* Department of Music [Manchester]

'The Music department at Manchester has a reputation for innovations in composition, for its breadth of research in ethnomusicology and musicology, and for our focus on cultivating the very best in performance. Music at The University of Manchester holds the position as one of the leading research departments in the country, with a vibrant, diverse community of undergraduates, postgraduates, professional musicians and world-leading academics ... More than 100 musical events each year: Excellence and opportunity: from symphonies and operas to jazz, gamelan and klezmer – from early music and string quartets to cutting-edge experimental music, electroacoustic diffusion and mixed media, and from a capella choirs and a 250-strong University Chorus to musical theatre and barbershop. We do all this, and more.’