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John Cage’s Song Books with Lor
28 February 2013
About the Song Books Commissioned in 1970 by Cathy Berberian and Simone Rist, the Song Books are a […]
Categories: RNCM Events Blog
Tags: , Gregory Rose, John Cage, RNCM, Robert Worby, Song Books, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
Think you know your Beethoven? Enter our competition!
7 January 2013
So you think you know your Beethoven? You may know your 5th from your 9th symphony but how […]
Categories: RNCM Events Blog
Tags: Beethoven, beethoven competition, beethovencomp, competition, Ludwig van
Our gift to you: RNCM in the City
4 January 2013
RNCM in the City is our seven-month gift to Manchester of 40 free performances at 40 venues throughout […]
The Gaskell family and the Royal Manchester College of Music
14 December 2012
On 15 December, as part of its RNCM in the City series, the College is putting on a […]
Sir Harrison Birtwistle: where it all began
4 December 2012
Congratulations to Sir Harrison Birtwistle, who has collected his fourth British Composer Award (here). Birtwistle began his studies […]
Musicians and ambassadors
22 November 2012
Seventy years ago today, on the 22 November 1932, Hilda Collens, founder and Principal of the Northern School […]
Categories: RNCM Archives Blog
Tags: Hilda Collens, Matthay School, Northern School of Music, RNCM
Violist from 1972 recalls the RNCM’s first concert, 40 years on
21 November 2012
Following on from last Thursday’s 40th anniversary concert, Clare Scott, Manager of the Principal’s Executive Office here at […]
Uri Caine on Beethoven and improvisation
21 November 2012
Uri Caine is a New York City-based composer, pianist and improviser famed for his ingenious weaving together of […]
Categories: RNCM Events Blog
Tags: Beethoven, Beethoven 1, Beethoven 1 Improvised, Improvisation, Ludwig van, Uri Caine
Spot the difference
19 November 2012
Thursday 15 November’s fabulous 40th anniversary opening concert at the RNCM marked the beginning of the College’s birthday […]
Categories: RNCM Archives Blog
Tags: 40th anniversary, archives, fortieth anniversary, opening concert
Celebrating 40 years of the RNCM
15 November 2012
Today is the beginning of a landmark year ahead for the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) as […]
Categories: RNCM Events Blog
Tags: 40th anniversary, Manchester, Music, RNCM, RNCM40
A concert with a difference…
15 November 2012
Tonight the RNCM will host a very special event, recreating the programme from the first ever concert given […]
Categories: RNCM Archives Blog
Louise Brooks: Doing it Herself
2 November 2012
‘In writing the history of a life, I believe absolutely that the reader cannot understand the character and […]
Categories: RNCM Events Blog
Tags: film, GW Pabst, Louise Brooks, Pandora's Box, RNCM
