Joanne Cormac

Reform-run council says free library scheme for refugees ‘is not value for money’ Party withdraws all Lancashire libraries from City of Sanctuary UK programme that supports new arrivals to UK

Free people read freely - unless you live in a council where political interference puts a stop to it. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Pls enjoy the new blog post by Anirban Bhattacharyya (Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology, American Institute of Indian Studies) on the influence of C19th Indian musicologist SM Tagore on Western musicology: nottingham.ac.uk/research/gro...

NYU Theory Resources This site compiles resources used in the undergraduate music theory sequence at NYU Steinhardt. Click the icons below to naviage to each of the pages.

Music theory teachers! My department at NYU created an amazing free public collection of online resources and examples, including a huge body of pop examples. They want you to use it! sites.google.com/nyu.edu/nyu-...

The article is available to read here (open access at the moment) online.ucpress.edu/jams/article...

JAMS Interviews: On Josquin Historiography and the German Symphony - AMS Career Center Joanne Cormac and Benjamin Ory reflect on their JAMS articles.

I recorded an interview with Jake Johnson about my new article in JAMS on the symphonies of Franz Lachner and Emilie Mayer. I'm not very practised at this, but I think it's ok! careers.amsmusicology.org/jams-intervi...

Lovely to end a very stressful term by signing to contract for my next book, provisionally entitled A New History of the Symphony: Music, Mobility, and Modernity in the North Atlantic World, 1800-1914. Forthcoming with Cambridge University Press in 2027!

Friday Night is Music Night with Jeneba Kanneh-Mason At the heart of the programme is Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, Nottingham’s own rising star pianist, performing Ravel’s dazzling Piano Concerto in G.

Last night at 19:00, three students - Mo Zhou, Nicholas Huaman, and Ella Townsend - had compositions broadcast as part of a special programme of BBC Radio 3's Friday Night is Music Night in collab with the BBC concert orchestra, NTU and @nottmusichub.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/events/ecf3v2

Deadline is this Sunday at midnight. Great preparation for PhD study. Please share!

Echoes of Empire: Engaging communities with diverse cultural histories through the Histories of African Instruments at Nottingham Castle - Collaboratory Research Hub Collaboratory 2026 Research Placement Project Download PDF Key Details Project Title: Echoes of Empire: Engaging communities with diverse cultural histories through the Histories of African Instrument...

Job alert! 12-week paid research placement supervised by me & colleagues at NTU and Nottingham Castle. The researcher will investigate the provenance, cultural meanings, and history of display of African instruments in Nottingham Castle's collection. collaboratoryresearchhub.ac.uk/echoes-of-em...

Statement from the Royal Musical Association on the Proposed Suspension of Recruitment to the BA and Foundation Year in Music at Northumbria University

https://www.rma.ac.uk/2025/11/25/rma-statement-on-northumbria-music-recruitment/

Graphic with concluding words from the RMA statement: "We urge the University of Nottingham in the strongest terms to reverse its decision to suspend recruitment to all undergraduate programmes in music, and to continue to provide whole- hearted support to a department that has already achieved so much in so many different areas of music, and which, with its highly talented and deeply committed staff body, is excellently positioned to thrive in the future."

RMA statement on the proposed suspension of recruitment to all UG music programmes at the University of Nottingham: www.rma.ac.uk/2025/11/17/s...

A lovely end to another crazy week: I’ve been offered a contract by Cambridge University Press for my new book: The Symphony in the North Atlantic World: A Transnational History (1800-1914). Woohoo!

University of Nottingham considers axing language and music degrees Total of 48 degrees could disappear from Russell Group institution, with falling revenues and rising costs blamed

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Richard Morrison has reported on the suspension of our Music courses in yesterday’s The Times. Please keep sharing the petition www.change.org/p/stop-the-s.... @thetimes.com @adlington.bsky.social @royalmusical.bsky.social @nottinghampost.co.uk @nottinghamlive.bsky.social

In Birmingham for tonight’s concert of Schumann & Stravinsky by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Simon Rattle and picked up this flyer about UoN’s dreadful Music Dept plans. Spread the word.

Hang on, Nottingham...
Take a minute to read John's blog about the proposed closure of Nottingham University's music course.
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Music, along with Theology and all modern languages now under threat at Nottingham Uni. More details in Hannah’s message below.

The petition has crossed 5k. But we need more momentum and support. Please sign and share widely.
#appeal #saveUoNMusic #Nottingham

University of Nottingham, you cannot drop Music and Modern Languages! The screenshot below, is of the University of Nottingham Music Department homepage. A flourishing department, which sadly hit the news for all the wrong reasons a couple of days ago. BBC News:- Uni…

Just doing my bit to share the petitions for the University of #Nottingham's music and modern language degree courses. So distressingly shortsighted.
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2025/11/08/u...

Congratulations Katherine! Wonderful news and richly deserved!

University of Nottingham to Suspend Music Courses A consultation to close music at Nottingham is the latest in a string of proposed university music closures.

Great to see support for Nottingham's Music department from the Musicians' Union today: musiciansunion.org.uk/news/univers...

University of Nottingham, you cannot drop Music and Modern Languages! The above screenshot is of the University of Nottingham Music Department homepage. A flourishing department, which sadly hit the news for all the wrong reasons a couple of days ago. BBC News:- Univ…

I've got a voice - might as well use it! Standing up for music and modern language departments everywhere ...
#Nottingham karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2025/11/08/u...

Thank you, Karen.

Thank you.

Sign the Petition Stop the suspension of undergraduate music courses at The University of Nottingham

www.change.org/p/stop-the-s...

University of Nottingham students fight 'insane' cull of courses Traitors composer Sam Watts is among those against plans to cut University of Nottingham courses.

Lovely to see our wonderful students & alumni supporting the Music department. Thank you for all the messages of support we have received. Please do share & sign the petition.
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A university without arts and languages is not a university.

I'm lucky to have worked with one of the many brilliant people in these departments. Henry Parkes in Music is one of the cleverest, most insightful and inspirational historians I know - and one of the finest teachers too. Don't waste such talent @uniofnottingham.bsky.social.

Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham In a statement the institution also says it is

This is awful news to come out of Nottingham. MedRen-ers will be aware that Nottingham has hosted three MedRens in 2012, 1985, and the first ever MedRen in 1972.

Do consider signing the petition in the next post.

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Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham In a statement the institution also says it is

Well this is awful news: tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.'

Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.