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Department of Music

We are ranked top 6 in the UK for research excellence (REF 2014) and 4th for overall student satisfaction within the Russell Group for Music (NSS 2019).

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Department of Music researchers play key role in UK’s first Centre for Cultural Value

Researchers from the Department of Music are a key partner in a new centre that will examine the value of arts and culture – from book clubs and pub gigs to fine art and opera.

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Broadway’s lost chords and Hollywood’s cut tracks uncovered

Rarely-heard songs cut from some of the world’s most beloved musicals such as The King and I and Annie Get Your Gun are set to be performed in public for the first time.

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Staff and student composers receive international recognition in Belgium

Work by Professor Adrian Moore, Dr Adam Stanovic, PhD students James Surgenor and Chris Bevan features in new music concert in Mons, Belgium.

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Mishra Quartet performance at Cambridge Folk Festival 2019

Mishra is a Sheffield based Indo-folk quartet led by Department of Music graduates, staff and current students.

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Results and Clearing 2019

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University of Sheffield
Department of Music
Jessop Building
34 Leavygreave Road
Sheffield
S3 7RD

+44 114 222 0495

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