Music Meets Art for Mise en Scène 30 June 2015 Mise en Scène, a unique theatrical experience combining music and art, takes place at the RNCM on Thursday 2 July. The project is an exciting collaboration between the RNCM’s School… Read more
Observing Oberon: A Contralto’s View of Oberon’s King 18 March 2015 Postgraduate Rebecca Starling is singing the role of Oberon in the RNCM production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream on 19, 23 and 27 March, made possible thanks to the… Read more
80 Strings Students take on Schoenberg 10 March 2015 In preparation for the RNCM Strings Festival, Dutch Conductor Henk Guittart is currently working with 80 of our string players on the Arnold Schoenberg piece, Verklärte Nacht. Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)… Read more
Meet the Gold Medal Competitors – Group 1 9 June 2014 The 2014 RNCM Gold Medal Competition sees ten of our most outstanding performers compete for our most coveted annual award. While our Concert Hall is under construction, we’re taking our most prestigious… Read more
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 musical interpretations of the horrors of war as well as themes of… Read more
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 Stanley Myers wrote a saxophone concerto for John back in the early… Read more
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 us in July 2012 with the proposal that eventually became Sound Histories.… Read more
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 objects in the British Museum’s collections. These works can be heard in… Read more
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 iconic public spaces with music. 200 musicians will perform 120 pieces to… Read more
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 culminate in a unique evening of live music for the British Museum… Read more
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 at the RNCM and how it helped prepare him for his career… Read more
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 for a show with a difference – a 90-minute acoustic set that… Read more
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 collection of 90 Solos for Voices and the result of one of… Read more
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 much do you really know about the man himself? As part of… Read more
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 city. Part of our 40th anniversary celebrations, it’s a unique series… Read more