Graduation ceremony programmes

You can view the programmes of the winter 2025 graduation ceremonies.

Each ceremony programme will be available to view shortly before the scheduled start time.

You can also watch graduation ceremony recordings shortly after each ceremony.

Ceremonies

Music in the ceremonies

Music for the graduation ceremonies has been composed and performed by alumni of the University’s School of Music. Award-winning composer, Ilan Eshkeri, whose eclectic body of work is linked by his love of emotional narratives, provided two pieces from his Reliquary for the processional and recessional music. Featuring in the arrival music playlist: 5-time Grammy winning jazz-fusion composer and pianist, Bill Laurance; West End actor, sing-songwriter, Mared Williams; multi-flautist, actor-musician, Rosanna Ter-Berg; Modern Classical innovator, pianist & composer, Simeon Walker; art-pop multi-instrumentalist and composer, Francesca Pidgeon; vibrant trad-folk singer and guitarist, George Sansome; distinctive guitar-led producer & songwriter, Conall Mulvenna; soul-pop singer songwriter, Alice Kim; pianist & composer, Gwenno Morgan; and, fused in Leeds, the genre-redefining, Hyde Park Brass.