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RNCM’s War & Peace Season
1 May 2014
Part of the global commemoration of the First World War Centenary, our War & Peace season looks at […]
Categories: RNCM Events Blog
Tags: 1914, centenary, IWM North, RNCM, The Bridgewater Hall, war & peace, war and peace, WW1
John Harle unearths long lost concerto for RNCM Masterclass
28 January 2014
It has come to light ahead of tonight’s RNCM Masterclass with John Harle that the prolific film composer […]
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Snow wonder they’re shocked…
9 December 2013
Very little is known about these two ladies and why they find themselves tucked into some draft pages […]
Categories: RNCM Archives Blog
Tags: archives, historic collections, RNCM, snow
Christmas is coming…
5 December 2013
Over the next few weeks, I will post images with a Christmas or winter theme from the RNCM […]
Filling the British Museum with sound
3 July 2013
Guest post: Daniel Ferguson, Head of Adult Programmes, British Museum The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) first approached […]
Categories: RNCM Events Blog
Tags: british museum, live music, RNCM, Royal Northern College of Music, sound histories
RNCM Compositions for the British Museum
25 June 2013
In today’s post we hear from four RNCM composers who have written new works in response to various […]
Categories: RNCM Events Blog
Tags: british museum, RNCM, sound histories
Sound Histories – An Enlightening Score for the British Museum
11 June 2013
Sound Histories is the latest and largest yet in the RNCM’s series of site-specific installations created to animate […]
Categories: RNCM Events Blog
Tags: british museum, live music, RNCM, Royal Northern College of Music, sound histories
Sound Histories – An Evening of Live Music at the British Museum
31 May 2013
Our Director of Performance and Programming, Toby Smith, talks to us about Sound Histories, an exciting project set to […]
Categories: RNCM Events Blog
Tags: british museum, live music, RNCM, Royal Northern College of Music, sound histories
In Conversation with Stephen Hough
29 April 2013
World-leading concert pianist and RNCM International Chair of Keyboard Studies, Stephen Hough, talks about his memories of studying […]
Categories: RNCM Events Blog
Tags: les pratt, piano, RNCM, Royal Northern College of Music, stephen hough
Graham Gouldman’s Heart Full of Songs
16 April 2013
Graham Gouldman and 10cc bandmates Rick Fenn, Mick Wilson and Mike Stevens join us this Thursday at RNCM […]
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Tags: 10cc, Graham Gouldman, Heart Full of Songs, Manchester events, RNCM
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 […]
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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
