Welcome to King's College Music Department

The Department of Music at King’s was the first to be established in the University of London. Founded in 1964 by Thurston Dart, a pioneer in the study and performance of early music, it has grown in strength, benefiting from firm links with the Royal Academy of Music, the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), ENO, the British Library and the BBC. It is now one of the most prestigious music departments in the UK, with a flourishing research culture and high-level teaching programmes in performance, composition, critical theory, music theatre studies, recorded music, music psychology and analysis.

Opening up Britain’s musical memory
The official launch of the Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music (CHARM) online sound files took place on 7 July.

George Benjamin honoured
George Benjamin, Henry Purcell Professor of Composition, received the CBE in the recent birthday honours list.

ESF Exploratory Workshop
22 participants from nine countries gathered at King's for a recent workshop on Music, Culture and Politics in Early Nineteenth-Century Europe.