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 2025
Durham is now ranked 89th in the world top 100 universities. Our top performance came in the Sustainability category, where we ranked 19th in the world. We also have a world-class reputation with employers, being ranked 65th.
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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.
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Alexandros Spyrou’s ‘intra-’ performed at mise-en festival in New York
Dr. Alexandros Spyrou has recently returned from New York City, where his composition ‘intra-’ was featured at the 2024 mise-en festival.
Alexandros Spyrou directs Delian Academy for New Music 2024
MUSICON - Ábifruvvá (2023)
Transformative Humanities framework launched
A new 3-year Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship awarded to our Music Department
App brings Alice in Wonderland to our Botanic Garden
Ekmeles release recording of James Weeks’ Primo Libro
‘Creating Connection’ through world class musical performances
Our professional concert series MUSICON is returning for its 56th season, celebrating the way that music brings us closer together as a community.
Dr Kelly Jakubowski receives Early Career Award
Alexandros Spyrou’s ‘intra-’ performed at mise-en festival in New York
MUSICON - Ábifruvvá (2023)
A new video is now available to watch online. Eric Skytterholm Egan’s “Ábifruvvá”, premiered by Marie Schreer and John Garner in Durham Town Hall last year, explores how the past is linked to the present through our relationship with the sea.
Transformative Humanities framework launched
A new 3-year Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship awarded to our Music Department
Upcoming events
Come and Sing Day: Henry Purcell
The Portrait Players: Les Femmes Illustres – The Female Genius
Fenella Humphreys (violin) and Martin Roscoe (piano): Fauré 100
In Echo: Music in a Cold Climate – sounds of Hansa Europe
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We strive to provide innovative, research-led teaching that will assist our students to achieve their full potential as thinking, creative musicians and scholars.
Department of Music
Durham University
Palace Green
Durham
DH1 3RL
UK