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Interviews, features and reflections from our students, staff and visiting artists.

Resonate: September 2022

5 September 2022

Welcome to your September 2022 edition of Resonate! While our students enjoy the final few weeks of their well-earned summer break, we’re busy getting ready for the RNCM’s 50th year,…

Resonate: July 2022

1 July 2022

Welcome to your July edition of Resonate! As our Summer term draws to a close, we’re looking back on another eventful year in which we finally started to return to…

Trombone Day Out

19 May 2022

Digital Ambassador Jodie Mitson shares with us about this year’s British Trombone Society Day. Chamber music is highly valued at the RNCM but usually students would participate in a quintet,…

Resonate: May 2022

6 May 2022

Welcome to your May edition of Resonate! Our students are busy with end of year assessments and recitals this month, but you can still catch them performing around Manchester –…

Lab Week with the K’in Ensemble

6 May 2022

Digital Ambassador Elena Orsi talks us through her experience at this year’s Lab Week. Last Friday, at the end of Lab Week, I played with the K’in Ensemble in probably…

Resonate: April 2022

31 March 2022

Welcome to our April edition of Resonate! While our students take a well-deserved break over the next few weeks, we’ve still got plenty of news and stories from across our…

Goldberg: Jazz Variations

22 March 2022

Digital Ambassador Tiffany Buxton writes about Bach’s famous Goldberg Variations, re-imagined for a special RNCM performance. In 1741, Bach published a piece called Aria with diverse variations for a harpsichord…

Thriving Semester for RNCM Harps

15 March 2022

Digital Ambassador Jess Hughes shares with us about life in the RNCM Harp Department and looks ahead at what’s to come for the rest of the year. If you’ve never…

Resonate: March 2022

4 March 2022

Welcome to your March edition of Resonate! We’ve got a roundup of what’s on at the RNCM and beyond this month, as well as news of an exciting masterclass, brand…

A Month to Remember!

17 February 2022

Digital Ambassador Elena Orsi talks us through her first few weeks of 2022 at the RNCM. Aside from the fact that I am now writing this blog from isolation, alternating…

Early 2022 – The Best Bits!

16 February 2022

Digital Ambassador RuiYing Wang tells us about her favourite moments of 2022 so far. The time at College always goes by so fast, and every day is very fulfilling and…

Blink and You’ll Miss It!

15 February 2022

Digital Ambassador Madison Horman talks us through her highlights from the first few weeks of 2022. On top of preparing my scene, I’ve also been busy with constant competition preparation.…

Resonate: February 2022

4 February 2022

A very warm welcome to our February edition of Resonate. It’s been a busy start to the year as undergraduate drummer Jacob Brown secured the first Barney Miller International Travel…

Brand New Day x Lucy Hale

2 February 2022

Digital Ambassador Holly Chapman takes us behind-the-scenes at RNCM’s Brand New Day. It’s the time of the semester that puts student composers in the spotlight: Brand New Day! The Brand…