. Forthcoming with Cambridge University Press in 2027!

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Joanne Cormac @jcormac.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Last night at 19:00, three students - Mo Zhou, Nicholas Huaman, and Ella Townsend - had compositions broadcast as part of a special programme of BBC Radio 3's Friday Night is Music Night in collab with the BBC concert orchestra, NTU and @nottmusichub.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/events/ecf3v2

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Friday Night is Music Night with Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

At the heart of the programme is Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, Nottingham’s own rising star pianist, performing Ravel’s dazzling Piano Concerto in G.

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Joanne Cormac @jcormac.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Job alert! 12-week paid research placement supervised by me & colleagues at NTU and Nottingham Castle. The researcher will investigate the provenance, cultural meanings, and history of display of African instruments in Nottingham Castle's collection. collaboratoryresearchhub.ac.uk/echoes-of-em...

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Echoes of Empire: Engaging communities with diverse cultural histories through the Histories of African Instruments at Nottingham Castle - Collaboratory Research Hub

Collaboratory 2026 Research Placement Project Download PDF Key Details Project Title: Echoes of Empire: Engaging communities with diverse cultural histories through the Histories of African Instrument...

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Statement from the Royal Musical Association on the Proposed Suspension of Recruitment to the BA and Foundation Year in Music at Northumbria University www.rma.ac.uk/2025/11/25/rma-statem…

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

RMA statement on the proposed suspension of recruitment to all UG music programmes at the University of Nottingham: www.rma.ac.uk/2025/11/17/s...

Graphic with concluding words from the RMA statement: "We urge the University of Nottingham in the strongest terms to reverse its decision to suspend recruitment to all undergraduate programmes in music, and to continue to provide whole- hearted support to a department that has already achieved so much in so many different areas of music, and which, with its highly talented and deeply committed staff body, is excellently positioned to thrive in the future."

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Joanne Cormac @jcormac.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

A lovely end to another crazy week: I’ve been offered a contract by Cambridge University Press for my new book: The Symphony in the North Atlantic World: A Transnational History (1800-1914). Woohoo!

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Joanne Cormac @jcormac.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Richard Morrison has reported on the suspension of our Music courses in yesterday’s The Times. Please keep sharing the petition www.change.org/p/stop-the-s.... @thetimes.com @adlington.bsky.social @royalmusical.bsky.social @nottinghampost.co.uk @nottinghamlive.bsky.social

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Dr David Osborne @daosborne.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

In Birmingham for tonight’s concert of Schumann & Stravinsky by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Simon Rattle and picked up this flyer about UoN’s dreadful Music Dept plans. Spread the word.

Photo of a flyer deploring UoN’s plan to stop taking music students, taken in Symphony Hall, Birmingham.

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John Rutter @johnrutter.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Hang on, Nottingham... Take a minute to read John's blog about the proposed closure of Nottingham University's music course. buff.ly/F1bzaRS

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Hannah O’Regan @palaeohan.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Music, along with Theology and all modern languages now under threat at Nottingham Uni. More details in Hannah’s message below.

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Kanav @kanav28.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

The petition has crossed 5k. But we need more momentum and support. Please sign and share widely. #appeal #saveUoNMusic #Nottingham

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Joanne Cormac @jcormac.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Lovely to see our wonderful students & alumni supporting the Music department. Thank you for all the messages of support we have received. Please do share & sign the petition. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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University of Nottingham students fight 'insane' cull of courses

Traitors composer Sam Watts is among those against plans to cut University of Nottingham courses.

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Sean McMahon @seanhmcmahon.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

A university without arts and languages is not a university.

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I'm lucky to have worked with one of the many brilliant people in these departments. Henry Parkes in Music is one of the cleverest, most insightful and inspirational historians I know - and one of the finest teachers too. Don't waste such talent @uniofnottingham.bsky.social.

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MedRen2025 @medren2025.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

This is awful news to come out of Nottingham. MedRen-ers will be aware that Nottingham has hosted three MedRens in 2012, 1985, and the first ever MedRen in 1972. Do consider signing the petition in the next post. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham

In a statement the institution also says it is

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Dan Elphick @danelphick.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Well this is awful news: tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx 'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.' Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.

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Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham

In a statement the institution also says it is

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Shoko Kuroe @shokokuroe.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I performed my first full piano recital in England at the University of Notthingham (on a very nice old Blüthner)! And I met Robert Pascall there.

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Caroline Fiennes @carolinefiennes.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Hometown of the global music heroes, the Kanneh-Mason family.

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Professor Lisa Johnson (known as Lisa Colton) @lisacolton.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

c.org/qZcXBxHHGG Sign to show your anger and disappointment in the decisions taken at the University of Nottingham, where Music and Modern Languages are being cut.

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Sign the Petition

Stop the suspension of undergraduate music courses at The University of Nottingham

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Tim Rutherford-Johnson @purlis.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

My career in music would not have happened without the knowledge and sheer enthusiasm fostered by my time at Nottingham. It is devastating to imagine such a proud university without a music department to its name. Please consider signing: c.org/zTyqyVDgKs

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We Can Make an Impact.

