Clarkson makes history with Ulster Orchestra 7 October 2025 The Rain Keeps Coming, a newly commissioned work by PhD student Amelia Clarkson, will receive its premiere by the Ulster Orchestra at the Ulster Hall, Belfast, on Friday 10 October.… Read more
Royal Northern College of Music Joins British Academy Early Career Researcher Network Consortium 29 September 2025 The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) is proud to announce its membership in the British Academy Early Career Researcher Network (BA ECRN) consortium, joining a growing community of institutions… Read more
RNCM achieves national recognition in KEF5 26 September 2025 The RNCM is proud to announce its continued success in the latest Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF5), which highlights our commitment to impactful knowledge exchange and its vital role in the… Read more
RNCM wins AHRC Doctoral Focal Award to support creative research for a healthy planet, people, and place 4 July 2025 The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) has received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Doctoral Focal Awards to support research and training in areas vital to… Read more
RNCM to Co-Host International Conference at UNESCO World Heritage Site in Czechia 14 May 2025 Dr Austin Glatthorn partners with international scholars to recontextualise the history of German opera in the long eighteenth century between 25 and 28 June 2025 at the Schwarzenberg Castle, Český… Read more
RNCM appoints two Honorary Researchers in Association with PRiSM 13 February 2025 We are excited to continue working with Dr Hongshuo Fan as RNCM Honorary Research Fellow and Professor David De Roure as RNCM Honorary Research Professor and Technical Director of PRiSM,… Read more
Professor Pamela Heaton appointed RNCM Honorary Research Fellow (Professor) 28 January 2025 We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Pamela Heaton as Honorary Research Fellow (Professor). Pamela Heaton is Emeritus Professor of Psychology, at Goldsmiths University of London, UK. As… Read more
The Northern Network for Empirical Music Research (NEMuR) 23 January 2025 The NEMuR group is an informal network of scholars across the North of England engaging in empirical research that is on, with, or for music and musicians. The group was… Read more
RNCM involved in new project to boost regional innovation in Greater Manchester 25 September 2024 A collaborative project aimed at strengthening the commercialisation of research in Manchester and Salford has been awarded funding through the Connecting Capability Fund (CCF) from the Research England Development (RED)… Read more
Julia Perry in Focus – the pioneering female composer still fighting to be heard 23 February 2024 By RNCM Professor of Singing and Researcher, Michael Harper Julia Perry was an exceptional and talented mid-twentieth century composer who achieved greatness in a world not moulded in her image.… Read more
RNCM consolidates position as a leading conservatoire for research activity 12 May 2022 The results of the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF) have been released this week, consolidating the Royal Northern College of Music’s position as one of the leading UK conservatoires for… Read more
Online launch for newly published textbook aimed at aspiring music researchers 1 March 2021 Professor Jane Ginsborg, RNCM Associate Director of Research, has co-authored a textbook aimed at musicians wishing to conduct research. Published by Oxford University Press, Performing Music Research: Methods in Music… Read more
New textbook for aspiring research students to be published in March 2 February 2021 Professor Jane Ginsborg, RNCM Associate Director of Research, has co-authored a textbook, Performing Music Research: Methods in Music Education, Psychology, and Performance Science specifically aimed at musicians wishing to conduct… Read more
New Research Examines Wellbeing of Professional Musicians 24 February 2020 A new RNCM research project will use a series of interviews to explore the experiences of seasoned professional orchestral musicians The project, The experiences of seasoned professional musicians in the orchestral… Read more
Unique PhD collaboration between poet and composer to create full-length opera 12 September 2019 A creative academic collaboration between a poet and composer will culminate in the production of a brand-new opera. A PhD student each from Manchester Metropolitan University and the RNCM, an… Read more