📻 BBC Front Row introduces its AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker for 2026, @robynarkle.bsky.social, Lecturer in Music History at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Listen from 23:45 ⬇️

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter, Pan African art and John Tavener's opera Krishna

Samira Ahmed's guests include Thomas Bangalter, Ekow Eshun and David Pountney.

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👏 Congratulations to Dr Genevieve Robyn Arkle, our Lecturer in Music History, on being selected as 2026 BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker!

King's Arts & Humanities@kingsartshums.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🌟 Dr Genevieve Robyn Arkle @kingsmusic.bsky.social is among five of the UK’s most promising early-career academics chosen by BBC Radio 4 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to help shape Radio 4 programming and share their research with wider audiences.

King’s is sad to learn of the death of Professor Arnold Whittall, Emeritus Professor of Musical Theory and Analysis, who passed away on 26 May 2026 at the age of 90.

Professor Arnold Whittall (1935-2026) | King's College London

King’s is sad to learn of the death of Professor Arnold Whittall, Emeritus Professor of Musical Theory and Analysis at King’s, who died on 26 May 2026 at the age of 90.

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🎵 We are honoured to host the BBC Singers in the College Chapel on the Strand. 'Their presence at the heart of the Strand Campus will be an inspiration for us all, students and staff', said our Director of Performance @josephfort.bsky.social. Read the story to find out more ⬇️

BBC Singers find new home in King's College London chapel | King's College London

The BBC Singers will be moving their rehearsals to King’s College London where they will be using the College Chapel at the Strand as a temporary home.

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👏 On 28 May, please join us to celebrate Professor Katherine Schofield @katherineschof8.bsky.social in this Inaugural Professorial Lecture 🔽

Inaugural: If there is a heaven on earth: life, death, and the spaces between in South Asian music | King's College London

Please join us to celebrate Professor Katherine Schofield in this Inaugural Professorial Lecture.

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⭐ 'As we enter a world of countless interactions with AI in all manner of our daily lives, I think it's important to study this relationship and explore what works.' Composer Dr @robertlaidlow.bsky.social has recently joined King's and our department as an AI+ Fellow. Discover his research ⬇️

Meet: Dr Robert Laidlow

Dr Robert Laidlow is exploring what happens when we stop trying to make AI sound human and start discovering what music can become when we embrace the fundamentally alien ways that machines hear,…

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🏆 Singer-songwriter Rosalía won her first BRIT Award for International Artist of the Year. Her latest album, LUX, has earned critical acclaim. But should we consider it pop, classical music or something entirely in between? @drandrewjgreen.bsky.social explains for @theconversation.com ⬇️

COMMENT: Rosalía's LUX: why the 'pop-versus-classical' question misses the point | King's College London

LUX, the new album from Spanish singer-songwriter Rosalía, has been critically lauded. But opinion is divided among some commentators on whether it should be considered pop or classical music.

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🇵🇷 Bad Bunny's DtMF made history as the first Spanish-language album to win the Grammy for Album of the Year. His Super Bowl performance, criticised by Donald Trump, celebrated Puerto Rican culture and called for unity, ending with the message 'The only thing more powerful than hate is love' 🧵⬇️

🏰 Tonight: 19:00, Temple Church Lonesome lovers, beguiling songsters, friends at play... These are some of the characters you will encounter in this programme of songs from the courts of twelfth-century France. Join us as our singers breathe new life into songs rarely heard today ⬇️

Love from Afar | King's College London

Lonesome lovers. Beguiling songsters. Provocative nightingales. Friends at play. These are a just few of the characters you will encounter in this programme of songs from the courts of twelfth-century...

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🎼 What is the future of human-computer creativity? 🗓️ 28 Jan, online Dr @robertlaidlow.bsky.social addresses the current relationship between music and artificial intelligence, looking back on the long and productive history between the two fields ⬇️ @aiatkings.bsky.social @kingsmusic.bsky.social

The Many Faces of Creative AI in Musical Composition and Performance | King's College London

A seminar on the relationship between music and artificial intelligence.

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🎼 In search of a new podcast? Beyond 1932 offers a deep dive into the 1932 Cairo Congress of Arab Music by documenting the work of researchers and experts involved in preserving and promoting the recordings. 🔗 Find out more: 1932muscon.kcl.ac.uk/scores/podca...

King's Arts & Humanities@kingsartshums.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🎧 We’re excited to launch the Beyond 1932 podcast! The Cairo Congress of Arab Music in 1932 brought together musicians and musicologists from across the post-Ottoman world, the first ever congress dedicated to Arab music and modernity. 1932muscon.kcl.ac.uk/scores/podca...

🌟 We have launched a suite of new doctoral studentships through our new Doctoral School 🌟 Over 30 places are now open for applications for the new Doctoral School for Arts & Humanities. More details and how to apply 👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/arts-hu... @komldsp.bsky.social @adaptai.bsky.social

Arts & Humanities Doctoral School launches new studentships programme | King's College London

Over 30 Doctoral studentship places are now open for applications for the new Doctoral School for Arts & Humanities at King’s.

