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The Department of Music are thrilled to announce that Prof John Casken will become a Visiting Fellow in Composition for the next three years.

The music department is delighted to announce Kelsie Murphy as the first-ever recipient of the Margaret Carlaw Music Education Bursary.

John Montgomery (MMus Sonic Arts, 2016) has received a distinction in the Prix Presque Rien 2017, France, for his piece "Vol". The piece will be performed at a special concert at La Muse en Circuit in Alfortville, France on 4th January 2018.

The latest disc on the Vox Regis label was officially launched on 27 November, and is scheduled for release in the UK on Friday 15 December, but the first review is already in!

The latest CD on the University of Aberdeen's recording label, Vox Regis, was launched by Professor David Smith.

The competitive and professional success continues for University of Aberdeen composers, as PhD candidate Sarah Rimkus was recently named the National winner of Seattle-based choir The Esoterics' POLYPHONOS competition. She will be commissioned to write a new work for the choir to premiere in early October 2018.

The Bach Choir have announced this years winner of the James Lobban Conducting Scholarship as Tobias Wolf - a 3rd year Undergraduate student on the BMus Degree

Cecilia's List is a new website to promote sacred music composed by women, created by Kathryn Rose, a composition PhD student at the University of Aberdeen.

Third place for Brodie McCash at International Percussion Festival

Kwangrae Kim, a PhD candidate in composition, has performed his audio-visual work, S Quartet, at New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival 2017.