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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 2d

The Royal Musical Association and Cambridge University Press Edited Book Prize for 2025 goes to Peter McMurray and Priyasha Mukhopadhyay for their edited collection 'Acoustics of Empire: Sound, Media and Power in the Long Nineteenth Century' (OUP, 2024).

Front cover of the prize-winning 'Acoustic of Empire', ed. Peter McMurray and Priyasha Mukhopadhyay.

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Faculty of Music, Oxford University @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social · 7d

The Faculty of Music seeks to appoint a Betts Fellow in Organ Studies, who is responsible for creating an enhanced profile for organ activities and study at Oxford, and for fostering a community amongst organ scholars across the collegiate University.
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

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Pauline Fairclough @paulinefairclough.bsky.social · 11d

Out now with @oxunipress.bsky.social @uobartsmatter.bsky.social with thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk .... Joseph Stalin banned it, but was it too sexy or just too noisy?

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 17d

Are you an early career researcher with an interest in our collection? Apply to develop an independent research project funded by AHRC.

Hear more about the opportunity at a virtual town hall event on Monday 6 October: bit.ly/BL-EarlyCare...

A group of students sat at a table examining documents and books from the Library's collection.

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · 18d

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Vacancy for Reviews Editor for both the Journal of the Royal Musical Association and Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle (new deadline of Monday 6 October)
www.rma.ac.uk/2025/07/17/r...

Extended Deadline – Reviews Editor: JRMA and RMARC – Royal Musical Association

www.rma.ac.uk

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Pauline Fairclough @paulinefairclough.bsky.social · 20d

.....with Marina and me @mfwalker.bsky.social

Lucy Ash @lucyaash.bsky.social · 20d

The many faces of Tikhon Khrennikov who controlled the Soviet Union of Composers for 42 years. On @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social I map his influence over decades of cultural control. Can music ever be apolitical in a dictatorship? Listen here from Sunday evening: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Pauline Fairclough @paulinefairclough.bsky.social · 21d

A wee plug for this upcoming Radio3 programme with me and the lovely @mfwalker.bsky.social (her first ever tag on bluesky 😊)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, The Man Who Played The Kremlin's Tune

Lucy Ash uncovers the murky story of Tikhon Khrennikov, Stalin’s musical enforcer.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Pauline Fairclough @paulinefairclough.bsky.social · 21d

Out now from @oxunipress.bsky.social
Some slightly subversive thoughts on Shostakovich 🙂

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Pauline Fairclough @paulinefairclough.bsky.social · 21d

A wee plug for this upcoming Radio3 programme with me and the lovely @mfwalker.bsky.social (her first ever tag on bluesky 😊)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, The Man Who Played The Kremlin's Tune

Lucy Ash uncovers the murky story of Tikhon Khrennikov, Stalin’s musical enforcer.

www.bbc.co.uk

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WWF UK @wwf.org.uk · 28d

Ancient trees 🤝 giant pandas.

Hollow tree trunks provide important birthing dens for giant pandas and their young!🌳

But this vital habitat also supports so much more - WWF China are undertaking tree-mendous work with the Chinese Government & local partners to protect & monitor ancient trees. 💚

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · Sep 10

📢 Today the Academy launches a major new report urging action to tackle a growing crisis in our universities. Cuts to courses mean more regions than ever are ‘cold spots’ for access to many SHAPE subjects - with even more at risk. 🧵

📍Read the full report: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...

Cold spots: Mapping inequality in SHAPE provision in UK higher education

This British Academy report reveals that many parts of the UK are becoming subject cold spots – areas with no provision in a subject within a commutable distance. These are often in rural, coastal or ...

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · Sep 10

Butterflies need our help.
If you’re in the UK please sign and share.
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@savebutterflies.bsky.social
#pesticides
butterflyemergency.good.do/rescue-missi...

Join me in supporting the Remove Pesticides from UK Shelves Campaign

Join the Butterfly Rescue Mission Sign our open letter to UK retailers, asking them to remove synthetic pesticides from sale, for a wilder, butterfly-filled future for generations to come. The UK ...

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RMA @royalmusical.bsky.social · Sep 8

We're excited for our annual conference in a few days' time, this year hosted by the University of Southampton! Hope to see lots of you there.
www.southampton.ac.uk/music/RMAcon...

Image from the title page of the RMA Annual conference programme.

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · Sep 6

Applications for SHAPE Involve and Engage are now open. This innovative public engagement programme allows UK-based researchers to work in partnership with a gallery, archive, library or museum (GLAM organisation). Application deadline is 15 Oct. Learn more: https://bit.ly/47XA41y