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👏 Congratulations to Professor @katherineschof8.bsky.social, the 2025 recipient of the American Musicological Society’s prestigious Otto Kinkeldey Award for her book 'Music and Musicians in Late Mughal India: Histories of the Ephemeral, 1748–1858' @universitypress.cambridge.org 📖 ⬇️

Professor Katherine Schofield wins the 2025 Otto Kinkeldey Award | King's College London

Professor Katherine Butler Schofield receives the Otto Kinkeldey Award for her book on music and musicians of the late Mughal period.

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⭐ The Faculty of Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social has funded the purchase of two brand new Steinway grand pianos, and the full refurbishment of a third, for the Department of Music at King's. Discover more – and watch our alumnus play the new piano ⬇️

King's Arts & Humanities acquires two new Steinway pianos for the Department of Music | King's College London

The Steinway models B and D, considered the gold standard in piano making, are already in use by Music students at King’s.

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🎹 200 years since the last piano was designed by a woman, Dr Sarah Nicolls is changing history. First Light Pianos company, led by Dr Sarah Nicolls, has been awarded @innovateuk.bsky.social funding to develop a lightweight acoustic vertical grand piano to serve music-makers around the world 👏 ⬇️

'It's time to improve the piano': Dr Sarah Nicolls wins grant to develop a light vertical piano | King's College London

200 years since the last piano was designed by a woman, Dr Sarah Nicolls is changing history by making the instrument lightweight and vertical.

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🍂 We look forward to welcoming you tomorrow at our recital of Jane Austen’s Music Collection, where we'll explore the interplay between Austen’s musical world and literary imagination by drawing on her personal music books 🔽 🔗 Register here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/recit...

King's Arts & Humanities@kingsartshums.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🎉 Celebrate 250 years of Jane Austen with our special event series, where King's academics from @kingsdh.bsky.social, @kingsenglish.bsky.social and @kingsmusic.bsky.social will apply their expertise to the writer's life and works 📚 💻 🎹 📆 22 Oct - 21 Jan 🔗 Read more ⤵️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/event-s...

🎶 What can self-organised choirs teach us about collective creativity and cultural memory? On 8 October, join our Colloquium Series event featuring Dr Ana Hofman and explore how grassroots musical practices shape cultural commons and challenge neoliberal norms 🔽

Strategic Amateurism: Self-Organized Choirs and the Legacies of Socialist Cultural Commons | King's College London

Ana Hofman discusses strategic amateurism as a political tactic to resist the capture of musical activities by market flows.

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👏 'Revealing a forgotten performance practice in a single fermata opens new vistas.' Barış Demirezer, our student pursuing a PhD in historical musicology, received a commendation for his outstanding paper at the Society for Music Analysis’s annual Theory and Analysis Graduate Students Conference ⤵️

Music PhD student reveals a forgotten performance practice through J.C. Bach

Barış Demirezer, a student pursuing a PhD in historical musicology in the Department of Music at King’s, received a commendation for his outstanding paper at the Society for Music Analysis’s annual Th...

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📖 ‘If you want to feel overpowered by grief, reach for some music. If you want to feel close to the person who’s died, there’s music that will take you there.’ Dr Emily MacGregor’s ‘While the Music Lasts’ explores the relationship between music and loss ⬇️

While the Music Lasts: academic's story behind the exploration of music and grief

Dr Emily MacGregor’s new book, While the Music Lasts: A Memoir of Music, Grief, and Joy, is out now.

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🎶 Advent carol 'O frondens virga', recorded by the Choir of King’s College London, is featured in the new Netflix film Havoc (2025). The action film starring Tom Hardy, Jessie Mei Li, Timothy Olyphant and Forest Whitaker is out today. Keep an ear out ⬇️

King's Choir soundtrack featured in new Netflix film 'Havoc'

Keep an ear out: the Choir of King’s College London delivers a rendition of 'O frondens virga' in the new Netflix action film, premiering on 25 April.

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👏 Congratulations to Professor Emma Dillon, the first woman to hold the Thurston Dart Professor of Music title! She works with performers, curators and scholars to explore the intersections of sound, music and objects in medieval culture and to make medieval music more accessible to the public ⬇️

Professor Emma Dillon becomes King's Thurston Dart Professor of Music

Professor Emma Dillon is the first woman to hold the Thurston Dart Professor of Music title.

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📚 The National Plan for Music Education: is it too late? On 26 February, Dr @stevenberryman.bsky.social will consider the trajectory of recent policy initiatives, with a focus on primary and secondary education. #musiceducation #policy

The National Plan for Music Education: is it too late?

Dr Steven Berryman will consider the trajectory of recent policy initiatives, with a focus on primary and secondary education, and consider how higher education may intervene to ensure the range of mu...

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👋 Hello Bluesky! Follow us for the latest updates on our innovative research in performance, composition, musicology, ethnomusicology, sound studies, jazz and popular music studies at King's College London. 🎶 Stay in touch: kcl.ac.uk/music 🗓️ Explore our events: kcl.ac.uk/music/events