Best UK universities for music – DMU 19th in Guardian League Table

The Guardian's League Table for the best universities to study music in the UK has placed DMU 19th out of 80 UK institutions.

With an overall score of 83.7/100 Music, Technology and Innovation at DMU is rated above institutions such as the University of Manchester, Queen's University, Royal Holloway, Trinity Laban, Leeds, Huddersfield, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle.

Have you seen my Gods? score by Samvaran Rai

PhD student Samvaran Rai has recently completed a film score for a feature documentary Have you seen my Gods? by Amitabh Joshi, with the Vacant Light Production Company https://www.vacant-light.com/about  

The film, in English and Nepali, had its world premiere in May at the Kathmandu Mountain International Film Festival, followed by a US premiere at the New Orleans Society of Visual Anthropology Film Festival 20 November 2025.

 

 

 

'Residency Prix CIME' to Stefano Catena

Stefano Catena has been awarded the 'Residency Prix CIME' as part of the Prix CIME 2025 Electroacoustic Music Composition. 

His work Travelling without Moving was selected as one of eight works among 175 compositions for a residency in renowned research centres such as Influx - Musiques et Recherches in Brussels, HDK in Zurich, Tempo Reale in Florence, and more. 

The competition received 597 anonymous submissions from all around the world.

422 (70.7%) submissions in Section 1: Prix CIME – Open to all composers regardless of age

175 (29.3%) submissions in Section 2: Residency Prix CIME – Open to all composers born after 12/31/1990.

72.7% stereo, 13.1% octophonic, 6.9% ambisonics, and 7.3% other.

More info on the website: https://www.cime-icem.net