Nathan appointed Lecturer in Music Composition at Royal Holloway University of London
Nathan has been appointed Lecturer in Music Composition at the Department of Music at Royal Holloway University of London, starting October 2023.
This is a part-time, permanent Lectureship in Music Composition, playing an important role, spanning teaching, research, and administration, in an ambitious team of composers at one of the UK’s leading HE music departments.
About the role
As an experienced teacher, Nathan will contribute to the teaching and development of the Department’s composition programmes at undergraduate and MMus levels, and to direct student performances of new music, as well as to share in the administrative duties involved in our composition programmes. As befits a leading Music research department, Nathan’s ongoing research and creative work will aim to contribute to and enhance its national and international status in the field of composition.
Nathan will be required to contribute to the general academic administration of the department and school, play a full role in relevant committees, and contribute to assessment and examination procedures. He will also contribute to recruitment activity such as student applicant visitor days and other schools liaison, plus also developing interdisciplinary initiatives with other departments within and beyond the School of Performing & Digital Arts that support innovative research and teaching.
About Music at Royal Holloway University of London
The Department of Music is one of the largest in the UK, offering a very broad and diverse range of modules, all taught by expert scholars. We are ranked among the top Music departments in the UK for our teaching (placed 2nd in the Good University Guide 2024, and 6th in the Complete University Guide, 2022–23) and our research (ranked 1st in the UK for research including Music in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework). We also benefit from a vibrant creative campus community rated 17th in the world for Performing Arts (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019). To find out more about Royal Holloway’s Department of Music, please visit their webpage: https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and-teaching/departments-and-schools/music/