Nicholas Reyland

Professor Nicholas Reyland is the Head of Undergraduate Programmes at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), leading curriculum development and academic supervision. He holds a PhD, MMus, and BMus (Hons) from Surrey University, the Royal College of Music, and Cardiff University. His research focuses on film/TV music and sound design, Polish music (particularly Witold Lutosławski), and 20th-century music analysis. Key projects include the AHRC-funded Lutosławski’s Worlds and co-editing The Palgrave Handbook of Music and Sound in Peak TV.

• Education: PhD (Musicology), MMus, BMus (Cardiff/Surrey/Royal College of Music)
• Research Areas: Screen music studies, Polish musical identity, trauma in music, narrative analysis

He co-edits Music, Sound, and the Moving Image and has contributed to major journals like Music Analysis and Music & Letters. Awards include the 2007 Westrup Prize and Society of Music Theory nominations.

Professional activities include keynote lectures at Cornell University, Fryderyk Chopin Institute, and BBC Radio 3 collaborations. He supervises PhD students in screen music, Polish music, and analysis methodologies.