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🎼 High-level teaching and a flourishing research culture in performance, composition, musicology, ethnomusicology, sound studies, jazz and popular music studies: kcl.ac.uk/music

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Department of Music @ King's @kingsmusic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
📣 Last chance to get your tickets 🎟️ Join us and @kingsindiainst.bsky.social for a book launch of Prof Anna Morcom’s 'The Multiplicities of Hindustani Music: Re-envisioning a National Tradition', featuring Dr @kritikapila.bsky.social and Prof @katherineschof8.bsky.social. Register here ⬇️
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Conversation with Professor Anna Morcom: The Multiplicities of Hindustani Music: Re-envisioning a National Tradition | King's College London
Conversation with Professor Anna Morcom (Mohindar Brar Sambhi Professor of Indian Music at UCLA) on the publication of “The Multiplicities of Hindustani Music: Re-envisioning a National Tradition”.
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Department of Music @ King's @kingsmusic.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
📻 BBC Front Row introduces its AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker for 2026, @robynarkle.bsky.social, Lecturer in Music History at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Listen from 23:45 ⬇️
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BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter, Pan African art and John Tavener's opera Krishna
Samira Ahmed's guests include Thomas Bangalter, Ekow Eshun and David Pountney.
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Department of Music @ King's @kingsmusic.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
👏 Congratulations to Dr Genevieve Robyn Arkle, our Lecturer in Music History, on being selected as 2026 BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker!
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Department of Music @ King's @kingsmusic.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
King’s is sad to learn of the death of Professor Arnold Whittall, Emeritus Professor of Musical Theory and Analysis, who passed away on 26 May 2026 at the age of 90.
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Professor Arnold Whittall (1935-2026) | King's College London
King’s is sad to learn of the death of Professor Arnold Whittall, Emeritus Professor of Musical Theory and Analysis at King’s, who died on 26 May 2026 at the age of 90.
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Department of Music @ King's @kingsmusic.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
🎵 We are honoured to host the BBC Singers in the College Chapel on the Strand. 'Their presence at the heart of the Strand Campus will be an inspiration for us all, students and staff', said our Director of Performance @josephfort.bsky.social. Read the story to find out more ⬇️
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BBC Singers find new home in King's College London chapel | King's College London
The BBC Singers will be moving their rehearsals to King’s College London where they will be using the College Chapel at the Strand as a temporary home.
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Department of Music @ King's @kingsmusic.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
👏 On 28 May, please join us to celebrate Professor Katherine Schofield @katherineschof8.bsky.social in this Inaugural Professorial Lecture 🔽
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Inaugural: If there is a heaven on earth: life, death, and the spaces between in South Asian music | King's College London
Please join us to celebrate Professor Katherine Schofield in this Inaugural Professorial Lecture.
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Department of Music @ King's @kingsmusic.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
⭐ 'As we enter a world of countless interactions with AI in all manner of our daily lives, I think it's important to study this relationship and explore what works.' Composer Dr @robertlaidlow.bsky.social has recently joined King's and our department as an AI+ Fellow. Discover his research ⬇️
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Meet: Dr Robert Laidlow
Dr Robert Laidlow is exploring what happens when we stop trying to make AI sound human and start discovering what music can become when we embrace the fundamentally alien ways that machines hear,…
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Department of Music @ King's @kingsmusic.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
🏆 Singer-songwriter Rosalía won her first BRIT Award for International Artist of the Year. Her latest album, LUX, has earned critical acclaim. But should we consider it pop, classical music or something entirely in between? @drandrewjgreen.bsky.social explains for @theconversation.com ⬇️
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COMMENT: Rosalía's LUX: why the 'pop-versus-classical' question misses the point | King's College London
LUX, the new album from Spanish singer-songwriter Rosalía, has been critically lauded. But opinion is divided among some commentators on whether it should be considered pop or classical music.
