The UK’s leading conservatoire for music (The Times Good University Guide 2020) and a thriving performance venue. Located in the heart of Manchester, UK, the RNCM is dedicated to providing an outstanding education that propels its students into careers as inspiring and versatile musicians, fully-equipped for exciting futures both on and off stage.
Housing three major performance spaces, the College is also a vibrant live music venue offering unparalleled opportunities for students to perform to public audiences and to work alongside professional musicians and visiting artists. In 2017 the RNCM was rated Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework and is the UK’s leading music college for research. It’s also the recipient of three Times Higher
Housing three major performance spaces, the College is also a vibrant live music venue offering unparalleled opportunities for students to perform to public audiences and to work alongside professional musicians and visiting artists. In 2017 the RNCM was rated Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework and is the UK’s leading music college for research. It’s also the recipient of three Times Higher
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The May edition of our Resonate blog is available now! We have news of exciting announcements from our alumni and staff, as well as stories about innovative student projects that celebrate diversity and underrepresented music. Tap below to read more ⬇️
Welcome to your May edition of Resonate! Our students are busy with end of year assessments and […]
Congratulations Agata Zając on becoming the next Mills Williams Junior Fellow in Conducting! 🙌
Join us on Thursday 26 May for our Young Strings Open Evening (Stage 3), running from 4.30 - 6.30pm!
The Open Evening will include opportunities to try out our Ensemble and Musicianship classes and to chat to staff about the programme. It’s suitable for string players aged eight to 12 years who have been playing a stringed instrument for a least one year. To book in advance, please contact Bryony Taylor at [email protected].
RNCM Young Strings provides musical training to children between the ages of five and 12.
Head over to TikTok and watch as bassoonist and Digital Ambassador Bia Carvalho takes us behind the scenes from Saturday’s performance at Wigmore Hall!
As part of our In Focus with Anna Thorvaldsdottir, our students set off to London for a special concert, featuring several of Anna's small-scale pieces for solo, duo and a range of chamber ensembles, many of which were performed at Wigmore Hall for the first time.
Bassoonist and Digital Ambassador Bia Carvalho takes us behind the scenes from Saturday’s performance at Wigmore Hall! As part of our In Focus with Anna Thorvaldsdottir, our students set off to London for a special concert, which featured several of Anna's small-scale pieces for solo, duo and a ra...
Ahead of her International Artist Diploma Recital on Wednesday, pianist Giulia Contaldo chats to us about her RNCM highlights, how she came to play the piano and her programme for the concert. Find out more >> rncm.link/IADgiulia
It was fantastic to welcome Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir to the RNCM this week! As part of our In Focus series celebrating her work, Anna spoke to Radio 3’s Elizabeth Alker, followed by RNCM students performing her chamber works.
Click through to see some shots from the day!
Photo credit: Photography by Abhishek
In this week's student blog, Digital Ambassador Elena Orsi shares her experience of RNCM Lab Week 2022! >> rncm.link/labweekblog
In her piece about performing with the K'in Ensemble, Elena writes: 'With our multicultural backgrounds and diverse music experiences, we all collaborate to create compositions based on folk traditions from our respective countries, with Flamenco and Latin music at the roots and Jazz, Fusion, and World-Music influences. Thanks to Lab Week, we finally got the chance to get together for a total of 22 hours of rehearsal!'
Tap the link above to read the full blog!
Photo credit: Ravi Nathwani
Today’s beautiful lunchtime recital featured RNCM harp students performing a stunning programme, including works by Andrès, Caplet, Hasselmans, Swift and more!
Are you following us on TikTok yet? Head over to our channel (@rncmlive) where our Digital Ambassadors are sharing a week in their life.
First up is Harpist Jess Hughes!
We asked our Digital Ambassadors to give us a look at a week in their lives! First up is harpist Jess Hughes 🙌 #studymusic #musicstudent #uni #unilife
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Violinist Samuel Staples chats to us about the inspiration for his programme ahead of his International Artist Diploma Recital this evening. Check it out below and head to rncm.link/samstaples for more information!
