On June 25 2014 Harrison Birtwistle was admitted to the honorary degree of Doctor of Music by the University of Oxford.
In the words of the Chancellor: ‘Musicae magister artificiosissime, qui numeris tuis sorores ex Helicone ad Britanniam arcessivisti, ego auctoritate mea et totius Universitatis admitto te ad gradum Doctoris in Musica honoris causa.’
