Exciting times for four of our colleagues, for Durham University and for the Royal Northern College of Music! Many congratulations to Martin, Laura, Simone and Byron on their new appointments.

Martin Clayton, Laura Leante and Simone Tarsitani will all be moving to Durham University from the Open University in October 2010. Professor Clayton will be taking over as Head of the Music Department at Durham, where he will be joined by Drs Leante (Lecturer in Ethnomusicology) and Tarsitani (Music Research Officer). At Durham they will join Dr Simon Mills (Lecturer in Ethnomusicology), making this on e of the largest ethnomusicology programmes in the UK. Meanwhile, Byron Dueck will be moving to the Royal Northern College of Music from the Open University in September 2010. He will take up a position there as Lecturer in Music.