Associate Professor and head of Music at RHUL, working on Slavonic studies and analysis. Also a runner and TU organiser (@rhucu.bsky.social). Listen to Shostakovich. I wrote a book on Weinberg: https://tinyurl.com/5xs2h82h https://danielelphick.co.ukhttps://bsky.app/profile/danelphick.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/danelphick.bsky.social/post/3mus4v3537k2jhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/04/the-guardian-view-on-music-and-drama-education-reversing-elitism-starts-at-school05 Sep 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:w3odozmlba5umet7bdg7ucih/app.bsky.feed.post/3mus4v3537k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/danelphick.bsky.social/post/3msij37xr622e@boydellandbrewer.bsky.social have a 50% off sale on all ebooks, including my recent co-edited collection 'Constructing Polish Musical Identities outside Poland since 1880'. Grab a copy for less than £10! https://boydellandbrewer.com/book/constructing-polish-musical-identities-outside-poland-since-1880-9781837652051/07 Aug 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:w3odozmlba5umet7bdg7ucih/app.bsky.feed.post/3msij37xr622ehttps://bsky.app/profile/danelphick.bsky.social/post/3ms5yfproy224Today marks the beginning of a brave new world, my first working day as Head of Music at Royal Holloway (technical term in our new structure: 'Section Lead') In a rather unusually busy day for August (!), I have plenty of meetings - capped off with speaking live on BBC Radio 3 at the Proms!03 Aug 2026 07:36 +0000at://did:plc:w3odozmlba5umet7bdg7ucih/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms5yfproy224https://bsky.app/profile/danelphick.bsky.social/post/3mofeuas2is2iMore job news: from 1st August, I'll be Head of Music at Royal Holloway. As is well known, it's a brilliant team. I'm lucky to have such wonderful colleagues and hard-working students. Looking forward to being 'captain of the ship' for a few years (and hope I can live up to the task!)16 Jun 2026 08:26 +0000at://did:plc:w3odozmlba5umet7bdg7ucih/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofeuas2is2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/danelphick.bsky.social/post/3mo3hsyc22c2cRIP the brilliant David Hockney https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgjxdr27z4o12 Jun 2026 09:53 +0000at://did:plc:w3odozmlba5umet7bdg7ucih/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo3hsyc22c2c