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Department of Music @ King's @kingsmusic.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
🇵🇷 Bad Bunny's DtMF made history as the first Spanish-language album to win the Grammy for Album of the Year. His Super Bowl performance, criticised by Donald Trump, celebrated Puerto Rican culture and called for unity, ending with the message 'The only thing more powerful than hate is love' 🧵⬇️
This Shutterstock image shows singer Bad Bunny exiting Madison Sq Garden. The caption reads: 'The particular resonance of Debí Tirar Más Fotos comes from the ways that it engages with Puerto Rican traditions at a time of increased dissatisfaction with the United States. – Dr Andrew J. Green'
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Department of Music @ King's @kingsmusic.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
🏰 Tonight: 19:00, Temple Church Lonesome lovers, beguiling songsters, friends at play... These are some of the characters you will encounter in this programme of songs from the courts of twelfth-century France. Join us as our singers breathe new life into songs rarely heard today ⬇️
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Love from Afar | King's College London
Lonesome lovers. Beguiling songsters. Provocative nightingales. Friends at play. These are a just few of the characters you will encounter in this programme of songs from the courts of twelfth-century...
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Digital Futures Institute @ King's College London @kings-dfi.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
🎼 What is the future of human-computer creativity? 🗓️ 28 Jan, online Dr @robertlaidlow.bsky.social addresses the current relationship between music and artificial intelligence, looking back on the long and productive history between the two fields ⬇️ @aiatkings.bsky.social @kingsmusic.bsky.social
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The Many Faces of Creative AI in Musical Composition and Performance | King's College London
A seminar on the relationship between music and artificial intelligence.
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Department of Music @ King's @kingsmusic.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
🎼 In search of a new podcast? Beyond 1932 offers a deep dive into the 1932 Cairo Congress of Arab Music by documenting the work of researchers and experts involved in preserving and promoting the recordings. 🔗 Find out more: 1932muscon.kcl.ac.uk/scores/podca...
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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
🌟 We have launched a suite of new doctoral studentships through our new Doctoral School 🌟 Over 30 places are now open for applications for the new Doctoral School for Arts & Humanities. More details and how to apply 👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/arts-hu... @komldsp.bsky.social @adaptai.bsky.social
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Arts & Humanities Doctoral School launches new studentships programme | King's College London
Over 30 Doctoral studentship places are now open for applications for the new Doctoral School for Arts & Humanities at King’s.
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Department of Music @ King's @kingsmusic.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
👏 Congratulations to Professor @katherineschof8.bsky.social, the 2025 recipient of the American Musicological Society’s prestigious Otto Kinkeldey Award for her book 'Music and Musicians in Late Mughal India: Histories of the Ephemeral, 1748–1858' @universitypress.cambridge.org 📖 ⬇️
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Professor Katherine Schofield wins the 2025 Otto Kinkeldey Award | King's College London
Professor Katherine Butler Schofield receives the Otto Kinkeldey Award for her book on music and musicians of the late Mughal period.
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Department of Music @ King's @kingsmusic.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
⭐ The Faculty of Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social has funded the purchase of two brand new Steinway grand pianos, and the full refurbishment of a third, for the Department of Music at King's. Discover more – and watch our alumnus play the new piano ⬇️
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King's Arts & Humanities acquires two new Steinway pianos for the Department of Music | King's College London
The Steinway models B and D, considered the gold standard in piano making, are already in use by Music students at King’s.
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Department of Music @ King's @kingsmusic.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
🎹 200 years since the last piano was designed by a woman, Dr Sarah Nicolls is changing history. First Light Pianos company, led by Dr Sarah Nicolls, has been awarded @innovateuk.bsky.social funding to develop a lightweight acoustic vertical grand piano to serve music-makers around the world 👏 ⬇️
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'It's time to improve the piano': Dr Sarah Nicolls wins grant to develop a light vertical piano | King's College London
200 years since the last piano was designed by a woman, Dr Sarah Nicolls is changing history by making the instrument lightweight and vertical.
