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Research at the Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester, UK) asks fundamental questions regarding the nature of music and musicianship in the 21st century.

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On Mon 24 Nov at King's College London, Prof Emily Howard (Director PRiSM & Head of Artistic Research) will join speakers from mathematical, engineering, performance & composition backgrounds to explore how creativity connects music & maths in new & inspiring ways:

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Seeing the Unseeable | Public discussion w/Rachel Bearon, Emily Howard, Elaine Chew, Marcus du Sautoy & Lauren Redhead

📆 Mon 24 Nov 2025
🕖 7-8:30pm
📍Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre KCL
🔗 marc.kcl.ac.uk/2025/11/seei...

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November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Our Director of Research @wiebkethormahlen.bsky.social and Head of Research Management @glatthorn.bsky.social presented about making research systems work for arts institutions at the @elsevierconnect.bsky.social impact conference.
At the first of my two remaining conferences of 2025. This one is in lovely Cascais, Portugal (the final one will be in Munich in December). It’s my first time in Cascais, and I’m really enjoying it so far.
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Come study with us!
Fully funded #PhD at RNCM alert!
RNCM + partners in the the Crafting Care Doctoral Focal College are offering 30 AHRC studentships exploring care, creativity & community💡
💰 £20,780 stipend + fees covered
📅 EOI: 1 Dec 2025
👉 rncm.ac.uk/news
#DoctoralFunding #MusicResearch
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Keep up to date with the latest news and announcements from the Royal Northern College of Music.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Fully funded #PhD at RNCM alert!
RNCM + partners in the the Crafting Care Doctoral Focal College are offering 30 AHRC studentships exploring care, creativity & community💡
💰 £20,780 stipend + fees covered
📅 EOI: 1 Dec 2025
👉 rncm.ac.uk/news
#DoctoralFunding #MusicResearch
News - Royal Northern College of Music
Keep up to date with the latest news and announcements from the Royal Northern College of Music.
rncm.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Great to deliver this KTP50 talk today! Thanks Sinead (MMU), Clare (Uni of Manc Innovation Factory) & Paul (Uni of Salford)

It’s been fab to work on our CCF RED TTO project funded by Research England on IP, commercialisation &
consultancy
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#KTP2025
October 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Our Sir John Manduell Research Forum series is free and open to all. An opportunity to engage with academics, performers and composers in the exchange of ideas, sessions are just over an hour and are followed by chats in the bar. See👇for this term's remaining fora: www.rncm.ac.uk/series/resea...
The Sir John Manduell Research Forum Series
The audience has the opportunity to hear presentations from academics, performers and composers, and to engage in the exchange of ideas that follows...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
New book release | Navigating Landscapes of Dalcroze Practice: Histories of Music and Movement

Prof John Habron-James (RNCM Head of Music, Health & Wellbeing) co-edits the first collection of Dalcroze histories to focus on the diverse practices of music & movement:

🔗 www.rncm.ac.uk/news/profess...
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Echoing @michelle-phillips.bsky.social - wonderful talk from Prof Ian Cross & Dr David Duncan (Uni of Cambridge) at the RNCM Research Forum yesterday, sharing important findings on the interplay of music notation & sightreading accuracy as part of their ongoing Score Design for Music Reading project
What a wonderful talk this was - utterly stimulating, & so relevant & important to everything we do at @rncmlive.bsky.social. And a brill evening in great company, thanks Ian and David (you were with us in spirit, Katya!). Fab to round off with whiskey with Ian & Jason @canadianjason.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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What a wonderful talk this was - utterly stimulating, & so relevant & important to everything we do at @rncmlive.bsky.social. And a brill evening in great company, thanks Ian and David (you were with us in spirit, Katya!). Fab to round off with whiskey with Ian & Jason @canadianjason.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Dr Michelle Phillips, RNCM Head of Enterprise & Senior Lecturer in Music Psychology, spoke on Times Radio yesterday about her research on music & Parkinson's, responding to the story of Denise Bacon, who played her clarinet during a 4-hour deep brain stimulation surgery to ease Parkinson's symptoms.
🧠 🎵 Great to talk to John Pienaar on Times Radio today about this amazing story of Denise, who played her clarinet while undergoing deep brain stimulation surgery to help with her Parkinson’s symptoms: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🎵 🧠 @rncmlive.bsky.social @rncmresearch.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
At 4.15pm today, Professor Ian Cross, Dr David Duncan, and Katya Ness will share their Leverhulme-funded Score Design for Music Reading project with us at the RNCM (@rncmlive.bsky.social) in our Research Forum. You can join us for this too – details in the link below.
www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/...
RNCM Research Forum: Professor Ian Cross, Dr David Duncan and Katya Ness - Royal Northern College of Music
The RNCM is a leading international conservatoire and live music venue in the heart of Manchester
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October 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Hello! @rncmresearch.bsky.social might be new to Bluesky, but we've been researching #music in the heart of Manchester @oxrdmcr.bsky.social for over fifty years. We look forward to being part of the Bluesky community. You can find out more about us here: www.rncm.ac.uk/research/
Research - Royal Northern College of Music
A unique environment for music research, the RNCM offers Postgraduate Research Degrees and a diverse range of research events.
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October 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM