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.
What's new?
siúil go ciúin - new piece available on YouTube
Dr. Eric Skytterholm Egan’s siúil go ciúin, a 50-minute cycle for prepared piano, was premiered in Norway in September and the recording is now available online.

IWD at Durham University's Music Department
Durham Lecturers Mark Lindisfarne Gospels’ Return to the North East in Music
“in One |1” by Eric Skytterholm Egan recorded
Austin Glatthorn’s monograph published by CUP
Durham student becomes Canadian Music Laureate
Are rhythmic preferences shared across cultures?
Julian Horton’s new book published by Cambridge University Press
Professor Julian Horton’s new book entitled “Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto” has been published by Cambridge University Press. Offering a concise introduction to one of the most important and influential piano concertos in the history of Western music, this handbook provides an example of the productive interaction of music history, music theory and music analysis.

Dr Amanda Hsieh wins Kurt Weill Article Prize
2023 Rulan Chao Pian Publication Prize awarded to Durham Lecturer
The science of why you can remember song lyrics from years ago
Associate Professor Kelly Jakubowski from our Department of Music explores the link between memory and song lyrics.

New study sheds fresh light on how emotions are expressed in music
O Come All Ye Faithful - Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Christmas Carol
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Department of Music
Durham University
Palace Green
Durham
DH1 3RL
UK