Department of Music
Welcome to Music at Durham
We have been consistently rated as one of the top UK music departments in The Complete University Guide and Guardian University League Table.
World-leading status affirmed in QS World University Rankings 2025
Durham is now ranked 89th in the world top 100 universities. Our top performance came in the Sustainability category, where we ranked 19th in the world. We also have a world-class reputation with employers, being ranked 65th.
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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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Applications are invited from UK and international applicants for PhD studentships through AHRC-funded Northern Bridge Doctoral Training Partnership
The Department of Music at Durham invites applications from UK and international applicants for PhD studentships through the AHRC-funded Northern Bridge Doctoral Training Partnership. Internal Deadline: Friday 6 December 2024 (5 pm)
Durham Musicologists bring Japanese Songs and Parisian Vaudeville to Being Human Festival
Alexandros Spyrou’s ‘intra-’ performed at mise-en festival in New York
Alexandros Spyrou directs Delian Academy for New Music 2024
MUSICON - Ábifruvvá (2023)
Transformative Humanities framework launched
A new 3-year Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship awarded to our Music Department
Applications are invited from UK and international applicants for PhD studentships through AHRC-funded Northern Bridge Doctoral Training Partnership
The Department of Music at Durham invites applications from UK and international applicants for PhD studentships through the AHRC-funded Northern Bridge Doctoral Training Partnership. Internal Deadline: Friday 6 December 2024 (5 pm)
Durham Musicologists bring Japanese Songs and Parisian Vaudeville to Being Human Festival
‘Creating Connection’ through world class musical performances
MUSICON - Ábifruvvá (2023)
A new video is now available to watch online. Eric Skytterholm Egan’s “Ábifruvvá”, premiered by Marie Schreer and John Garner in Durham Town Hall last year, explores how the past is linked to the present through our relationship with the sea.
Transformative Humanities framework launched
A new 3-year Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship awarded to our Music Department
Upcoming events
Songs from Japan
Inventions: the harpsichord across time and borders
EXAUDI: The Mirror of Speculation
New Music Weekend
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Department of Music
Durham University
Palace Green
Durham
DH1 3RL
UK