About


Find out more about our research environment including the Research Office and research strategy, policies and ethics.

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Find out more about our research environment including the Research Office and research strategy, policies and ethics.

Research People


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The Academy is a community of collaborators.

We encourage creative interaction between students and staff, between performers, composers, instrument makers, scholars and practitioners in other art forms, and between the Academy and the wider world.

The Academy is a community of collaborators.

We encourage creative interaction between students and staff, between performers, composers, instrument makers, scholars and practitioners in other art forms, and between the Academy and the wider world.

Projects

A selection of research projects by Academy staff researchers and PhD students.

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A selection of research projects by Academy staff researchers and PhD students.

Research Degrees


The Academy’s research degrees provide a collaborative environment for musicians to share and critique working practices, and a framework for developing long-term projects that will drive distinctive careers.

The Academy offers an integrated PhD degree over four years, although students can exit with an MPhil after two years.

Inside cover picture from Sir Henry Wood's copy of La mer, in the Academy's collections.

The Academy’s research degrees provide a collaborative environment for musicians to share and critique working practices, and a framework for developing long-term projects that will drive distinctive careers.

The Academy offers an integrated PhD degree over four years, although students can exit with an MPhil after two years.

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Resources

The Academy's comprehensive collection of rare musical manuscripts, scholarly materials and digital archives underpins our diverse research in musicology and performance studies.