Stop the suspension of undergraduate music courses at The University of Nottingham

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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Horrific, stupid news from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social — they are closing their music department. Apparently they all found out suddently in a meeting yesterday. It is one of the best music departments in the country — solidarity with my colleagues and their students www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham

In a statement the institution also says it is

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Joanne Cormac @jcormac.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Heartbroken to share the news that recruitment to Undergraduate Music courses at the University of Nottingham has been suspended. Please do contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to support us.

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Thrilled to say I'm a judge for the first ever Inspiring History Teaching Awards, in association with Historic Royal Palaces. Do you know a great history teacher in the UK who deserves to go down in history? Nominate them here bit.ly/42yhGZP

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Inspiring History Teaching Awards

Created by Historic Royal Palaces, these awards celebrate teachers who make history exciting, inclusive and meaningful. We want to recognise the impact that great teachers can make by bringing the pas...

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Joanne Begiato @jbhist.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

"Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels. These results raise concerns about the long-term educational implications of LLM reliance and underscore the need for deeper inquiry into AI's role in learning" www.media.mit.edu/publications...

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Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task – MIT Media Lab

This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and …

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Joanne Cormac @jcormac.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

I'm delighted to share my new article: Regionalizing the Nation: The Symphonies of Franz Lachner and Emilie Mayer in Relationship to German National Identity Great experience publishing with JAMS. The article is open access for a limited period: online.ucpress.edu/jams/article...

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Regionalizing the Nation: The Symphonies of Franz Lachner and Emilie Mayer in Relationship to German National Identity

Abstract. Historians of nationalisms and national-identity construction increasingly analyze identities at various geographical levels, especially the local, regional, and the transnational. Such work...

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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

🚨JOB KLAXON🚨 @kingsmusic.bsky.social is delighted to offer a permanent Lectureship/Senior Lectureship, starting ASAP, in the history of opera and/or music theatre (any timeframe) OR historically European music c. 1780 to1900. SHORT DEADLINE – 31 AUGUST APPLY HERE: tinyurl.com/2t34j665 SHARE!!!

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Faculty of Music, Oxford University @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

📢 WE'RE HIRING 📢 Three fantastic jobs available at the Faculty of Music! Please share with anyone who might be interested. 🔗 Apply now: jobs.ox.ac.uk

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New Music Co-ordinator: £31,459 – £36,616 per annum (pro rata), deadline Monday 21 July, 12pm.

Director of Musical Performance and Performance Studies: £48,235 – £57,255 per annum (pro rata), deadline Monday 28 July, 12pm.

Administration Officer (Graduate Studies): £27,838 – £31,459 per annum, deadline Friday 8 August, 12pm.

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Joanne Cormac @jcormac.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Moving office on the hottest day of the year! Perhaps not the best idea!

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Applications now open (until 27 June 2025) for the Institute of Historical Research's non-stipendiary IHR Fellowships. Ideal for active, non-affiliated historians who would benefit from a period embedded in @ihr.bsky.social 's community of public, local & academic historians, archivists, curators.

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The IHR Fellowship

The IHR Fellowship is comprised of leading historians recognised for their research and the promotion of history.

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Please share - Call for Applications for our brand new RMA 150th Anniversary Fellowships! Fellowships available for scholars not holding full-time, open-ended teaching and research, or full-time research-only academic posts in Higher Education. www.rma.ac.uk/2025/06/10/t...

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The Royal Musical Association 150th Anniversary Fellowships (for Early Career Researchers) – Royal Musical Association

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Joanne Cormac @jcormac.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I’ve really enjoyed spending a couple of days at the very friendly Surrey History Centre looking at the Broadwood Piano archives. Researching Broadwood’s trade to British colonies. Also saw some lovely piano designs.

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Joanne Cormac @jcormac.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Enjoyed a couple of days at the Pitt Rivers Museum and Ashmolean Museum archives. Trying to track down the histories of their collections of Indian instruments donated by SM Tagore.

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Joanne Cormac @jcormac.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Having a weekend break in Barcelona and happened to spot a Spanish translation of Alex Wilson’s The Puccini Problem in a local music shop! @amwilson.bsky.social

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Joanne Cormac @jcormac.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Please share this advert for a fully funded 3-year PhD student ship. It’s a fantastic opportunity to look at the performance and reception of Western Classical music in the Caribbean in the C19th.

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Joanne Cormac @jcormac.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

My first Chinese publication! How exciting! It’s an edited book that came out a while ago called 30-Second Classical Music.

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Joanne Cormac @jcormac.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

I think the V&A wins the award for most opulent #museum cafe.

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Joanne Cormac @jcormac.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Very much enjoying my first visit to the very grand National Art Library at the V&A Museum. Researching the history of exhibiting Indian musical instruments.

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