Department of Music
Welcome to Music at Durham
We have been consistently rated as one of the top UK music departments running in The Complete University Guide and Guardian University League Table.
World-leading status affirmed in QS World University Rankings 2024
Durham is now ranked 78th in the world top 100 universities. We are also ranked joint 30th in a new category of Sustainability, and 50th in the Employer Reputation category.
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The Department of Music is one of the very best UK Music Departments with an outstanding reputation for excellence in teaching, research and employability of our students.
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App brings Alice in Wonderland to our Botanic Garden
Our Botanic Garden just got “curiouser and curiouser” with the introduction of an interactive family game based on classic children’s story Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
Ekmeles release recording of James Weeks’ Primo Libro
Durham Musicologists at The Glasshouse’s Big Bruckner Weekend
International Women’s Day 2024
siúil go ciúin - new piece available on YouTube
Durham Lecturers Mark Lindisfarne Gospels’ Return to the North East in Music
“in One |1” by Eric Skytterholm Egan recorded
Ekmeles release recording of James Weeks’ Primo Libro
Dr James Weeks’ vocal ensemble work Primo Libro has been recorded by the New York-based Ekmeles and released on New Focus Recordings in February 2024.
Julian Horton’s new book published by Cambridge University Press
Dr Amanda Hsieh wins Kurt Weill Article Prize
App brings Alice in Wonderland to our Botanic Garden
Our Botanic Garden just got “curiouser and curiouser” with the introduction of an interactive family game based on classic children’s story Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
Durham Musicologists at The Glasshouse’s Big Bruckner Weekend
The science of why you can remember song lyrics from years ago
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Department of Music
Durham University
Palace Green
Durham
DH1 3RL
UK