RNCM secures major investment to support emerging artists and break down barriers to music careers 15 October 2026 The new funding builds on RNCM’s award-winning track record for nurturing entrepreneurial and early career talent, and ‘recognises excellence exists in every community, but opportunity does not’. The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) has secured significant… Read more
RNCM reveals first artists on joint Creative Incubator with English National Opera 7 October 2026 The RNCM has announced the inaugural artists on its new RNCM/ENO Creative Incubator programme – a unique partnership jointly developed with the English National Opera (ENO) to provide space and… Read more
RNCM launches 10-year plan to power the music of tomorrow 7 October 2026 The RNCM has launched its new strategic plan, Powering the Music of Tomorrow 2026-2036, reaffirming our commitment to shaping the future of music through excellence, creativity, innovation, and collaboration. Built… Read more
Queen drummer Roger Taylor honoured by RNCM 7 October 2026 The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) has presented legendary Queen drummer Roger Taylor with a prestigious Fellowship in recognition of his significant contribution to popular music and almost six… Read more
RNCM welcomes new professors to the School of Wind, Brass and Percussion 25 September 2026 The RNCM is delighted to welcome several distinguished new appointments to the School of Wind, Brass and Percussion this academic year. Clarinettist Julian Bliss and saxophonist Mariano García join as… Read more
RNCM Doctoral Researcher awarded EDI Fellowship by AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership 24 September 2026 Alex Chapman has been appointed an Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Fellow by the North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership (NWCDTP), part of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). … Read more
RNCM announces latest names to join chamber music pathways 21 September 2026 Acclaimed Danish string ensemble NOVO Quartet returns to the RNCM in September as Ensemble in Association 2026/27, Trio Havisham and Dutch-American violinist Amarins Wierdsma are confirmed as Junior Fellows in… Read more
RNCM announces six appointments across the Schools of Vocal Studies and Opera and Keyboard Studies 14 September 2026 The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) has appointed acclaimed sopranos Amanda Roocroft and Anna Devin as Professors of Voice, Anne Le Bozec and Joseph Middleton as International Visiting Professors… Read more
RNCM takes teaching, performance and admissions to South Korea 9 September 2026 The Royal Northern College of Music has taken a week of performance, teaching, and admissions to South Korea’s capital, Seoul, where an international competition attracted more than 50 pianists and… Read more
Sarah’s Story 3 September 2026 Sarah Davnall has been visiting the Royal Northern College of Music for more than 50 years. She and her husband, John, had moved to Manchester as the walls of the… Read more
In tribute: Asteryth Sloane 23 July 2026 We are deeply saddened to hear the news that composer and RNCM alum Asteryth Sloane has died at the age of 26. Asteryth completed both a Bachelor of Music in… Read more
Greater Manchester partners launch blueprint for skills development 15 July 2026 A shared approach to developing the skills, education, and training needed to support the cityregion’s future workforce has been set out today (Wed 15 Jul) by Greater Manchester’s further education… Read more
RNCM welcomes four visiting researchers 15 July 2026 We are delighted to welcome four distinguished visiting researchers whose work spans music history, music theory, performance, education, health and creative practice, further consolidating the RNCM’s dynamic research culture and… Read more
Frankie Stevens co-edits first anthology dedicated to feminist metal studies 13 July 2026 RNCM doctoral researcher Francesca (Frankie) Stevens will celebrate the publication of Women and Femme Voices in Metal Music, Culture, and Scholarship: Feminist Strategies of Resistance (Routledge, 2026) this summer, with a free online launch… Read more
Professor Nicholas Reyland featured in MSMI 20th-anniversary special issue 8 July 2026 Professor Nicholas Reyland’s article, Corporate classicism and the metaphysical style: Affects, effects, and contexts of two recent trends in screen scoring, has been recognised as one of the most cited and… Read more