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
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 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
Dobromir Tsenov’s Latest Recording Featured in BBC Music Magazine 7 July 2026 RNCM doctoral researcher and pianist Dobromir Tsenov has been featured in the June 2026 issue of BBC Music Magazine for his latest album, Ľubomir Pipkov: Complete Piano Music, Volume Three,… Read more
Long-lost concerto inspired by Beethoven receives first publication 25 March 2026 Dr Adam Swayne edited and led the publication of the first version of Ferdinand Ries’s earliest piano concerto. The concerto was composed more than 200 years ago by Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838), who was Beethoven’s… Read more
Book Release: Inclusive Pedagogy in Music Education 12 March 2026 Music education can improve the lives and outcomes for all children and young people, says internationally renowned expert in music pedagogy Professor Jennie Henley in a new book, released at… Read more
RNCM shortlisted for Student Experience at Educate North Awards 2026 10 March 2026 The RNCM is pleased to announce that it has been shortlisted in the Student Experience category at the Educate North Awards (ENAs), a prestigious annual event celebrating excellence, innovation, and… Read more
RNCM Receives Prestigious Funding for the Connecting Manchester’s Music Archives Initiative 3 March 2026 The RNCM is awarded an Archives Revealed Cataloguing Grant to help explore parts of the Henry Watson Music Library’s Special Collection in Manchester. Connecting Manchester’s Music Archives is a partnership… Read more
RNCM Researchers Appointed to Senior Editorial Positions 11 February 2026 We are delighted to announce that two of our researchers are taking up prominent editorial roles for internationally renowned music journals, strengthening the RNCM’s global impact on music scholarship and… Read more
Call for Expressions of Interest – British Academy International Fellowships at the RNCM 5 February 2026 Call for Expressions of Interest – British Academy International Fellowships at the Royal Northern College of Music The RNCM invites Expressions of Interest from international early‑career researchers for the British… Read more
RNCM researcher Hans-Martin Buff secures second Grammy nomination 19 November 2025 Congratulations to postgraduate researcher Hans-Martin Buff, on his Grammy nomination for Best Immersive Audio Album for his work on Tearjerkers. The news marks the second time Hans-Martin has been nominated… Read more
RNCM announces new AHRC-funded Doctoral Focal College to fund and train 30 PhD researchers 29 October 2025 The RNCM is excited to announce the launch of a new AHRC-funded Crafting Care for a Healthy People, Place and Planet Doctoral Focal College (DFC), which will fund and train… Read more
Professor John Habron-James co-edits significant publication in Dalcroze studies 23 October 2025 Navigating Landscapes of Dalcroze Practice: Histories of Music and Movement is an important new book about Dalcroze Eurhythmics, a pioneering educational and therapeutic approach to music and movement first introduced… Read more