Department of Music

World leading arts and humanities faculty (Times Higher Education 2020). Top 6 in the UK for research excellence (REF 2014). 4th for overall student satisfaction within the Russell Group for Music (NSS 2019).

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Undergraduate courses

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Masters courses

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Student profiles

My Experience - BMus Undergraduate

Emily Cooper

BMus Music , The Department of Music

My Experience - MA Musicology

Xinyi Liang

MA Musicology, Department of Music

My Research: PhD in Music Psychology

Caroline Curwen

PhD researcher, Music-colour synaesthesia

My Research: PhD in Musicology

Shen Li

PhD researcher, Piano Timbre Perception and Production

News

Sheffield Performer Audience and Research Centre

29 October 2019

AHRC funded Collaborative Doctoral Award

A new AHRC funded Collaborative Doctoral Award between the Department of Music at the University of Sheffield and Manchester Collective is open for applications. The project will research the 'crisis' in classical music: exploring alternatives in audience development.

Cole Porter writing whilst laying down on couch

18 October 2019

Money worries, scandalous affairs and chronic health problems: letters reveal fascinating insights into the life of Cole Porter

A collection of revelatory letters by Cole Porter, featuring correspondence with major Broadway and Hollywood stars as well as his friends and lovers, have been uncovered thanks to research by Dr Dominic McHugh.

4 October 2019

University of Sheffield ranked among world’s best for arts and humanities

The University of Sheffield has been ranked among the best universities in the world for teaching and research in the arts and humanities, which includes the Department of Music.

14 August 2019

Hello, Barbra! How Streisand’s Broadway-to-Hollywood adaptations reveal the unique pull of her star persona 50 years on

As the film Hello, Dolly! celebrates 50 years since it was first released in cinemas, research by Dr Dominic McHugh highlights how the potency of the young Streisand's abilities and persona made their mark.