Celebrating RNCM Engage West Cumbria 4 March 2026 Earlier this week we joined over 100 children in Workington to celebrate the mid-point of RNCM Engage West Cumbria – our groundbreaking initiative expanding access to high‑quality music education 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
BRIT Awards 2026 2 March 2026 The RNCM played a prominent role in this year’s BRIT Awards, which took place in Manchester for the first time in the ceremony’s history. RNCM students, alumni, and partners contributed… 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 Announces Winners of 2026 Lucy Hale Award 3 February 2026 The RNCM is delighted to present the 2026 Lucy Hale Award championing and supporting D/disabled and neurodiverse students to three outstanding recipients. The £5,000 fund will be shared by classical… Read more
Music by RNCM composer Raymond Yiu published by Schott Music 26 January 2026 Music by RNCM Professor of Composition Raymond Yiu is now available from Schott Music, marking an exciting new chapter for the award‑winning composer. Read more
John Wallace CBE: 1949 – 2026 12 January 2026 The RNCM was saddened to hear of the passing of John Wallace CBE, former Principal of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, who died on 11 January 2026 at the age… Read more
RNCM secures new Research Degree Awarding Powers 6 January 2026 The RNCM has been authorised by the Office for Students (OfS) to grant Research awards. On Mon 5 Jan, the RNCM was given Full Degree Awarding Powers (DAPs) up to… Read more
RNCM alumni recognised in King’s New Year’s Honours 5 January 2026 The RNCM extends warm congratulations to two RNCM alumni recently named in the King’s 2026 New Year Honours list. Internationally celebrated mezzo-soprano Alice Coote (below, left), who graduated from the RNCM in 1993,… Read more
RNCM appoints new Deputy Head of Composition 3 December 2025 The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) announces the appointment of composer-performer and College alumna Laura Bowler as its new Deputy Head of Composition. Laura will work alongside Head of… Read more
Yuanfan Yang wins 2025 RNCM James Mottram International Piano Competition 1 December 2025 RNCM alumnus Yuanfan Yang has won the 2025 James Mottram International Piano Competition (JMIPC), held at the College between 24 and 29 November. The Edinburgh-born pianist, who completed an RNCM… Read more
Meet the graduates giving back to Greater Manchester 28 November 2025 From supporting young people to improving health and wellbeing, five graduates show the real impact of our universities working together. Last month, the Greater Manchester Civic University Agreement (CUA) launched… Read more
Dr Michelle Phillips wins I Love Manchester Alan Turing Award 27 November 2025 We’re thrilled to announce that Dr Michelle Phillips has been honoured with the Alan Turing Award at the 2025 I Love Manchester Awards. Michelle, RNCM Head of Enterprise (Academic) and… Read more
RNCM announces recipients of 2025 Honorary Awards 21 November 2025 Courteeners frontman and award-winning singer-songwriter Liam Fray, leading Chinese composer Xiaogang Ye, Dean of the Sydney Conservatorium Professor Anna Reid, and acclaimed Chinese Australian cellist Li-Wei Qin are among the… Read more