音乐系是在作曲和音乐学方面的卓越研究中心。在作曲方面，没有特殊的家庭风格，但我们在许多领域都广为人知，包括：从独奏到交响乐规模的声学音乐，包括声乐作曲的电声，探索西方与非西方界面的合成传统。该部门还为专业和业余演出提供了广泛的机会网络。在音乐学方面，研究实力不仅包括西方艺术音乐传统，还包括银幕媒体，非西方和流行音乐。在中世纪早期（尤其是西班牙）以及19世纪和20世纪（包括法文，英国和苏维埃俄罗斯的音乐），我们拥有特别深厚的专业知识。我们还拥有英语和白话传统的专业知识，包括爵士和嘻哈，歌剧，电影，音乐以及更
The Department of Music is a centre of research excellence in both composition and musicology.<br>In composition, there is no particular house style, but we are well known for a number of areas, including:<br>acoustic music, ranging from solo to symphonic scale,<br>electro-acoustic, including acousmatic composition, live electronics, and mixed forms with instrument/voice,<br>composition exploring the interface of Western and non-Western traditions.<br>The department also provides access to a wide network of opportunities for professional and amateur performance.<br>In musicology, research strengths include not only the Western art music tradition, but also screen media, non-Western (Turkey) and popular music. We have particular depth of expertise in the early Middle Ages (especially Spain), and in the 19th and 20th centuries (including the music of France, Britain, Germany, and Soviet Russia). We also have strengths in Anglophone vernacular traditions, including jazz and hip hop, opera, film music and the history and philosophy of technology, music and migration, and cultural and reception history more generally.