Yesterday afternoon, RNCM New Music Society’s UnHeard Ensemble took to the stage to perform a range of pieces they’ve worked on during this year’s Lab Week!
The performance included free improvisation performances, improvisatory ‘game pieces’ and collective improvisations.
Click below for some shots from the concert taken by our own Gema Lu!
Tap below to head over to our Instagram and take a look back at some of the things our community tagged us in during April!
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Join us tomorrow afternoon at 1.15pm for the first Lunchtime Concert of our summer season! Grab your tickets here >> rncm.link/lc28apr
Get a glimpse of what our students have been up to during this year's Lab Week and hear RNCM New Music Society’s UnHeard Ensemble in a concert exploring all things improv!
Lab Week is a chance for our students to step out of the practice room, collaborate with one another and create something new. In the only public event of the week, you can watch the ensemble perform a range of pieces they have worked on over the past few days, including free improvisation performances, improvisatory ‘game pieces’, and collective improvisations.
Congratulations to Abel Selaocoe, one of Southbank Centre’s 2022/23 Artists in Residence!
The RNCM alumnus and Honorary Associate Artist is recognised for exploring the capacity of the cello across a range of genres, from collaborations with world musicians and beatboxers, to concerto performances and solo classical recitals.
Congratulations to Abel Selaocoe, one of Southbank Centre’s 2022/23 Artists in Residence. The RNCM alumnus and Honorary Associate […]
A big welcome back to all our students today! We hope you had a wonderful break and we can’t wait to see what the next few months bring! ☀️🎉🙌
Congratulations to RNCM alum Lucy Armstrong whose new work The Gardener will be premiering in the RNCM Concert Hall this weekend. Commissioned by the Salford Choral Society, The Gardener is a vibrant and accessible new work exploring a day in the life of the garden from First Light to Dusk Falls, thunderstorm included!
Find out more here >> https://rncm.link/lafb
An introduction to our concert on April 23rd at RNCM Concert Hall with Piccadilly Symphony Orchestra, with the world premiere of our exciting new commission,...
Our summer season is right around the corner! Head to rncm.ac.uk/whatson to discover all the exciting events we have lined up over the next few weeks. We hope to see you soon!
ICYMI: For #EarthDay2022 watch RNCM Principal, Professor Linda Merrick, discussing the College's efforts to become a more sustainable conservatoire.
Learn more about our decarbonisation plans at rncm.link/decarbonisation 🌏
We’re now offering a unique opportunity for postgraduates to specialise in piccolo, cor anglais, Eb clarinet and contrabassoon for the first time in our history >> rncm.link/rncmwind
Traditionally chosen as doubling options to complement study on flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon, these instruments will be available as Principal Study options from September 2022 onwards.
Head to the link above for more info and to apply. Applications for 2022 Entry are still open via UCAS Conservatoires.
We’re delighted to announce that following audition, pianist Victor Lim has been chosen to undertake the RNCM’s International Artist Diploma. This prestigious one-year qualification is for artists on the cusp of international careers.
Commencing in September, Victor – who was recently appointed Head of Keyboard at Rossall School – will benefit from intensive tuition and specialist classes, and receive advanced musical training to the highest level in performance, honing his artistic, technical, presentation and communication skills.
We’re delighted to announce that following audition, pianist Victor Lim has been chosen to undertake the RNCM’s International […]
Earlier this month, RNCM International Chair in Music Education, Nate Holder, visited the College to lead a day of inspiring conversations.
Across two sessions, Nate worked with our students, as well as colleagues from music services within Greater Manchester, focussing on identity, what we bring of ourselves into music teaching spaces, and decolonising the curriculum.
At the end of March, we were thrilled to extend our partnership with Zhejiang Conservatory of Music!