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Department of Music @ King's @kingsmusic.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
🍂 We look forward to welcoming you tomorrow at our recital of Jane Austen’s Music Collection, where we'll explore the interplay between Austen’s musical world and literary imagination by drawing on her personal music books 🔽 🔗 Register here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/recit...
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Department of Music @ King's @kingsmusic.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
🎶 What can self-organised choirs teach us about collective creativity and cultural memory? On 8 October, join our Colloquium Series event featuring Dr Ana Hofman and explore how grassroots musical practices shape cultural commons and challenge neoliberal norms 🔽
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Strategic Amateurism: Self-Organized Choirs and the Legacies of Socialist Cultural Commons | King's College London
Ana Hofman discusses strategic amateurism as a political tactic to resist the capture of musical activities by market flows.
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Department of Music @ King's @kingsmusic.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
👏 'Revealing a forgotten performance practice in a single fermata opens new vistas.' Barış Demirezer, our student pursuing a PhD in historical musicology, received a commendation for his outstanding paper at the Society for Music Analysis’s annual Theory and Analysis Graduate Students Conference ⤵️
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Music PhD student reveals a forgotten performance practice through J.C. Bach
Barış Demirezer, a student pursuing a PhD in historical musicology in the Department of Music at King’s, received a commendation for his outstanding paper at the Society for Music Analysis’s annual Th...
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Department of Music @ King's @kingsmusic.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
📖 ‘If you want to feel overpowered by grief, reach for some music. If you want to feel close to the person who’s died, there’s music that will take you there.’ Dr Emily MacGregor’s ‘While the Music Lasts’ explores the relationship between music and loss ⬇️
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While the Music Lasts: academic's story behind the exploration of music and grief
Dr Emily MacGregor’s new book, While the Music Lasts: A Memoir of Music, Grief, and Joy, is out now.
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Department of Music @ King's @kingsmusic.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
🎶 Advent carol 'O frondens virga', recorded by the Choir of King’s College London, is featured in the new Netflix film Havoc (2025). The action film starring Tom Hardy, Jessie Mei Li, Timothy Olyphant and Forest Whitaker is out today. Keep an ear out ⬇️
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King's Choir soundtrack featured in new Netflix film 'Havoc'
Keep an ear out: the Choir of King’s College London delivers a rendition of 'O frondens virga' in the new Netflix action film, premiering on 25 April.
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Department of Music @ King's @kingsmusic.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
👏 Congratulations to Professor Emma Dillon, the first woman to hold the Thurston Dart Professor of Music title! She works with performers, curators and scholars to explore the intersections of sound, music and objects in medieval culture and to make medieval music more accessible to the public ⬇️
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Professor Emma Dillon becomes King's Thurston Dart Professor of Music
Professor Emma Dillon is the first woman to hold the Thurston Dart Professor of Music title.
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Department of Music @ King's @kingsmusic.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
📚 The National Plan for Music Education: is it too late? On 26 February, Dr @stevenberryman.bsky.social will consider the trajectory of recent policy initiatives, with a focus on primary and secondary education. #musiceducation #policy
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The National Plan for Music Education: is it too late?
Dr Steven Berryman will consider the trajectory of recent policy initiatives, with a focus on primary and secondary education, and consider how higher education may intervene to ensure the range of mu...
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Department of Music @ King's @kingsmusic.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
👋 Hello Bluesky! Follow us for the latest updates on our innovative research in performance, composition, musicology, ethnomusicology, sound studies, jazz and popular music studies at King's College London. 🎶 Stay in touch: kcl.ac.uk/music 🗓️ Explore our events: kcl.ac.uk/music/events
Soprano Sofía Kirwan-Baez performing at King’s College London on 27 November 2024.Pianist and innovator Sarah Nicolls playing an improvisation ‘inside’ the piano. 4 December 2024.
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