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To us, music is everything: an academic subject, a creative practice and a vocation. We are a dedicated and outward-looking department.

Our innovative research has global reach. Our lecturers are internationally established composers, performers and scholars. We uniquely combine classical and popular music studies, composition, musicology, sonic arts, ethnomusicology, music computing and more.

Studying with us will maximize your creative and academic potential, preparing you for the professional world. We encourage ambition and independent thinking. You explore the musician you want to be, finding a deeper connection with music.

Music is all in the experience. Laptop jam meets violin concerto; Sundanese gamelan meets alternative rock; opera meets dub step. It’s all here at Goldsmiths, rigorously tied into your programme of study.

So if you’re up for pop music, you’ll know that in 2011 two of our students were nominated for the Mercury Prize.

If you’re the next outstanding concert pianist, you will want to play our brand new Steinway Model D grand.

If you’re not sure where you want to go, this is where it all starts. Read more.

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PureGold launches at the South Bank Centre - Friday 11 May

New Cross's finest come to the South Bank - the launch of the Goldsmiths PureGold season, featuring music spanning genres from baroque, Romantic opera and contemporary premieres, to singer-songwriters, electronica and installation. In a packed showcase, artists will be performing throughout the evening across two stages, culminating in DJ sets. With special guests.
more info here

New PhD Scholarship Announced in memory of Noëlle Mann

The award will be offered to a postgraduate research student, starting in September 2012. Preference will be given to research projects dealing directly with an aspect of Serge Prokofiev’s life and/music, but topics related to Prokofiev and his work in its broader context will also be considered. Deadline: 31 May 2012. More info here

Goldsmiths Launches Undergraduate Excellence Scholarships
This scheme entitles every undergraduate that achieves AAB or above in their A-Levels (or recognised equivalent) to £1,000 for each year of undergraduate study. This forms part of our financial support package, worth more than £1.8 million, which is one of the most generous financial support packages of any London university.
For more info on this award and other scholarships and bursaries, click here

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