The partnership gives students and staff the chance to experience both conservatoires through collaborative projects and curriculum initiatives as well as student and teacher exchange programmes.
RNCM Principal, Professor Linda Merrick said: ‘We pride ourselves on giving students real world experiences during their studies, both in the UK and internationally. Our renewed partnership with Zhejiang Conservatory of Music is testament to our commitment to providing an outstanding teaching and learning environment and I’m looking forward to developing it further over the next few years.’
The RNCM is thrilled to extend its partnership with Zhejiang Conservatory of Music. Building on an existing relationship, Professor Linda […]
We were deeply saddened to hear the news that alumnus and RNCM Fellow, Sir Harrison Birtwistle has died at the age of 87.
Born in Accrington in 1934, Birtwistle enrolled at the Northern School of Music in 1949 to study clarinet and piano, before joining the Royal Manchester College of Music in 1952 to specialise as a clarinettist.
Birtwistle received many honours during his lifetime and was still composing into his 70s and 80s. His compositions have been performed at major festivals and concert series worldwide, and gained the attention of eminent conductors including Christoph von Dohnányi, Oliver Knussen, Sir Simon Rattle, Peter Eötvös, Franz Welser-Möst, Martyn Brabbins, Vladimir Jurowski and Edward Gardner.
Sir Harrison Birtwistle was knighted in 1988 and was made a Companion of Honour in 2001. He received Fellowship of the RNCM in 1989.
We were deeply saddened to hear the news that alumnus and RNCM Fellow, Sir Harrison Birtwistle has died […]
We're thrilled to welcome Maya Youssef to the RNCM this June to present her Finding Home album with our String Quartet Studio the Levare String Quartet. She recently caught up with BBC Radio 3's In Tune.
Check it out here: https://rncm.link/bbcmyfb
Novelist, producer and playwright James Runcie joins presenter Sean Rafferty.
RNCM STUDENTS: There’s still time to apply for this year’s Creative Innovators Award! >> rncm.link/ciaappform
This is an exciting opportunity for students to have their artistic and entrepreneurial ambition supported through mentorship and funding, helping to take their creative project to the next stage of development. Students will learn from today’s leading entrepreneurs, artists and alumni and will have the opportunity to win financial support of up to £2000, as well as mentoring to support the next stage of development.
The programme is open to all undergraduates and postgraduates on taught courses. All students with an idea should apply! Deadline for applications is Friday 29 April 2022. If shortlisted to the final, students will have the opportunity to pitch their business idea to a panel of industry experts at the awards Final on Wednesday 22 June.
Visit rncm.link/ciamoodle for more information!
Special thanks to RNCM student Ravi Nathwani for producing this video.
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Last month, we held the the inaugural Williams-Howard Prize, won this year by soprano Georgie Malcolm and pianist Edward Campbell-Rowntree >> rncm.link/whprize
An internal award for RNCM students, the prize was established by internationally-renowned countertenor Michael Harper in honour of his grandfather Chester Ambrose Williams and teacher and mentor Helen Palmer Howard. The first of its kind in Europe for singers and collaborative pianists, the Prize is designed to celebrate the study and performance of art songs of composers of African heritage.
Congratulations to all the participants in this year’s prize - click through for more photos, and head to the link above to read the full story.
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The RNCM is a leading international conservatoire located in the heart of Manchester, with a reputation for attracting talented students, teachers, conductors and composers from all over the world.
We’ve been ranked as the UK’s top conservatoire for music in The Times and Sunday Times University league table 2020.
Complementing this role, the RNCM is also a vibrant live music venue offering unparalleled opportunities for students to perform regularly to public audiences and to work alongside professional musicians and visiting artists.
Housing four major performance spaces, including a professionally-staffed, fully-equipped Theatre and recently refurbished Concert Hall, the College presents more than 400 concerts each year, ranging from RNCM orchestras and ensembles and large-scale opera productions, to a host of touring companies and external hires.
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